The Chapel of the Milk Grotto
HOLY LAND'S PHOTOS COLLECTION
Church of the Annunciation - Nazareth
Jacob's Well
Church of the Nativity - Bethlehem
Church of the Sepulchre - Jerusalem
The Chapel of the Milk Grotto
Jesus's Tomb
Church of St. Peter - Gallicantu
Lady of Lavang in Israel
Church of the Transfiguration
Pool of Bethesda
Church of the Visitation
Gethsemane Garden
The Chapel of the Milk Grotto
The Chapel of the Milk Grotto, also called Grotto of Our Lady or Milk Grotto, is a Catholic chapel in Bethlehem in the West Bank of the Palestinian Territories, erected in 1872. Since ancient times, the place has been a center of Christian pilgrimage, maintained since its last erection together with its Marian shrine and monastery by the Custody of the Holy Land of the Order of the Friars Minor of the Catholic Church in Palestine.
Christian tradition says is the place where the Holy Family found refuge during the Massacre of the Innocents, before they could flee to Egypt. The name is derived from the story that a "drop of milk" of the Virgin Mary fell on the floor of the cave and changed its color to white. The space, which contains three different caves, is visited by some pilgrims in hope of healing infertile couples.
