The Birthplace of Christ Church of the Nativity
by Georgeta Blanaru
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The Birthplace of Christ Church of the Nativity
Artist
Georgeta Blanaru
Medium
Painting - Coffee Painting
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The Door of Humility at the Church of the Nativity Bethlehem is one of the oldest continuously operating churches in the world
The first evidence of a cave in Bethlehem being venerated as Christ's birthplace is in the writings of Justin Martyr around 160 AD. The tradition is also attested by Origen and Eusebius in the 3rd century.
In 326, Constantine and his mother St. Helena commissioned a church to be built over the cave.
The Door of Humility, a small rectangular entrance to the church, was created in Ottoman times to prevent carts being driven in by looters, and to force even the most important visitor to dismount from his horse as he entered the holy place. The doorway was reduced from an earlier Crusader doorway, the pointed arch of which can still be seen above the current door. The outline of the Justinian square entrance can also be seen above the door.
Due to its cultural and geographical history, the site holds a prominent religious significance to those of both the Christian and Muslim faiths.
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