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The travels of Mary and Joseph from Egyptian territory all the way north to Nazareth is a journey of more than 140 miles (225 kilometers, see Luke 2:39 - 40)! Jesus spends his childhood and young adult years living in Nazareth (which fulfills the prophecy stated in Matthew 2:23). After the death of his step-father sometime between his 12th and ...
You all know Bethlehem, the Nativity, its grotto and its star, where you have perhaps been able pray while on a pilgrimage in the Holy Land. But did you know that in ...
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Dec 16, 2020 · Bethlehem Ephrata by David Roberts (1796-1864). Author provided. This interpretation of the caves in general is supported by written evidence. Eusebius wrote in his Life of Constantine that three ...
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Dec 24, 2019 · There is one episode, however, that is often overlooked which carries great historical and theological significance — the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt (Matt. 2:13). In the journey of the Christ-child to Egypt, God is pointing us back to what He did in the past, for He is the same today, yesterday and forever (Hebrews 13:8).
Church of the Nativity. / 31.704306°N 35.207583°E / 31.704306; 35.207583. The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, [a] is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus.
In 1187 the Ayyubid Sultan Saladin (of Egypt, Syria and more in the Levant) reconquered Bethlehem and the Catholic clergy was forced to let the Greek Orthodox clergy return. Saladin himself in 1192 allowed two Catholic priests and two deacons to return to the diocese, though Bethlehem's economy still suffered from the drastic reduction in ...
Coptic Catholics. The pastoral care of Catholics in Egypt was entrusted to the Franciscans of the Holy Land, who visited Egypt several times a year until the Franciscan Order was established there in 1666. In 1741 Pope Benedict XIV appointed Athanasius, the Coptic Bishop of Jerusalem, as Vicar Apostolic for Copts in Egypt.
