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Bethlehem Christmas Rituals Recreated At Washington Monastery
The piece describes the Bethlehem Christmas rites as performed in the United States at the Franciscan Monastery in Washington. It details processions, gospel readings, and the Christ Child image carried from the Nativity grotto to the manger, with replicas of Palestine shrines, the Holy Sepulcher, and a crowd of participants and spectators.
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Bethlehem
Savior
Franciscan Order of Friars
Palestine
Francis of Assisi
Rome
Beth-lehem
Jesus Christus
Jesus Christ
Virginia Mary
Mary
Birthplace of Christ
Basilica
Jerusalem
Tees
Basilica of the Nativity
Jesus
Christendom
United States
Washington, D. C
America
Holy Land
Christ
Mount Sepulcher
Washington
Kingdom of
Barcelona
Spain