Photos of the Holy Land
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The Star of David |
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| Grotto of the Nativity 2 sets of stairs on either side of the altar in the Church of the Nativity lead down into the Grotto, the site where Jesus is said to have been born. A fourteen pointed silver star embedded in white marble marks the exact spot with the inscription: Hic de Virgine Maria Jesus Christus natus est - Here Jesus Christ was born to the Virgin Mary. Of the fifteen lamps burning around the recess, six belong to the Greeks, 5 to the Armenians and four to the Latin's. |
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