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The Shepherds' Field Chapel (Arabic: كنيسة حقل الرعاة; Hebrew: כנסיית שדה הרועים) [citation needed], or the Sanctuary of Gloria in excelsis Deo, [1] is a Roman Catholic religious building in Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine.
The old core of Beit Sahour is reputed to be close to the place where, according to the New Testament, an angel announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds—the "Annunciation to the shepherds". [16] The eastern part of Beit Sahour is home to two sites alleged to be the biblical "Shepherds' Field".
The Status Quo (Hebrew: סטטוס קוו; Arabic: الوضع الراهن) is an understanding among religious communities with respect to nine shared religious sites in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. [1] Other holy places in Israel and Palestine were not deemed subject to the Status Quo, because the authorities of one religion or community within a ...
Bethlehem city, West Bank Church of Saint Catherine: Bethlehem city, West Bank Syriac Orthodox Church (Bethlehem) 1928 Bethlehem city, West Bank Greek Melkite Church (Bethlehem) 1964 Bethlehem city, West Bank Chapel of the Shepherd's Field: Bethlehem city, West Bank Mar Saba: al-Ubeidiya town, West Bank Monastery of Saints John and George of ...
Baraka Bible Presbyterian Church is a reformed and fundamental Bible Presbyterian church located in Bethlehem and Shepherd's Field. [1] The first and only Bible Presbyterian Church in Israel, it is often attended by Pilgrims who visit the Holy Land. The sale of its original compound, Beit El Baraka, has been the subject of an international ...
The biblical record locates it near the present-day city of Bethlehem. So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem), and Jacob set up a pillar at her grave; it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day. Israel [Jacob] journeyed on, and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. (Gen 35:19-21 NRSV)
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English: Roman Catholic church of Shepherds Field Chapel, Bethlehem, Palestine. Español: Iglesia Romanocatólica de la Capilla del Campo del Pastor, Belén, Palestina.