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Interior Latin Church of Annunciation, Nazareth ‎It is said, “that the best starting point for a walk through Nazareth is the Latin Monastery.” The Church of the Annunciation is situated within its walls, consequently, it is naturally the first to be visited. In 1620 the famous Druse Emir, Fakr ed Din, subdued this part of Palestine, and by him, permission was given to some Franciscan Monks to build the Church of the Annunciation and a convent near it. Since then Nazareth has continued to be a Christian village. Upon visiting this Franciscan Convent you will be conducted by a solemn, reverend monk of that order into the Church of the Annunciation. You will see its long aisles, its vaulted ceiling, whose arches rest upon four immense pillars. On either side are altars. The high altar is reached by a flight of marble steps on each side. This altar is dedicated to the Angel Gabriel. Behind this altar is the choir, a large, dark and sombre place, from which mass is said at an e...

Nazareth ‎Nazareth, the city that gave its name to Christianity, was described by St. Jerome as “the flower of Galilee and the nurse of Christ”. Here the angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus ( Luke 1:26–38 ). Here Jesus grew up and went out to preach in the surrounding cities and villages, until he was driven out by the inhabitants after declaring himself to be the Messiah ( Luke 4:21 ). At that time, during the Roman period, Nazareth was a small, unimportant Jewish village. In 1620 the Druze ruler, Fakhr a-Din, allowed Franciscan monks to purchase the remains of the Crusader Church of the Annunciation, and later to settle in the town and build churches and monasteries. Today it is the largest Arab city in Galilee and a center of Christian pilgrimage.

Church of the Holy Table, Nazareth   ‎The scenes connected with the closing events of Christ’s earthly life are limited to the city of Jerusalem. We allow our artist to transport us for a moment to Nazareth, where there is a fanciful tradition which makes the rock visible in the picture the place where Christ and his disciples often ate together. It is found in the interior of the Church of the Holy Table in Nazareth. The rock is about three feet high, ten feet long, and three feet wide. We are standing in front of the church and are looking toward the altar. The picture was taken by our artist on the 7th of May, 1894, at two o’clock in the afternoon. The church is one of the best kept and most pleasant in the city of Nazareth. There is a tradition that our Lord and his disciples often dined upon this rock both before and after his resurrection. The tradition, however, is not traceable further back than the seventeenth century. The chapel itself was built in 1861 and belongs ...

Nazareth ‎Nazareth, the city that gave its name to Christianity, was described by St. Jerome as “the flower of Galilee and the nurse of Christ”. Here the angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus (Luke 1:26–38). Here Jesus grew up and went out to preach in the surrounding cities and villages, until he was driven out by the inhabitants after declaring himself to be the Messiah (Luke 4:21). At that time, during the Roman period, Nazareth was a small, unimportant Jewish village. In 1620 the Druze ruler, Fakhr a-Din, allowed Franciscan monks to purchase the remains of the Crusader Church of the Annunciation, and later to settle in the town and build churches and monasteries. Today it is the largest Arab city in Galilee and a center of Christian pilgrimage.

Nazareth ‎Nazareth, the city that gave its name to Christ ianity , was described by St. Jerome as “the flower of Galilee and the nurse of Christ ” . Here the angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she was going to give birth to Jesus ( Luke 1:26–38) . Here Jesus grew up and went out to preach in the surrounding cities and villages, until he was driven out by the inhabitants after declaring himself to be the Messiah ( Luke 4:21) . At that time, during the Roman period, Nazareth was a small, unimportant Jewish village. In 1620 the Druze ruler, Fakhr a-Din, allowed Franciscan monks to purchase the remains of the Crusader Church of the Annunciation, and later to settle in the town and build churches and monasteries. Today it is the largest Arab city in Galilee and a center of Christ ian pilgrimage.