STELLA MARIS MONASTERY and ELIJAH’S CAVE

The Stella Maris Monastery, or in Latin ‘the Star of the Sea’ referring to Virgin Mary, is the World headquarters of the Carmelite Catholic religious order.

On the foothill of Mount Carmel just below the Stella Maris monastery, you can find the Elijah Cave. The Elijah cave is one of the most sacred sites in Israel and a religious place to Jews, Christians, Muslims, and Druze. It is believed to be the grotto where the prophet Elijah mediated before defeating the prophets of Baal.