• The cave of Bethlehem (Georgian: ბეთლემის გამოქვაბული) is a cave of Georgia, located in Mount Kazbek, at an altitude of approximately 4100 m above sea...
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    Bethlehem (/ˈbɛθlɪhɛm/; Arabic: بيت لحم, Bayt Laḥm, pronunciation; Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם Bēṯ Leḥem) is a city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the State...
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    memory of Jesus from the world. Around AD 248, Greek philosopher Origen of Alexandria wrote the following about the grotto: In Bethlehem the cave is pointed...
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    found in one of the Ain Sakhri caves near Bethlehem. It is approximately 11,000 years old and thought to be the oldest known representation of two people...
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    The Cave of the Patriarchs or Tomb of the Patriarchs, known to Jews by its Biblical name Cave of Machpelah (Biblical Hebrew: מְעָרַת הַמַּכְפֵּלָה, romanized: Məʿāraṯ...
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    Liturgy of Preparation takes place. On it the bread and wine are prepared before the Divine Liturgy. The Prothesis symbolizes the cave of Bethlehem and also...
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    Sakhri lovers, a figurine from the Ain Sakhri caves near Bethlehem, is the oldest known representation of humans engaged in sex. It is now displayed in...
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    ascetics including Paulinus of Nola, Melania the Elder, Rufinus of Aquileia and Isidore the Confessor. She then settled in Bethlehem and established a monastery...
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    Bethlem Royal Hospital, also known as St. Mary Bethlehem, Bethlehem Hospital and Bedlam, is a psychiatric hospital in Bromley, London. Its famous history...
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    called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period. They were discovered over a period of 10 years, between...
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    Bethlehem is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,385 at the 2020 census, down from 3,607 at the 2010 census...
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    needed], or the Sanctuary of Gloria in excelsis Deo, is a Roman Catholic religious building in Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine....
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    is a Catholic chapel in Bethlehem, in the West Bank, erected in 1872. Since Byzantine times, the place has been a center of Christian pilgrimage, maintained...
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    said to be buried separately at what is known as Rachel's Tomb, near Bethlehem, at the site where she is believed to have died in childbirth. More widely...
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  • Jerusalem Bethlehem Hebron Jericho Battir The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance...
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    of the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank, Palestine. It works as a parish church and Franciscan monastery. There is a complex of...
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    beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church...
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    From 2 April to 10 May 2002, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank was besieged by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), targeting suspected...
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    original meaning of the word is "secret place", "cave", "den", referring to the cave where Christ was born, i.e., the Bethlehem Cave "Вифлеемский вертеп"...
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    found in a cave at Nahal Heimar. Nabi Musa - Sunset in June 2022 The Monastery of Mar Saba, near Bethlehem The Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, near...
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    of Obed and the grandson of Ruth and of Boaz. He lived in Bethlehem, in Judah, and was of the Tribe of Judah, he was a farmer, breeder and owner of sheep...
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    Cathars. In Ussat, within the cave called "Bethlehem," he found the pentagram engraved in the rock. Inside the Ornolac cave, he discovered a bronze plate...
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    Rachel's Tomb (redirect from Tomb of rachel)
    Palestinian city of Bethlehem, next to the Rachel's Tomb checkpoint, is built in the style of a traditional maqam, Arabic for shrine. The burial place of the matriarch...
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    Towards Bethlehem". New Left Review. 10. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2015. longest official military occupation of modern...
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  • through Philistine lines in Bethlehem to get a drink for David from a well near the gate while they were encamped in the Cave of Adullam, but David poured...
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    gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Judaea, that his mother, Mary, was engaged to a man named Joseph, who...
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    Bernard Sabella of Bethlehem University postulated that approximately 6.5% of the global Palestinian population was Christian, and that 56% of this figure...
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    Hermit (category Types of saints)
    Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno From a religious point of view, the solitary life is a form of asceticism, wherein...
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  • Witsie’s cave (Lehaeng la Wetsi) is a sacred site in the Free State and is named after the grandson of Chief Seeka of Makholokoe. The cave is largely...
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