CHURCH BUILDING
Church of the Nativity
Christian tradition identifies a cave in Bethlehem as the place where Jesus was born, and the Church of the Nativity stands over it. The first church, built under Constantine, was dedicated on 31 May 339.
Biblical sites in Palestine
These are the places in Palestine that this guide connects with a Bible passage. Each card gives the passage, the start of the site’s history and a link to its full profile, map location and sources.
CHURCH BUILDING
Jacob's Well Greek Orthodox Church
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The well known as Jacob's Well, or the Well of Sychar, lies in Balata on the edge of Nablus and is enclosed today within an Eastern Orthodox church and monastery. Religious tradition has associated the well with the patriarch Jacob for a very long time.
CHURCH BUILDING
Church of Saint Lazarus
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The Church of Saint Lazarus in al-Eizariya, the town identified with biblical Bethany, stands close to the place Christian tradition holds to be the tomb of Lazarus. The Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land acquired land here in 1863, and the present church, designed by Antonio Barluzzi, was built in 1952–53 over the eastern part of earlier Byzantine and Crusader churches.