Basilica.
Text transcribed from caption: #1054 BASILICA To the Church of the Nativity, reputedly the oldest Christian church in existence, part of which is shown here, worshippers gather for 24-hour services, highlighted by midnight Mass and the singing of carols to hail the birth of the Redeemer. The Mass is celebrated by the Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land, whose arrival in the town is marked by elaborate ceremonies. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Doyle. (photographer)
1945
still image
negatives
negative : black-and-white ; 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Religious News Service--Archives. Church of the Nativity (Bethlehem) Catholic Church--Buildings. Armenian Church--Buildings. Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings. Coptic Church--Buildings. YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān--Buildings. Syrian Orthodox Church--Buildings. Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Jerusalem (Latin) Catholic Church--Bishops. Barlassina, Luigi (Aloysius)
Church buildings--Bethlehem. Historic buildings--Bethlehem. Mass--Celebration.
Bethlehem. Bethlehem Asia--West Bank--Bethlehem
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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.
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RNS RG 1, image no. 1054; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
RNS-RG1_1054
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