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The Church of the Nativity: A Living Timeline of Faith The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem marks the site traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Its story, however, began not with a grand structure, but with a quiet cave. Long before a church stood here, early Christians preserved and venerated a specific grotto. The tradition was so strong that during Roman rule, a pagan shrine was built directly over it to suppress worship—an act that ironically helped preserve the sa