of the manger. even in this paceful place there are long running disputes. the altar of the manger belongs to the monks the other alter in greek orthodox. the other christian groups is the arameanian orthodox. there is splits every where. exactly. that is give to go the holy man. the belief is that this is where jesus was born? yes. and then he was carried over here to the manger. exactly. then you see this is the cave which of course has been shaped but this wall is artificial. next door is the holy tirn face. father murphy o connor took us there for a look. there is very little evidence of the original cave left here. whatever is original is down below us here. tradition has it christ would
shaped. but this wall is artificial. next door is the contain the cave of the holy innocent. very little evidence of the original cave. the original is below us here. tradition has it that christ was born on the other side of this cave but this is part of the same cave system. yes, part of the cave system. that is an artificial wall that goes to the roof of the cave and you can see the bedroom above the bedrock above us. they excavated and got evidence that it was occupied up to the time of king david. there was dung and pottery and used for storage and more.
this is the cave which has been shaped. but this wall is artificial. next door is the contain the cave of the holy innocent. very little evidence of the original cave. the original is below us here. tradition has it that christ was born on the other side of this cave but this is part of the same cave system. yes, part of the cave system. that is an artificial wall that goes to the roof of the cave and you can see the bedroom above the bedrock above us. they excavated and got evidence that it was occupied up to the time of king david. there was dung and pottery and used for storage and more.
where jesus was born. yes. and then carried over here to the manger. exactly. this is the cave which has been . next door is the contain the cave of the holy innocent. very little evidence of the original cave. the original is below us here. tradition has it that christ was born on the other side of this cave but this is part of the same cave system. yes, part of the cave system. that is an artificial wall that goes to the roof of the cave and you can see the bedroom above the bedrock above us. they excavated and got evidence that it was occupied up
orthodox and their rights are defined in a treaty. the other christian group with rights over the site is the arrest armenian orthodox. so the belief is that this is where jesus was born. yes. and then carried over here to the manger. exactly. this is the cave which has been shaped. but this wall is artificial. next door is the contain the cave of the holy innocent. very little evidence of the original cave. the original is below us here. tradition has it that christ was born on the other side of this cave but this is part of the same cave system. yes, part of the cave system.