AT BETHLEHEM
A NOVEL PILGRIMAGE.
(Australian & N.Z. Cable Assn.)
JERUSALEM. Dec. 27.
Thousands of pilgrims from all parts of the world, coming in motor cars, joined a pilgrimage from Jerusalem to the Shrine at Bethlehem. The pilgrimage was led by both Greek and Roman Cathojjc Patriarchs. The Orient joined Occident, and the Jew with the Gentile, while the Arabs and the Jews —who usually are at daggers drawn—forgot their differences and joined in the journey. The pilgrims all day on Saturday and Sunday crowded the Bascilica and the Grotto at Bethlehem, which were lighted bv fifteen lamps, four of these representing the Latin Church, five the Armenian, and six the Greek Church. Following the celebration of Mass on Friday at midnight the Patriarchs led the congregation through the Bascilica at the same time depositing an image of the infant Christ upon a manger in the .exact spot where Christ was born.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 December 1926, Page 7
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