| Show HOLD CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM all bethlehem turns out on december defor 24 for or the arrival of the patriarch or of jerusa Jerusalem tem Cardl Cardinal nal of the holy land who each year brings to bethlehem an ancient effigy of the infant jesus which he be lays in the manger within the cave where christ was horn born dramatically the procession approaches pro aches heralded by a single angla horseman his bis banner streaming aloft A corps of native police mounted upon flery fiery arabian horses follows and then another single horseman upon a prancing black steed carrying the cross on high the patriarch in his cardinal and ermine mitred kitred bishops clergy la in embroidered vestments and white robed acolytes swing swinging ing golden cen sers precede the jeweled pavilion of the holy child the procession enters the church 0 of the nativity the public Is not permitted to witness the actual placing of the effigy as that part of the church built above the cave of the nativity Is under the jurisdiction of the greek orthodox church on christmas eve members of all denominations assemble to slag sing carols above the birthplace of the holy child before midnight mass Is solemnized in the church of the nativity |
