According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel. This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah ...

44:18). The third appears in the great confrontation at Mount Carmel between the Prophet Elijah and the 450 false prophets of Baal. Elijah proposes a test. Let each side prepare a sacrifice and ...

A group of hermit monks gathered on Mount Carmel, near the Fountain of Elijah in northern Israel, forming a community dedicated to living a life of penitential solitude. These early Carmelites ...