. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. loni (PI. B, 3), witlia church; to the ,, near the Hebron road, is a Hospital of theSisters of Charity (PI. B, 3); and on the highest point to the N. isa school of the Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes (PI. B, 2). The Geeeks 102 Route 10. BETHLEHEM. Church of the Nativity. have a Monastery of the Nativity, the Churches of St. Helen andSt. Oeorge, a school for boys, and another for girls. The Armenianshave a large Monastery. The three monasteries together occupy alarge building resembling a f
. Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia; handbook for travellers;. loni (PI. B, 3), witlia church; to the ,, near the Hebron road, is a Hospital of theSisters of Charity (PI. B, 3); and on the highest point to the N. isa school of the Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes (PI. B, 2). The Geeeks 102 Route 10. BETHLEHEM. Church of the Nativity. have a Monastery of the Nativity, the Churches of St. Helen andSt. Oeorge, a school for boys, and another for girls. The Armenianshave a large Monastery. The three monasteries together occupy alarge building resembling a fortress, which forms a prominent objectat the end of the town. The number of Protestants is about are also a school for girls and a seminary for female teachersof the British mission (PI. C, 5), and a German Protestant institution(PI. B, 4), with a church (p. 107), an orphanage to the W. of tlietown on the way to Artas (p. 110), and a medical mission. The large *Church of the Nativity or of St. Mary (P] . B, C, 4,5),erected over the traditional birthplace of Christ, lies in the E. part. 1. Principal Entrance. 1. Entrance to the Armenian Monastery. 3. En-irancet to the Latin MonaHery and Church. 4. Entrances to the Greek Font of the Greeks. 6. Entrances of the Greeks to the Choir. 7. CormnonEntrance of the Greeks and Armenians to the Choir. 8. Armenian Entrance to the Church of St. Catharine (Latin). 10. Steps leading to theGrotto of the Nativity (comp. Plan, p. 104). 11. Greek Altar. 12. Greek Throne of the Greek Patriarch. 14. Seats of the Greek Clergy. 15. Latin Church of St. Catharine. 17. Entrance to the Latin Stairs to the Grottoes (comp. Plan, p. 104). 19. Latin Sacristy. 20. Schoolsof the Franciscant. 21. Latin dotted lines in the above Plan indicate the situation of thegrottoes nnder the church (comp. Plan, p. 104). Church of the Nativity. BETHLEHEM. 10. Route. 103 of tlie town, above
Size: 1696px × 1474px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublishernewyorkcscribnerss
