Shepherds' Field Chapel, Roman Catholic chapel in Beit Sahour, Palestine

The Shepherds' Field Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Beit Sahour, a village near Bethlehem. Built in 1953 by the Franciscans, it features a simple tent-like design with a small dome and five apses, with interior paintings depicting the birth of Jesus and scenes of shepherds.

A Byzantine monastery was built at the end of the 4th century over Roman-period remains and expanded in the 6th century. It was destroyed by the Persians in 614 and not reoccupied; in the 8th century Muslims chiseled Christian signs from its stones. The Franciscans bought the land between 1889 and 1906 and built the present chapel in 1953 to Antonio Barluzzi's design.

Latin Church tradition identifies Beit Sahour as the site of the angel's announcement to the shepherds, and the chapel is dedicated to Our Lady of Fátima. The nearby valley is linked to Ruth 2:2, where Ruth gleaned grain for herself and Naomi, so the area is also called the fields of Ruth and Boaz.

The chapel stands in Beit Sahour, southeast of Bethlehem; the Greek Orthodox Monastery of the Shepherds with its older church is a separate site nearby. The chapel sits above a large grotto, reached from inside, and the excavated Byzantine monastery ruins lie close by. Ground around the ruins is uneven rock and earth, so sturdy shoes help.

The chapel's five grey apses reproduce the form of a nomadic tent, and the angel's words to the shepherds are set in gold. Behind the building a grotto rises, and the site also holds caves and ancient oil presses found by Franciscan archaeologist Virgilio Canio Corbo.