273. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, 11TH. C. CRUSADER MOSAIC DEPICTINF JESUS’ ENTRY IN JERUSALEM ON PALM SUNDAY, HOSANNA, MEANING: ‘HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD’, AS PEOPLE USED TO GREET JESUS WHEN HE ENTERED JERUSALEM ON PALM SUNDAY (MT 21:9, MK 11:9,10, JN 12:13) DETAIL DEPICTING THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM RECEIVING JESUS

3493. CHURCH OF NATIVITY – MOSAIC ON THE WALL OF THE BASILICA DATING FROM THE 11TH. C. DEPICTING, IN DECORATIVE FORM THE COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH AND FANCIFUL FOLIAGE

3493. CHURCH OF NATIVITY – MOSAIC ON THE WALL OF THE BASILICA DATING FROM THE 11TH. C. DEPICTING, IN DECORATIVE FORM THE COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH AND FANCIFUL FOLIAGE

369. BETHLEHEM – THE SILVER STAR UNDER THE ALTAR IN THE BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY, MARKS THE EXACT SPOT WHERE JESUS WAS BORN

370. BETHLEHEM – BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY, THE ALTAR IS BUILT ON THE PLACE OF CHRIST’S BIRTH

371. BETHLEHEM – BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY, BUILT IN THE 6TH. C. BY EMPEROR JUSTINIAN

4243. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, THE COURTYARD IN FRON OF THE MONASTERY AND THE CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE

4246. BETHLECHEM, THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY, MASS IN THE GROTTO OF NATIVITY

4248. BETHLECHEM, THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY, STONE CARVING OF ST. GEORGE KILING THE DRAGON IN THE ARMENIAN PART OF THE CHURCH

4250. BETHLECHEM, THE GREEK ORTHODOX ALTAR IN THE BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY

4251. BETLECHEM, THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY,. IN THE CRUSADER PERIOD THE WALLS OF THE BASILICA WERE COVERED BY MOSAICS, TODAY VERY FEW REMAIN. PIC: AN ANGEL

4252. BETLECHEM, THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY,. IN THE CRUSADER PERIOD THE WALLS OF THE BASILICA WERE COVERED BY MOSAICS, TODAY VERY FEW REMAIN. PIC: SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF ONE OF THE SEVEN ECUMENICAL COUNCILS.

4253. CHURCH OF NATIVITY – MOSAIC ON THE WALL OF THE BASILICA DATING FROM THE 11TH. C.

4255. BETHLECHEM, PAIR OF SILVER CANDLESTICKS FOUND IN THE CRUSADER CHURCH OF NATIVITY

592. BETLECHEM – GENERAL VIEW OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY WITH THE THICK, FORTRESS LIKE WALLS AND THE BELL TOWER BUILT IN THE CRUSADER PERIOD ON AN BYZANTINE CHURCH FIRST BUILT BY EMPEROR CONSTANTINE

645. BETHLECHEM, ENAMELLED CANDLESTICKS, DATING FROM THE 12TH C. FOUND IN THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY

647. CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, ONE OF THE 40 MARBLE PILLARS IN THE JUSTINIAN PART OF THE CHURCH, PAINTED WITH IMAGES OF SAINTS, DATING FROM THE CRUSSADER PERIOD (C. 12TH. C.)

647. CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, ONE OF THE 40 MARBLE PILLARS IN THE JUSTINIAN PART OF THE CHURCH, PAINTED WITH IMAGES OF SAINTS, DATING FROM THE CRUSSADER PERIOD (C. 12TH. C.)

647. CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY, ONE OF THE 40 MARBLE PILLARS IN THE JUSTINIAN PART OF THE CHURCH, PAINTED WITH IMAGES OF SAINTS, DATING FROM THE CRUSSADER PERIOD (C. 12TH. C.)

806. THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE BASILICA OF THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY. THERE ARE THREE GATES VISIBLE ON THIS ANCIENT (BYZANTINE) WALL: THE LARGEST (SQUARE SHAPE) WAS THE MONUMENTAL ENTRANCE OF THE CONSTANTINE CHURCH, THE THE SMALLER ARCHED GATE REPLACED THE SQUARE ONE FOR SECURITY REASONS, THE ENTRANCE USED TODAY IS THE SMALL SQUARE OPENING, […]

809. BETHLECHEM – CAPITALS DATING FROM THE CRUSADERS (CA. 10TH. C.) IN THE BUILDING OF THE CLOISTER OF ST. CATHERINE

811. BETHLECHEM – CHRISTMAS PROCESSION IN THE MANGER SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF NATIVITY

812. CHURCH OF NATIVITY – CRUSADER PERIOD FRESCOES ADORN THE ‘CRUSADER CHAPEL’ IN THE ANCIENT PART OF THE CHURCH

814. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, PRAYING IN THE PLACE OF THE MANGER

820. CHURCH OF NATIVITY, THE PROCESSION OF THE ARMENIAN-ORTHODOX PATRIARCH IN THE BASILICA OF THE NATIVITY