Kursi National Park — Attraction in Golan Regional Council

Korsi National Park preserves impressive remains of a monastery and a church from the Byzantine period. According to Christian tradition this is where the miracle of the pigs mentioned in the New Testament took place. Fascinating remains of monastery, church and chapel opposite biblical Sea of Galilee. This is the traditional site of Jesus' miraculous restoration of a demon-possessed man. The miracle of the swine. Demons are sent into the pigs (approx 2000 of them). Kursi was in the region of the Decapolis, which was made up of 10 Roman cities. It was a region outside of Jewish authority and inhabited by Jews and Gentiles. It was an immoral area that represented all that sinful humanity had to offer. It was considered unclean to the Jews. I do recomend for the family to come including the disabled. The historical place goes to the time of when Jesus...

Kursi Gadara is one of the cities was cursed by Jesus Christ, together with Corazim, Kaffarnaum and Bethsaida. Kursi was well known because ""GADARA"", was the place of the 'Miracle of the swine". And we know very well, how Jesus took the problem in his hands. The miracle Jesus performed there, HE spelled the demons from the bodies of that two men's giving them a ordem to leave the body of the men's and transferring the demons to a swine's Herd. This is described, in the New Testament in Mark 5: 1-20. Kursi National Park is also know for his archaeological site containing the ruins of a Bizantine monastery . The site is now an Israeli National Park located in the Israel-occupied side of the Golan Heights. Kursi takes its name from the Talmudic site, A marble slab with Aramaic text discovered...

Update: Been there again this July (2023), previous time was in October 2021. Still interesting, not tiring and highly recommended. Just look at the pictures. Btw, entrance fees are cheaper than in the others National Parks sites (14ils) Not amazing but still worth your time. My first time there as this National Park was recently opened. It is not amazing as other archeological sites but still it is very interesting as the findings are well preserved. While visiting the North I'd recommend giving half an hour or a little bit more and stopping by there. I've added some pictures as well to give you some feeling...