The Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of the Mountain (Sayyidat al-Jabal) is the reason almost everyone stops at Anjara. Built around a cave where, according to tradition, Jesus and his disciples rested on a journey through the region, it was designated by the Vatican in 2000 as one of the five Jubilee pilgrimage sites in the Holy Land. A modern Latin church sits above the cave, and inside is a life-size wooden statue of the Virgin holding the Christ child, dressed in embroidered robes.
The shrine is open to visitors daily. A short staircase leads down to the cave itself, lit by candles and lined with prayer requests left by pilgrims. The complex is small enough to see in twenty minutes; come on a Friday afternoon or Sunday morning to catch the local Christian community at prayer.