The Holy Land: Mount Gerizim and It’s Dwindling Tribe | Samaritan Full Documentary 

As a Muslim, I wish all my Yazidi, Druze, Jews, Samaritan, Sabian, Christian and Zoroastrian brothers and sisters in the middle east, safe and blessed.

7:33 "we must have peace because this is the Holy Land. It should be peaceful". Truer words were never spoken. I hope the Samaritans survive another 3000 years. We need more people in the world who think like they do🙏

It is so nice to know they are still there. No matter how small a number they are, it warms my heart to know some have survived. I hope your community grows and grows!!!

I'm. Catholic. My reading of the gospels tells me that Jesus knew the Samaritans for a long time. He knew and understood them but never condemned them. He used the parable of the Good Samaritan - Christendom will forever remember Samaritans in the figure of the Good Samaritan. Poignant is the story of the Samaritan woman at the well. She had a kind heart that longed for understanding and mercy. Did Jesus give these to her? He sure did. The Samarirans here in the video almost glow in their piety and deep spirituality. I respect you a lot. May OUR GOD - YOURS AND MINE - bless you all.

I’m an Arab from Kuwait & I sent peace & love to them

I have so much respect for the Ukranian lady, Alla Altef, for willing to leave her own country and people to embrace a very different culture, religion, place and learning two very difficult languages (Arabic & Hebrew) along the way for the sake of preserving a 3000-year-old tribe. *Hats off*

3000 years of history and culture is worth to save

Wow that Ukrainian wife spoke three languages fluently...the Arabic was perfect and Hebrew flowed off her tongue, and native ukranian.

I feel so ashamed to see a Ukrainian woman speaking better than I will ever do. Managing a family and still remaining so strong. Much respect.

As a non-muslim arab , this was a good upload ❤️ thanks

How did you find the chillest dude ever for an interview?

As a Martian, I wish all you earthlings peace and love.

I am so impressed with these wonderful people. There is such a kindness and inner peace in their eyes and body language.

So thats where "The Good Samaritan" phrase comes from, I never knew it was linked to a real tribe of people.

I have heard of them, but never I saw their culture of Samaritan, but I'm excited about learning their life still thank you

I have studied and lived in nablus for several years and to be honest the local palestinians treat samaritan exactly as a part of their local community and I haven't noticed any kind of discriminations and they have a good representation in the palestinien parliament. I wish for them and for all the prosperity and happiness.

I had to smile at the end when the young Samaritan guy winked and said, it’s survival of the fittest when he revealed he’s in a relationship with a Samaritan girl.

What an intelligent caring young man Abdallah Cohen is. Hopeful to see this in such a volatile area

I only know the Good Samaritan from the Bible, this gives new insight, awesome young man, I hope he finds happiness. These ladies from Europe are fine women, those kids look very happy. Thanks for sharing your video.

I am Christian and I find this fascinating! I wish the Samaritans much luck in finding good women to join them! Peace too.

I have seen the relatives if the good Samaritan today. Somehow, I believe that there are no bad Samaritans.

God bless the Samaritans and protect them make them prosper .

I hope Abood and his girl are happy many years!

Really enjoyed getting to know the people behind the history. They seem very gracious and kind. I wish them the best in dealing with their challenges. 🌈💜☀ Much love from Northern Cali!😎

They seem to be good, wholesome people. I wish them well!

it's uncanny how similar Samaritans are similar to other levantines in the region. He could easily pass off as a Palestinian, Lebanese, Syrian, Jordanian. These people are our cousins after all.

An engaging and educational program - you can really connect with the humanity of the Samaritans. Thankyou. As a Sabbath keeping Christian, I really relate to Abood's experience of the rest he finds in that day.

It's truly devastating to see a once mighty religion dwindle into obscurity, how could there be 1 million Samaritans during Jesus' time, but only 820 remain. The Samaritans certainly had it rough.

I am so sad to hear this, as I heard of them mentioned in the bible. I hope they will multiply and carry on their precious bloodline. May God bless them.

God bless them.. may they survive

Good for Abdullah that he found his future wife.

G d bless the Ukrainian woman who became Samaritan Wonderful language skills Have completely integrated into society

They’re the good Samaritans

the octagon of the castle mountain is the same shape inner outer walls of Castel del Monte in Italy which legend says it was used to preserve ancient books

It's really impressive they can live in such nice homes when the earning capacity is so low.

I am happy for you Abdullah , and thank you for the video. God bless you all and keep this tribe safe 💝🙏🇺🇸

As someone who’s directly related to this group of people; family left that area during the Ottoman Empire five generations back even to this day retain the physical characteristics Arab/ Middle Eastern look for myself and certain close relatives after all the intermarriage that happened within my family ( fathers mother) . I’d like to travel there and meet these people but not too sure if I should take a try at getting reintroduced to the main population. Not too keen on religion after having been very religious previously. Anyhow, nice documentary and film editing

So 6 day he plays computer games and 1 day he can be lazy on Sabbath 😂😂😂

Very sad. We should be helping people like this.

Great documentary. Enjoyed it so much that I didn't want it to end so soon.

The middle east is so diverse. I wish people could see that

Great video about a beautiful people, but they are NOT dying out. Their numbers have increased by almost 1000% over the past 150 years and they continue to grow. God willing, they will number in the thousands withing a couple of generations.

Great interview! I enjoyed the peek into the Samaritan culture. Thanks for sharing online. Blessings

In museums, we see great effort to save artifacts of history. They even spend millions to conserve these items. But, to me, the most precious artifacts of the past is language, history and ethnicity. These need to be conserved the most.

That is why we call people who do good deeds “good samaritans” because these samaritans are exactly what the bible say of them. The bible will always tell the truth❤️❤️

In Ethiopia, we have a renowned and ancient monastery named after Mt Gerazim, Debre Gerzien.

God bless the ladies who have been called to keep this holy line going. God keep them and their families.

When I hear Nablus/Nabuls I think of fantastic old fashion natural olive oil soap. So you can probably support both your skin/health, the Samaritans and good old traditions by using these soaps, like I do. Greetings from a snowy Norway.

So cool to see (one of) the oldest people in the world playing the same FPS as the rest of the world.

Wonderful documentary... thank you!

Not Older than the Ojibwe and we too have to carry 2 identification cards. Our MtDNA is X2a1 and are also considered to be amongst the monotheistic people’s of the world in our own right.

The hats they are wearing are Not their Traditional hats, rather hats people wore during the rule of the Ottomans.

God bless this ancient tribes.💓💓

Wow they were mentioned in the Bible by Jesus! He praised them! I hope they don’t die out!

Enjoyed the video! 🤗😊 I feel we cross paths in Jerusalem about five years ago. You said, then that you were walking around and came upon the hotel. I said to you, "They were nice to me." I think you will be okay, here." Because you were alone and looked so young, without the beard, I put up a prayer for you as the driver headed toward the airport. Now, I can put a check beside that prayer, lol.

Samaritan is the real 'people of the Book'.

Wow as a Jew it's crazy to see how close their religion is to ours! I hope they find a way to keep their community alive, it's really sad what's happening to them

If I lived there I'd be happy to be the wife of one of these good men. May they be blessed and highly favored.

Thank you for bringing back the Samaritan cause the Bible comes to live

Leon, you are confused! Even Netanyahu declared them Israeli. Also, at the beginning of the 1900s there were maybe 80 people left, living in the cemetery, there was no state of Israel then. There are over 800 Samaritans currently. They are doing quite well financially and socially, but men historically lament not ever having enough women. And they hold three passports, Israeli, Palestinian, and Jordanian. My. Gerizzim was purchased from the Ottomans by the late king Husain of Jordan and gifted to the Samaritans who were living in that cemetery I have mentioned. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing!

God bless them and keep them. Agios o Theos, Agios Ishiros, Agios Athanatos Eleison Eemas.

anyone find it ironic that he is talking about how scary it was to have a gun pulled on him while playing a first person shooter??

That lady spoke Arabic and Hebrew so fluent, you'll think she's a native

Wow, I tought they dissapeared from face of earth. Thats nice. Hope they get more.

The Samaritans make up the tribe of Ephraim, Manasseh and some from Levi, its not surprising that some of them have Cohen surname.

Great to see this presentation. Tks for posting.

They live in Samaria. not the "West Bank" that's why they are called Samaritans. Just wiping out their history.

Fascinating informative video!

I hope we never loose the Samaritans

How do they manage to have more men than women? Are the women leaving the community, or is there something that causes more boys to be born?

Benyamin Tsedaka is a world treasure!

This video is so wonderfully interesting. I always wondered what happened to the Samaritans after the period of Jesus Cristo.

This is such an important story. Thanks for making this

Abood Cohen appears to be addicted to computer games, so addicted he cannot stop even to be interviewed. Computer addictions even on Mt. Gerazim (LOL)

As a Hebrew and follower of the way...Shabbat is a welc omed day of rest and being connected with Heshem's ways... thank you for the special attention given in this report to Shabbat

Definitely delusional to think there the oldest tribe in the world

I hope these people make it into the future

Very interesting documentary 👍

I am surprised you make no mention of the Samaritans who live in Israel in the town of Holon. They are well looked after...I have been there. Try filming them next time.

I thoroughly enjoyed this work! I have always wondered where they would be, if they would be now. Oh praise God! I live His creation and pray for these people! I'm excited!!! 🌺🌺🌺

Also , in John 4:4-26... The Woman at the well or the Samaritan woman who Jesus went out of his way and customs of the day to save... Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodoxy venerate her as a Saint Phiotine.

God bless their families, three languages, strong woman. 🙏.

At 11.40 it was mentioned that they wear the same clothing as ancient times, 2000 years ago. There clothing is the traditional dress worn in all the Ottoman Empire from the mid 1800s until maybe 1940s after ottoman empire.

I would love to hear the other reasons about centered mindset. As I have heard, this was a promise as being early people. I know it has been talked over, as even more history came forth.

God bless Samaritans

I was today years old when i found out that the word samaritan is actually from a tribe

May YAHWEH of Samaria bless them the way he blessed them with the phrase for a good deed by a human being" The Good Samaritan".

There were only 150 Samaritans in 1967 according to their own records. There are now 820. They have been facing problems with inherited diseases due to a small gene pool and have been more open to accepting female converts (from Ukraine) in an effort to preserve their population. Their situation now is actually better than it was in the past century. The "four families" are actually tribal references, none have gone extinct in living memory.

Jews and Samaritians are two sides of the same coin. Love to our people ❤ we should do more to ensure they grow.

Bless the Samaritans

Women in traditional Indian households still follow sitting separate during their period. They don't touch others, anything that belongs to others and they don't mix their items which they are using during that time with others. If kids touch, the kids have to take off their clothes, sprinkle some water and change into different clothes and mix with others in the family. However this practice is going away these days as families are getting smaller and noone else to help the women with their chores. It was basically meant to give rest to the women during their period as the body is really weak and some have body and abdomenal pains as well

great documentary!

Fantastic, to be able to walk on two different roads while living in your own camp is a blessing. It’s crystal clear why the Bible taught of these people.

10:19 Abud: _"You feel like your whole life, you know, it's like in the trigger. It's not a comfortable feeling."_ Leon: _"That's a poetic way of putting it..."_ 😄 Yeaah, no kidding...😬

Shomron = Samaria. Shomronim means Samaritans not Keepers. Shomrei = Keepers

He talked about the road that can only be passed by Israeli only and Palestinian only is a prove that Israel is an apartheid state.

The Samaritans are decedent of Israelites same as Jews. Both Jews and Samaritans originated from Canaanites around 1200 BCE (there is some debate among archaeologist to the exact time). The Israelites had a separate kingdom north of Jerusalem (Samaria) called the kingdom of Israel and in Jerusalem the kingdom of Judah. Both had roughly the same religion but few differences. Around 740 BCE the Assyrian empire exiled the Israelites but probably left a few around the kingdom. Later the Jews were exiled too and at some point the Babylonian let the Jews to go back to their kingdom and build the second temple. When they came back they found the Samaritans and they didn't believe them that they're the Israelites. So in short both Jews and Samaritans originated from the same people around the same time. Also the Samaritans as Jews used ancient Hebrew before the Assyrian exile but the Jews adopted the Aramaic alphabet when they were in exile. That's why Samaritans still use ancient Hebrew to some extent. As a Jew I think that we need to do anything in our power to preserve their tradition and culture.

4:45 the mesmerizing Mediterranean Ocean. Ну так.

Really nice vdo. Best wishes for the samaritans.

3,000 years is hardly the "oldest" religion in the world.