Bethlehem
It is Christmas 2011 and after taking a break, I am back putting together the photos from our trip last month to the Holy Land in Israel. The most appropriate stop was, of course, in Bethlehem where it all started.
This slideshow includes the Shepherds' Field outside Bethlehem where the angel told them of Jesus' birth. In Bethlehem, the highlight was the Church of the Nativity, seeing the grotto where Christ was born and the manger where Mary laid the newborn baby. The church is jointly administered by the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholics and Armenian Church. The Roman Catholic church there is St. Catherine's. The (Roman Catholic) Franciscan Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria was built in 1882 on the ruins of the Crusader church and monastery belonging to the Augustinians. Under the church, there are caves below dedicated to the study and tomb of St. Jerome who translated the Bible from Hebrew into Latin.
Read MoreThis slideshow includes the Shepherds' Field outside Bethlehem where the angel told them of Jesus' birth. In Bethlehem, the highlight was the Church of the Nativity, seeing the grotto where Christ was born and the manger where Mary laid the newborn baby. The church is jointly administered by the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholics and Armenian Church. The Roman Catholic church there is St. Catherine's. The (Roman Catholic) Franciscan Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria was built in 1882 on the ruins of the Crusader church and monastery belonging to the Augustinians. Under the church, there are caves below dedicated to the study and tomb of St. Jerome who translated the Bible from Hebrew into Latin.
Matt in Shepard's Field Cave Nativity Bethlehem
Monk in Bethlehem
