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Religious Site Attractions In Nazareth

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Nazareth is the capital and the largest city in the Northern District of Israel. Nazareth is known as the Arab capital of Israel. In 2017 its population was 76,551. The inhabitants are predominantly Arab citizens of Israel, of whom 69% are Muslim and 30.9% Christian. Nazareth Illit , declared a separate city in June 1974, is built alongside old Nazareth, and had a Jewish population of 40,312 in 2014.In the New Testament, the town is described as the childhood home of Jesus, and as such is a center of Christian pilgrimage, with many shrines commemorating biblical events.
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Religious Site Attractions In Nazareth

  • 1. St. Joseph Church Nazareth
    St. Joseph's Church is a Franciscan Roman Catholic church in the Old City of Nazareth, modern-day Northern Israel. It was built in 1914 over the remains of much older churches. It is located close to the Church of the Annunciation. It was built in the Romanesque Revival style.The church is built on the site of the Church of Nutrition quoted by the pilgrim Arculfe about 670 in De locis sanctis , then a church of the crusaders of the kingdom of Jerusalem, whose vestiges under the crypt and a Franciscan church built in the 17th century. This history is described by the Franciscan Quaresmius in his Historica, theologica et moralis terrae sanctae elucidatio, written between 1616 and 1626, but merely affirms the existence ab antiquo of the tradition of a cult in this place, without give evidence...
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  • 2. Cana Nazareth
    The Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee . The name possibly derives from the Hebrew or Aramaic word for reeds.
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  • 4. Synagogue-Church Nazareth
    This article is about the church in Nazareth, Israel, known as the Synagogue Church. For the Judeo-Christian synagogue-churches, see Synagogue#Judeo-Christian synagogue-churches.The Synagogue Church is a small Christian church in the heart of Nazareth known by this name due to a tradition claiming that it is the same building that used to be the village synagogue in Jesus' time. Above its doorway is an embedded sign: the synagogue. The structure is currently controlled by the Melkite Church.
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  • 5. The White Mosque Nazareth
    Israel , officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest. The country contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel's economic and technological center is Tel Aviv, while its seat of government and proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, although the state's sovereignty over Jerusalem has only partial recognition.Israel has evidence of the earliest migration of hominids out of Africa. Canaanite tribes are archaeologically attested since t...
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