Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1055 STAR OF BETHLEHEM In this circular
chapel of Nativity Church surrounded by sacred pictures, is the shrine
depicting the Star of Bethlehem which guided the Magi from the East who came
bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The visit of the three Wise
Men is commemorated on the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6.
(TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem), Catholic Church--Buildings., Armenian Church--Buildings., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings., Coptic Church--Buildings., YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān--Buildings., Syrian Orthodox Church--Buildings., Jesus Christ--Nativity., Jesus Christ--Art.
Topics:
Church buildings--Bethlehem., Christian art and symbolism--Bethlehem., Chapels--Bethlehem., Star of Bethlehem., Magi--Art., Epiphany.
Geographic subjects:
Bethlehem--Buildings, structures, etc., Bethlehem
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358812