The Kathisma Church and Monastery of Mary Theotokos on the Jerusalem-Bethlehem Road: Final Report of the 1992, 1997, 1999 and 2000 Excavation Seasons (IAA Reports 69). Jerusalem. Avrutis W.V. 2015.

Here, according to tradition, the very pregnant Virgin Mary sat down to rest on her way by donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem – where she gave birth to Jesus.