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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

a pilgrimage site for Christians the world over, is usually bustling at this time of year, but most of the souvenir shops and restaurants lining it are tightly shuttered. Bethlehem, where once ...

On this pilgrimage, you visit all the towns where Jesus lived and ministered at such places as Nazareth, Galilee, Capernaum, Mount Tabor, Bethlehem and Jerusalem. I visited these places ...

The president was accompanied only by a single Secret Service agent when, after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem on July 15, he went on a personal pilgrimage to 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 ...