Sisters of Nazareth convent - Shefa-Amr
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The Sisters of Nazareth convent is a monastery located in the city of Shefa-Amr, Israel
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has helped the people of that city, they contacted one of its sisters called sister Hilo with an offer to contribute a piece of land in the center of Shefa-Amr containing remains of a 4th century church for the purpose of building a new convent on it. Sister Hilo accepted the offer and the convent was built on that land. later in 1860 a new school was built in the convent's area, this school was expanded over the years and teaches nowadays 1000 of the city's children.
In those days the area lacked any health care systems so the sisters built a small infirmary and gave health care services to the people of the city, the treatments were given to anyone regardless of his religion.
In the year 1914 the Europe
an sisters had to leave and go back to their home lands, some of the people of Shefa-Amr asked for the infirmary to remain opened, because the head sister couldn't do that she asked the other sisters to evacuate the convent in order to let another monastery occupy the place and rerun the infirmary. The sisters ordered 30 Camels from Haifa
to move their stuff, when the camels arrived the men of the city asked them why they came for and then ordered them to go back. Then they went to the sisters and said "We don't want and infirmary, we don't want another convent we just want the Sisters of Nazareth to stay" and they stayed there for the next 8 days making sure no one left.
In the current days the convent is the house of three sisters: sister Liya Aboud from Shefa-Amr, sister Donsian Nasrawy from Nazareth
and sister Muna Ghanem from Lebanon
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Israel
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History
In the year 1857, after the citizens of Shefa-Amr saw how much the Sisters of Nazareth convent in NazarethNazareth
Nazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...
has helped the people of that city, they contacted one of its sisters called sister Hilo with an offer to contribute a piece of land in the center of Shefa-Amr containing remains of a 4th century church for the purpose of building a new convent on it. Sister Hilo accepted the offer and the convent was built on that land. later in 1860 a new school was built in the convent's area, this school was expanded over the years and teaches nowadays 1000 of the city's children.
In those days the area lacked any health care systems so the sisters built a small infirmary and gave health care services to the people of the city, the treatments were given to anyone regardless of his religion.
In the year 1914 the Europe
Europe
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an sisters had to leave and go back to their home lands, some of the people of Shefa-Amr asked for the infirmary to remain opened, because the head sister couldn't do that she asked the other sisters to evacuate the convent in order to let another monastery occupy the place and rerun the infirmary. The sisters ordered 30 Camels from Haifa
Haifa
Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...
to move their stuff, when the camels arrived the men of the city asked them why they came for and then ordered them to go back. Then they went to the sisters and said "We don't want and infirmary, we don't want another convent we just want the Sisters of Nazareth to stay" and they stayed there for the next 8 days making sure no one left.
In the current days the convent is the house of three sisters: sister Liya Aboud from Shefa-Amr, sister Donsian Nasrawy from Nazareth
Nazareth
Nazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...
and sister Muna Ghanem from Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
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Institutes of the convent
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, it also makes trips on the footsteps of Jesus.
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