Mār Sābā

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
Micah 5:2 NIV

This afternoon, we visited Bethlehem, the city of Jesus' birth. We walked through a shepherd's field and stood on a hillside, perhaps close to where the angels announced that Jesus had been born.

We visited the Church of the Nativity, the oldest church in continuous use by Christian, and believed to be the location of Jesus' birth. The entrance is through the Door of Humility, where everyone must bow low in order to enter.Read more