The Church of the Nativity is the church in which Jesus Christ was born, and it is located in Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank. Built by Emperor Constantine in 335.
The Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest churches in Palestine and the world, and the most important of this is the fact that religious rituals have been held regularly until now since the beginning of the sixth century AD when the Roman Emperor Justinian built the church in its current form.
The Church of the Nativity was the first of the three churches built by Emperor Constantine in the early fourth century AD, when Christianity became the official state religion, and this was in response to the request of Bishop Macarius at the First Ecumenical Council in Nicaea in the year 325 AD.
In 2012, the Church of the Nativity entered the list of World Heritage Sites, the Church of the Nativity was the first Palestinian site to be included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.



