Nativity and Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem History
Describes Bethlehem during Roman era visits and the Nativity scene. Notes Helena of Rome building a church over the grotto, the Church of the Nativity as the oldest church in Christendom, and the shared ownership by Latin Greek and Armenian sects. Mentions Corinthian pillars and faded mosaics as remaining treasures.
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Caesar Augustus
Bethlehem
Aix
Jerusalem
Gras
Helena of Iome
Palestine
Methlehem
Mang Eificent Church
Balldine
Standnyon
Church of the Nativity
Christendom
Basilca
St. Helena
Orient
Nativity Ceremonies and Holy Week Customs Across Churches
The account describes the Gloria In Excelsis and procession at Bethlehem, with the image of the Babe lifted for worship and a waxen image laid in the manger during Christmas week. It notes Latin and Greek celebrations, differences in dates, and Turkish guards protecting the Church of the Nativity amid sectarian tensions.
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Peara
Arepa
Manger
Sucha
Palestine
Constitutional amendment advances in New Hampshire suffrage vote
Paragraphic notes on events mention New Hampshire's Constitutional Convention approving a woman's suffrage amendment by 146 to 9 percent. Also reports on Monroe Slater buying the Weiderich farm near Creston for 5340 at administrator's sale, and the marriage of Emile Zarle and Flora McClure. Ulysses Grant widow died in Washington at 72, survived by one daughter and three sons.
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Constitutional Convention of
New Hampshire
Monroe Slater
Weiderich
Creston
Ulysses & Grant
President Grant
Washington, D. C
Bethlehem’s ancient streets and holy crypts glow at Christmas
The article tours Bethlehem’s old stone houses and white limestone walls as Christmas Eve crowds fill the Church of the Nativity. Bishops, monks, and choirs perform a grand midnight ceremony while miners and locals reflect on the town’s historic Jewish past and Christian present amid sacred tapestries and a star marking the spot of the nativity.
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Bethlehem
Dawid
Togma
Bode
Jerusalem
Thia
Hill of Bethlehem
Hyrery
Jerchblabope
Eelven
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JB Y
Brangeline
Bea-Oliel
INOR
Roland Smith
Deylantowm
Richard Martin
Emile Zarle
Pittsburg
Wooster
Flora McClure
Beaver Falls
Chriatus
Macyr
Cemmon Pleas Court of
Toledne
Teat Safe
Wentern
Teledo
Board of Alderman
Jones
Cleveland and Southern Electric Railway
Chippewa Lake
Lake
Muney Order I Division
Pentage
Angus Shibley
Louis Shibley
United States
Joseph Magermaz
Lattanburg
Clarenes Baker
Cyrus
Mary E. Franka
Robert Markel
W. F. Oldroyd
W. Parker
Walter Porter
Jack Beene
Alda Byers
Mary C. Lehman
Viola Edna MacLsan
Reuben Prents
Lillia Runkle
Fields OF the Shepherds
Yevrery Upaert
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