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A mosaic panel depicting the Nativity of Jesus located in the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, aka Church on Spilt Blood, which is not a functioning or consecrated church. The church was completed in 1907 and restored in 1997 and is not a functioning church nor has it been re-consecrated.

Mer Saba Monastery (Mar Saba) in the Judean Desert is more than 1500 years old

Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine, Israel on a cloudy day. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as the birthplace of Jesus.

Horizontal lateral view of a nun praying at the Altar of the Nativity in the Church of the Nativity (or Basilica of the Nativity), Bethlehem, Israel

$Deyrulzafaran Monastery is one of the most significant centers of the Assyrian Church besides its magnificent architecture. It is situated in about 5 km from the old part of Mardin in Tur Abdin plateau located in the southeast of Turkey. According to chronicles, the monastery was founded in the 5th century AD, when the first church was built there.\n\nThe Monastery was constructed on a complex which had been used as a Sun Temple before Christ and was then used as a fortress at the time of Roman Empire. When Romans left the region, Saint Shleymun broucht the bones of some saints here. He converted the castle into a monastery. For this reason, Deyrulzafaran Monastery was first known as Mor Shleymun Monastery.$

View from the outskirts of Bethlehem to the Arthas monastery in the Bethlehem in the Palestinian Authority, Israel

A view across the historic old city from the mount of olives across the Kidron Valley to the temple mount.

Hebron, West Bank, Palestinian Territories - October 21, 2010: An Israeli car drives down the street late in the afternoon as Palestinian pedestrians are on either side of the road in this historic and conflicted city. Hebron is home to almost 200,000 Palestinians and several hundred Jewish settlers.

Moses commands the sea in the old book The Bible in Pictures, by G. Doreh, 1897

Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, Mar Saba, Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley halfway the Old City of Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. West Bank, Palestine, Israel.

Ethiopian monastery of Deir Al-Sultan where monks live on top of the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem

Ancient greek Monastery Mar Saba, located on a cliff in Judean desert, in Israel. .

Sednaya is a unique place in the Middle East. It is one of the only two (the other is Maalula) Aramaic speaking villages in the world. Aramaic is said to be the native language of Jesus. The local people in these villages speak more or less Arabic now, but there is a small community of Christian people living in the region and they practice Aramaic language rituals in this (and some other) monastery. Aramaic sounds like ancient Hebrew.

People walk on Manger Square in downtown Bethlehem, Palestine, Israel in the evening, during the Christmas Holidays, with the Church of the Nativity in the background.

Mar Saba monastery at the desert (Israel)

Temple of Diana in Nimes, France. Vintage half tone photo etching circa 19th century.

the above view of roads and Al-Karak city from castle. Al-Karak (Karak or Kerak) is a city in Jordan known for its Crusader castle

Church of Saint Catherine in Bethlehem, Palestine on a cloudy day. It is adjacent to the Church of the Nativity and with it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Pilgrimage Route in Bethlehem.

Panorama of old Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Kidron Valley

Digitally restored from a late 19th Century encyclopedia.

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