Nazareth: Church of the Annunciation
Nazareth: Church of the Annunciation Nazareth. At the entrance to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation—the Church of St. Gabriel, built in 1750 over the remains of three earlier churches. The first one was built in the Crusader period and its remains are in the crypt. The source of Mary’s Well is also there, connected by an underground channel to Mary’s Well a few hundred meters away. According to tradition, the angel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary when she was drawing water from the well and told her that she was to become a mother.