The Church of the Annunciation - Nazareth - Israel

The Church of the Annunciation (Hebrew: כנסיית הבשורה‎, Arabic: كنيسة البشارة, Greek: Εκκλησία του Ευαγγελισμού της Θεοτόκου), sometimes also referred to as the Basilica of the Annunciation is a church in Nazareth, in modern-day northern Israel; it was established in the place where, according to Roman Catholic tradition, the Annunciation took place. In other words, it is the location where Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a virgin, was visited by the Archangel Gabriel and told that she had been selected to be the mother of Jesus. The Greek Orthodox tradition holds that this event occurred while Mary was drawing water from the well in Nazareth, and erected St. Gabriel's Church at that alternate site.

The current church is a two-story building, erected over the site of an earlier Byzantine and Crusader church. Inside, the lower level contains the Grotto of the Annunciation, believed by many Christians to be the actual remains of the original childhood home of Mary.

Under Roman Catholic canon law, it enjoys the status of a minor basilica.

It is a historically significant site and may even be considered sacred within some circles of Christianity, especially Catholicism. The basilica attracts many Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Christian visitors every year.

A newly launched website gives millions of Christians across the world the opportunity to pray and light their own personal candles at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, via the Internet. The site, www.mirezo.com,[1]was officially launched during the recent Feast of the Annunciation in 2007, the Christian holiday celebrating the revelation that the Virgin Mary would conceive Jesus. Once a user enters their personal prayer online, they can then watch over the Internet as a priest lights a candle in their name, and reads out their prayer.

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[JewsForJustice]

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SLAUGHTERING PALESTINIANS AT A RATIO OF "8 to 1" AND THEN CLAIMING YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF TERROR-ISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IS SIMPLY LAUGHABLE BY ANY RATIONAL, LOGIC, RELIGION OR CREED!!!. NO EXCUSES ARE CREDIBLE` FOR THESE LEVELS OF TERRORISM. NOT EVEN THE JEWISH HOLY TORAH ALLOWS KILLING BEYOND AN EYE` FOR AN EYE!!!

Source of 8 to 1 ratio: BT Selem Israeli Human Rights Group

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[MarounBi]

i live at nazareth... and even I didnt explorer that church very good... its HUGE and so beautiful... for the ones who still didnt visit nazareth... u sure have to :)

[firasospodeh]

wow we live in nazareth and we dont value it at all !!

[Francy19965]

Thanks.

[moello888]

An old , gentle mand from this Church took our hands ( me and my firlfriend) and lead us down to the deepest place of the grotto ,he showed us the tomb where Sancta Maria and Jakob were buried then. A holly expeirence I´ve never forgot ten since. Amen. I t was in the summer of 1983.

[antiislamnorge1]

What was the ratio when Muhammed killed jewish women and children in Medina just because they were jewish?

[Salamwamat]

Arabs are slaughtering Jews as a holy mission. Jews only defend themselves. Which means, if the Jews weren't killing the terrorists the ratio would have been totally the opposite. The Jewish people piss over you, you phony Jew !!!!

Allahu Akbar !!!

[myoldshorts]

@JewsForJustice So the Jews have been attacked constantly through out history by the Palestinians and ran out of their own home land by them and allies to them and you say it is their fault. Wow, even after the Jews taught them to cultivate their land and build a good economy. Follow Palestine lineage and you will find the Philistines. A constant thorn in their side!

[MrJapaneseboy1111]

Palaestina ex monumentis veteribus illustrata - a detailed geographical survey of Palestine in 1696 written in Latin by Adriaan Reland published by Willem Broedelet, Utrecht, in 1714.

Residents of the country mainly concentrated in cities: Jerusalem, Acre, Safed, Jaffa, Tiberias and Gaza.

In most cities, the majority of residents are Christians, Jews and others, very few Muslims who generally are Bedouin, seasonal workers who came to serve as Seasonal workers in agriculture or

[MrJapaneseboy1111]

Nablus: 120 muslims, 70 Samaritans

Nazareth:  700 people - all Christians

Umm al-Fahm: 50 people-10 families, ALL Christian

Gaza: 550 people- 300 Jews,250 Christian(Jews engaged in agriculture ,Christians deal with the trading and transporting the products)

Tiberias: 300 residents, all Jews.

Safed: about 200 inhabitants, all Jews

Jerusalem :5000 people,most of them (3,500) Jews,the rest - Christian (1000) Muslim (500)

[yoniforyoni]

hmm as i remebr since jews were expeled to europe by all the emprias... you muslims came and leave!

this were never ``palestine`` im sory.. THIS LAND WERE CALLED YHUDA! JEWISH TERRITORIES BEFORE ALL THE EMPRIAS CAME!!! its was country that build from the 12 groups ...who were united for one!

ISRAEL = IS THE COUNTRY AND ISRAEL WILL BE THE COUNTRY! that will stay on that land

[Telmanyi]

Roman Catholic "Salve Regina," chanted.  "Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail, our Life, our Sweetness and our Hope."