One of the five sites officially recognized by the Vatican and all Christian denominations in the world since the turn of the third millennium.
Tel Mar Elias is very close to the ruins of a village known as Listib. It is believed that this place was formerly Tishbe, the home of Elijah, a native of Gilead in Transjordan. Two churches that were built upon the Tel (hilltop) at the end of the Byzantine period substantiate this belief.
The site at Tel Mar Elias includes extensive architectural remains that are scattered across the summit of the hill that rises above Listib.