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Panorama of the village
The Nazareth Trust – Healing in The Nazareth Trust’s work focuses on four key delicious biblical meal served by the villagers.
the Name of Jesus areas of operation: This past year, 2017, was our busiest ever,
with close to 95,000 visitors.
Nazareth Village is one of the ministries of the • Nazareth Hospital - a busy general hospital in
Nazareth Trust. The Trust has been working in the center of Nazareth Growing outreach
Nazareth since 1861, when a young Christian
doctor came from Edinburgh and established • Academic School of Nursing Because of our growth, we are making
a small four-bed clinic. • SERVE Nazareth – a Christian volunteer plans to expand the existing visitor center.
The new Discovery Center will encompass
As the only medical facility in the town, and as service program which brings people from 40,000 square feet of facilities, not just to
far as Damascus and Beirut in the north and around the world accommodate current operations but also
Jerusalem in the south, this doctor no doubt • Nazareth Village – a vivid presentation that to allow for the development of several new
drew his inspiration from the words of Jesus, brings to life the times and teachings of Jesus. initiatives that will help us reach a larger
as he proclaimed in the synagogue in Nazareth: audience with the teachings of Jesus.
Nazareth Village – A Continuing
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because Story People who have visited Nazareth Village
He has anointed me to preach good news to consistently give positive feedback about their
the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom After more than 20 years, Nazareth Village experience, and we want to welcome more
to the prisoners, recovery of sight to the blind, continues to grow and expand. The restored and more people in the future. Book your visit
to set the oppressed free, and proclaim the farm now has thriving olive, fig and almond today by visiting www.nazarethvillage.com
year of the LORD's favor." trees. Grapes and wheat, along with various
vegetables and herbs, are being grown on Will you prayerfully consider partnering with
While the Trust’s roots are in the provision of the terraces once again. The first-century Nazareth Village to make this new center a
medical care, today the Nazareth Trust is more village includes a synagogue, an olive press, reality? You can make your donation via the
than just a hospital. It is a dynamic Christian carpenter and weaver workshops, and a same website - just look for the donate button
organization with a worldwide reach. With more mikveh (a Jewish ritual bath). at the top of the site. When you give, you will
than over 600 staff members and volunteers, be making it possible for future generations
the Trust engages with over 250,000 people When you join a tour, you will meet our villagers to experience the life and teachings of
each year through its patients and their families, dressed in period costume, living life and Jesus firsthand in this truly unique setting in
through students and international volunteers, working on the farm just as they would have Nazareth itself.
as well as pilgrims and tourists. done in Jesus' time. Many visitors choose
to enhance their experience by adding, a
The carpenter at work The weaver's handiwork
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