Bethlehem - Chapel of the Slaughter of the Infants in 1921

            The Postcard

A postally unused postcard that was published in 1921 by the Jamal Bros. of Jerusalem. The photography was by S. Narinsky, and the card has a divided back.

Chapel of the Holy Innocents

In Bethlehem, below the Church of the Nativity of Christ, is the Chapel or Cave of the Holy Innocents.

The Chapel is filled with hundreds of tiny skulls and bones of small children said to have been massacred by Herod the Great in an effort to eliminate the one Child whom he believed was to replace him as King of the Jews.

The number of children whom Herod is reputed to have slaughtered is traditionally numbered at 14,000. The Chapel is also said to contain the bones of Christians who were martyred in the Slaughter of the Persians in 614. 

This icon at the entrance to the Chapel shows Herod giving the order to slaughter the children, and also features Mary and Joseph fleeing to Egypt, and Elizabeth taking John into the hills to hide. The icon also shows men with bloody swords in the process of killing the children.

The Chapel also an icon of Christ welcoming the children into Heaven.

Despite the humidity of the Chapel, there is always a beautiful fragrance there. The Chapel is not often open to the public, and so visits have to be pre-arranged.

Taken on: April 10, 2023

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