| Show HOLD CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM All Bethlehem turns out on December December December De De- cember 24 for the arrival of the Patriarch Patriarch Patriarch Pa Pa- of Jerusalem Jerusalem Cardinal Cardinal of the Holy Land who each year brings to Bethlehem an ancient effigy effigy ef ef- ef figy of the Infant Jesus which 91 t r l i he lays in the manger within the cave where Christ was born Dramatically the procession approaches approaches approaches ap ap- ap- ap heralded by a single horseman his banner streaming aloft A corps of native police mounted upon fiery Arabian horses follows and then another single horseman upon a prancing black steed carrying the cross on high the patriarch in hi his Ws cardinal and ermine mitred bishops clergy in embroidered vestments and white robed acolytes swinging acolytes swinging golden censers cen cen- sers precede sers-precede precede the jeweled pavilion of the Holy Child The procession enters the Church of the Nativity The public is not permitted to witness the actual placing placing ing of the effigy as that part of the church church built built above the Cave of the Nativity Nativity Nativity-is is under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox church On Christmas Eve members of all denominations assemble to sing carols above the birthplace of the Holy Child before midnight mass is solemnized in the Church of the Nativity |
