During various periods over the past 1700 years, Bethlehem and the Church of the Nativity have been, and still are, a pilgrim destination. The eastern end of the traditional route from Jerusalem to ...

This also includes restoring The Church of Nativity. For centuries, Bethlehem has been a renowned pilgrimage site for people of many faiths. Every year during Christmastime, the Christian world ...

A woman prays before the image of Our Lady in the Milk Grotto in Bethlehem. Not only Christian women but also many Muslim women regard Mary as a model of feminine virtue and make pilgrimages here.

Photograph by Thomas Coex, AFP, Getty I was fascinated to discover that Bethlehem was made famous as a site of Christian pilgrimage, not by churchmen, but by a succession of Roman women.

It's a permanent way to mark a pilgrimage. "It's something like holy," Abouayash said. "Making a tattoo?" Doane asked. "Yeah, in a holy place, in Bethlehem," he said. It's holy and a hot spot for ...

“There has been a foreign influence in Bethlehem since the time of Jesus. Pilgrimage and the diaspora work both ways,” he said. “But we have to be more than for pilgrims.” The ...

"Contribute in breaking this oppressive siege imposed upon it, through your visits, though pilgrimage to its holy sites." Before the outbreak of the Palestinian uprising in 2000, Bethlehem drew ...

Every Christmas, Bethlehem becomes a focus of global attention ... to consider places as holy and begin travelling to them on pilgrimage? Following on from my archaeological work in Nazareth ...

We are in the place where Jesus was born, and it is imperative that every person in the world who loves Jesus to help the Christian community survive,' business owner Rony Tabash said. 'We are the ...

It's the ultimate destination for determined Christmas card posters - and on a pilgrimage to the town of Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire, Clive Aslet finds there is plenty there to remind him of the ...

5 - Nominations to be Processed on an Emergency Basis - Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the pilgrimage route, Bethlehem, Palestine State of Conservation Reports by States Parties 2023 ...