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Churches and Monasteries

various areas within the Church
of the Holy Sepulchre. Don’t miss
the tiny Coptic chapel at the rear of
the Sepulchre itself (see pp12–13).
Church of the
3
Multiplication of the
Loaves and Fishes, Tabgha
MAP B5 • (04) 667 8100 • Open
8am–5pm Mon–Fri (to 3pm Sat)
This austere Catholic church was
built in the 1980s on the site of a
5th-century Byzantine chapel. It is
believed to be the place where Jesus
fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two
fish (Matthew 15: 32–39). A mosaic
in front of the altar shows a basket
of bread flanked by fish (see p32).
Basilica of the
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Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem Annunciation, Nazareth
MAP C5 • Casa Nova St • (04) 657
Cathedral of St. James,
1 2501 • Open 8am–6pm
Jerusalem
The largest church in the Middle
MAP N5 • Armenian Quarter, Old City East, this is the traditional scene of
• (02) 628 2331 • Open 6–7:30am & the Annunciation. The apse of a 5th-
3–3:30pm daily century church encloses a sunken
This 12th-century Armenian church, grotto, backed by the remains of a
redolent with incense, has an elab- Crusader church. Above soars the
orate vaulted dome, gilded altars, modern edifice, consecrated in 1969.
and countless hanging oil lamps.
Church of the Nativity,
It stands over the tomb of St. James 5
the Apostle, whose severed head Bethlehem
lies in the third chapel on the left. This church is entered through the
Open during services only. tiny Door of Humility, its size aimed
at preventing looters from riding in
Church of the Holy
2 on horseback. In the nave, limestone
Sepulchre, Jerusalem
columns carry Crusader paintings of
Different Eastern and Western saints. Steps lead down to the Grotto
Christian denominations administer of the Nativity (see pp26–7).
Northern 85 Farod 90 BEIT Shivtei Jerusalem
Israel Mahane YISRAEL Israel
Yehuda
Sakhnin Tabgha HaDavidka Damascus SULEIMAN
Jaffa
Sea of NAKHLAOT Center Gate
65 Galilee BETSA L’EL NAHALAT
Rumane Lavi Tiberias KING GEORGE V SHIV’A
77 SHDEROT BEN TSVI City Hall OLD
Cana REHAVIA AGRON CITY JERICHO R D
Kinneret
RAMBAN CITY OF
Nazareth Kfar Tavor HARAV HERZO G KEREN HA- YEMIN DAVID
YESOD
90 TALBIYA MOSHE
0 km 8 0 meters 1000
KIRYAT
60
80 miles SHMUEL
(130 km) 0 miles 8 0 yards 1000
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Date 24th June 2015
Size 100mm x 191mm