- Title: Armenian Patriarch arrives at the Church of the Nativity to celebrate Christmas
- Date: 18th January 2020
- Summary: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (JANUARY 18, 2020) (REUTERS) ARMENIAN CLERGYMEN CARRYING CROSS DURING CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS AT MANGER SQUARE CLERGYMAN WALKING AHEAD OF THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH NOURHAN MANOUGIAN DURING CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS VARIOUS OF ARMENIANS ALONGSIDE WITH THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCH WALKING TOWARD NATIVITY CHURCH GOLDEN CROSS TOURISTS TAKING PICTURES ARMENIAN PATRIARCH WALKING TOWARDS CHURCH PATRIARCH ENTERING CHURCH CLERGYMEN AND PEOPLE GATHERED NEAR CHURCH BELLS RINGING PEOPLE AT CELEBRATIONS VARIOUS OF MARCHING BANDS DURING CELEBRATIONS AT MANGER SQUARE
- Embargoed: 1st February 2020 12:47
- Keywords: Armenian Bethlehem Christians Christmas Palestinians
- Location: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- City: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA001BWP7FPJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Armenian Patriarch Nourhan Manougian arrived on Saturday (January 18) in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, revered as Jesus' birthplace, to lead a Christmas mass.
Christian faithful and a marching band lined the cobblestone streets of the biblical town of Bethlehem as the Armenian Patriarch made his way to the Church of Nativity to kick off Christmas festivities.
Christmas in Bethlehem is celebrated three times each year.
Many Christians mark the date on December 25, based on the Gregorian calendar, while several Orthodox Christians commemorate the event to recognise the birth of Jesus on January 7.
Some Armenian churches celebrate on January 19, making them the last of the Eastern Churches to mark the event.
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