On the main street in the middle of Beit Jala, not far from the Patriarchal Seminary Building, is the Church of the Virgin Mary. It was built in 1862 by the Orthodox Patriarch Cyril II and is the largest in the city of Beit Jala. It’s an Ottoman Building architecture Church, Square shape, contain a beautiful Tower Bells. Inside the church there are many beautiful hand painting on the walls of the church represents different saints and different stories from the Bible.
