{"id":58022,"date":"2019-07-29T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/?post_type=vesti&#038;p=58022"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:59:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:59:53","slug":"fire-threatens-the-basilica-of-the-transfiguration-on-mount-tabor","status":"publish","type":"vesti","link":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/reports\/world-news\/fire-threatens-the-basilica-of-the-transfiguration-on-mount-tabor\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire threatens the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Church_of_Transfiguration_Mount_Tabor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57991 aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A fire, which broke out in northern Israel, threatens the Basilica of the Transfiguration, a Christian holy place. The monks were evacuated from the area of the fire the previous night, according to the firefighting department.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fire, which broke out in a forest near Mount Tabor, at the top of which the basilica is located. The police reported that the fire was not caused by arson.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters have been trying yesterday afternoon to bring fire under control, which is not very far away from the basilica,\u201d said the firefighting department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDozens of firefighters tackled the fire there,\u201d it added in a statement. However, the cause of the fire was not specified.<\/p>\n<p>The Basilica of the Transfiguration was built where it is traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Christ took place.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of believers visit the church every year, according to the Custody of the Holy Land.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve monks were evacuated from the area of the fire at night.<\/p>\n<p>The Custody of the Holy Land, which manages the basilica, accused the Israeli authorities of \u201cnegligence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristian churches have warned the authorities for many years, and have called for the supply of water at the top of the mountain, as the law stipulates,\u201d said the Custody in its statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":57992,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[1537],"category_vesti":[1133],"tags_vesti":[],"lokacii":[],"class_list":["post-58022","vesti","type-vesti","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mount-tabor","category_vesti-world-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti\/58022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vesti"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vesti\/58022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58022"},{"taxonomy":"category_vesti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_vesti?post=58022"},{"taxonomy":"tags_vesti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags_vesti?post=58022"},{"taxonomy":"lokacii","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigorski.org.mk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lokacii?post=58022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}