Bethlehem

Arab Shops Bethlehem Bethlehem 2011 East Jerusalem

Bethlehem

 

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Basilica of the Nativity, Bethlehem
(first erected by Helena, mother of Constantine about 300 AD,
later enlarged by Justinian 500's AD)

 

beneath the Mosaic floor of Justinian can be seen
the mosaic floor of Helena's church

 

Eastern Orthodox chapel

 

the icon wall

 

priests conducting service

 

outside of the nearby Roman catholic chapel

 

old doorway

 

passage way showing lamps

 

Nativity site

 

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close up of the place of Jesus' Birth 

 

Arab Bethlehem at sunset

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Arab Shops Bethlehem Bethlehem 2011 East Jerusalem

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