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<h1 class="blog-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/" rel="home">Picturing Jordan</a></h1>
<p class="lead blog-description" dir="auto">Sharing Jordan with the worldone picture at a time.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2018/07/saint-thaddeus-church-sunset/">Saint Thaddeus Church at Sunset</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2018-07-17T13:16:43+03:00">Tue Jul 17, 2018</time> by Alan Orth in
<span class="fas fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>
<span class="fas fa-tag" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">Church</a>, <a href="/tags/amman/" rel="tag">Amman</a>
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<h4>Iconic Armenian Church in Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh at Sunset</h4>
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<p>Shortly after moving to Amman <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2016/09/saint-thaddeus-church-amman/">I noticed this unique building</a> on a distant hill and I set out on a sort of scavenger hunt to find it. The walk from downtown to Jabal Al-Ashrafiyeh is packed with winding streets and steep staircases (some of which go nowhere). To this day the church is one of my favorite landmarks in Amman and I often make the trek there when I&rsquo;m feeling like getting some exercise and exploring the city. I like to think of it as a pilgrimageit <em>is</em> a religious site after all!</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2018/02/greco-roman-ruins-pella/">GrecoRoman Ruins of Pella</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2018-02-28T13:43:29+02:00">Wed Feb 28, 2018</time> by Alan Orth in
<span class="fas fa-folder" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;<a href="/categories/architecture/" rel="category tag">Architecture</a>
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<h4>Remains of the classical basilica of Pella</h4>
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<p>These days there isn&rsquo;t much to see of the GrecoRoman city of Pella in northwestern Jordan. Sadly, the ancient ruins here suffer from being slightly smaller, slightly less well-preserved, and slightly less convenient to visit than the similar ruins at <a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/04/greco-roman-ruins-jerash/">Jerash</a>. With a bit of imagination and some historical background, however, they are equally enchanting and even have a unique character of their own.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-post-title" dir="auto"><a href="https://picturingjordan.com/2017/07/cleanliness-comes-from-faith/">Cleanliness Comes From Faith</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2017-07-25T16:15:22+03:00">Tue Jul 25, 2017</time> by Alan Orth in
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<h4>Graffiti in downtown Amman appeals to the faithful</h4>
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<p>There is a popular notion that cleanliness is an important part of the Islamic faith, though you wouldn&rsquo;t know it from walking around Jordan. I have never seen people throw coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, tissues, etc on the street so carelesslyand often times with such <!-- raw HTML omitted -->finesse<!-- raw HTML omitted -->as here in Jordan.</p>
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<li><a href="/2020/04/gadaras-octagonal-martyrium/">Gadara&rsquo;s Octagonal Martyrium</a></li>
<li><a href="/2020/01/iconic-roman-ruins-amman/">Iconic Roman Ruins in Amman</a></li>
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