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No mistake - Merry Christmas from Jerusalem

scruffy1

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Holy Year from Pamplona 2010, SJPP 2011, Lisbon 2012, Le Puy 2013, Vezelay (partial watch this space!) 2014; 2015 Toulouse-Puenta la Reina (Arles)
Just back from a visit to the Armenian church hoping to witness their Christmas mass. It was packed! Standing room only entrance only for Armenians we ah...Gentiles is not the correct term, perhaps non-Armenians will do, standing outside in the cold the dark, and the wind. Tried my best but couldn't. So I enclose a short video from Youtube of the church and a part of the daily mass, the photographer, like me shut down by one of their priests.
 
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Please note the enshrouded head of Saint James above the door.
 
It looks amazing, something I'd love to see. I can understand the priest shutting down the videoing, however. Sometimes it's easy to forget that a religious ceremony is a meaningful occasion, not something arranged as a tourist attraction.

(I'm as guilty as anyone. I happily filmed a colourful street event in an Asian country, before realising I was actually filming a funeral! The glares of some of the participants made me realise how offensive I was being...)
 
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