Jordan’s state-run news agency reported that Prime Minister Jafar Hassan chaired the first meeting of the National Committee for the Preparation of the Celebration of the Second Millennium of the Baptism of Jesus Christ in 2030.
Prime Minister Hassan “said commemorating the second millennium of the Baptism of Jesus Christ reflects Jordan’s historical and religious standing and its role as a global destination for Christian pilgrimage, while highlighting the Kingdom’s message of coexistence, respect for others, peace, love and human fraternity,” Petra reported.
In 2025, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Secretary of State of His Holiness, consecrated the Church of the Baptism of Jesus in Jordan, at what is believed to be the site of the Lord’s Baptism, on land donated by King Abdullah II.