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In 1858, the remains of a monastery built around 400 A.D. were discovered, on what was called the "Khirbet Siyar al-Ghanem" – the "Ruins of the Sheep Enclosure" or "Ruins of the Sheepfold"). [8] The French official responsible for the excavations claimed to have found the three “shepherds’ tombs” mentioned by a pilgrim who visited Beit ...
Beit Sahour, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1525/26 (AH 932), Beit Sahur an-Nasara ('Christian Beit Sahur') had 5 Christian and 7 Muslim households, increasing in 1538/39 (AH 945) to 8 Christian and 8 Muslim households. [14]
The PCR is based in Beit Sahour under the aegis of the International Solidarity Movement. George Rishmawi is director of PCR. [1] The group was established in 1988, then formally registered under the auspices of the Mennonite Central Committee in Jerusalem in 1991 and officially registered in the Palestinian Ministry of Interior in 2004.
Stories on the 'Wall Museum' of the Sumud Story House in Bethlehem. Sumud (Arabic: صمود, romanized: ṣumūd, meaning "steadfastness" [1] or "steadfast perseverance"; derived from the verb صمد ṣamada, meaning "arrange, adorn, lay up, save") [2] is a Palestinian cultural value, ideological theme and political strategy that emerged in the wake of the 1967 Six-Day War among the ...
Nuaman or Khallet an Nu'man (Arabic: النعمان, meaning "Grace"), [2] also written al-Numan/an-Nu'man, is a small village located just north of Beit Sahour in the Palestinian Governorate of Bethlehem. The Israeli government incorporated its territory within Jerusalem after the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War ...
Beit Hanina: Apostle James Zebedee: St. James's Church: Bait Hanina (بيت حنينا, בית חנינא) is the parish of St. Salvator chaplaincy. Jerusalem and Palest. Autonomy: Jerusalem: Salvator Chapel of the Terra Sancta College: Chaplaincy of the parish of St. Salvator. Jerusalem and Palest. Autonomy: Acre: John the Baptist: St. John's ...
The Holy Family in olive wood. Beit Sahour, 2000. Olive wood is used because it is easier to carve than other woods and could be done accurately with simple hand tools. Also, it has a diverse variety of natural color and tonal depth, due to the annual structure. It is also resistant to decay and receptive to a number of surfacing treatments. [3]
The church's interior walls feature medieval golden mosaics once covering the side walls, which are now in large parts lost. [72] The original Roman-style floor of the basilica has been covered over with flagstones, but there is a trap door in the floor which opens up to reveal a portion of the original mosaic pavement from the Constantinian ...