Day 3 – 08. Chapel of the Shepherd’s Field

Chapel of the Shepherd's Field

Chapel of the Shepherd’s Field


The Shepherd’s Field Chapel is the name given to a religious building of the Catholic church that is in the area of Beit Sahur southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank in Palestine. Has relevance for Catholics because there the first announcement of the birth of Christ is celebrated.
It is a chapel built by the Franciscans and that is very close but separated from other structure belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church. Its history dates back to the V century when the first sanctuary was built. It was built near the ruins of an ancient monastery in 1953 with the design of architect A. Barluzzi and decorated with images of the annunciation to the shepherds and childhood of Jesus.
It has five apses that mimic the structure of a nomadic tent in gray. The words of the angel to the shepherds incristas gold. Under the church is a large cave. An image depicting the birth of Jesus can be seen in the place.

Beit Sahour (Arabic: بيت ساحور‎‎ pronounced About this sound Bayt Saahoor (help·info)) is a Palestinian town east of Bethlehem under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority. The population of 12,367 is 80% Christian (most of them Greek Orthodox) and 20% Muslim.
There are two enclosures in the eastern part of Beit Sahour that are claimed by different Christian denominations to be the actual ‘Shepherds Field’: one belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church and the other, the Catholic site, to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.
The name Beit Sahur belongs to two places in the vicinity: Beit Sahur al-Atiqah (“ancient Beit Sahur”) and Beit Sahur an-Nasara (“Beit Sahur of the Christians”
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