Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Nourhan Mangounian on Saturday arrived in Bethlehem.
The Patriarch attended the Church of Nativity’s Manger Square to offer his blessing ahead of Armenian Christmas Eve midnight mass where a large crowd of Christians gathered to see him, wsbtv.com reported.
Christmas in Bethlehem is celebrated three times each year. On January 19 Christmas is celebrated by the Armenian church.
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