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Bethlehem 2000 December 2000 |
| Closing of the year-2000-celebrations and pointing the way into the
next Millennium December 2000 - Easter 2001
28 Nov. First Sunday of Advent Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony Bethlehem Christmas Market 24/25 Dec. Christmas Celebration and Catch the Star 24 Dec. Christmas Celebrations 10:00-16:00 Procession of the Roman Catholic Patriarch to Bethlehem 20:00 Choral music at Manger Square 20:00 Anglican Carol Service in the courtyard between the Church of Nativity and the Greek Orthodox Monastery 21:00 Anglican Carol Service at St. George’s Cathedral, Jerusalem 24:00 Midnight Mass in the Church of Nativity broadcast all around the world 25 Dec.-Jan. 7 3 Holy Nights Thirteen evenings of oriental and western music, street parades and the rising comet over Bethlehem to celebrate the Holy Christmas season 31 Dec. New Year’s Eve Celebrations 6 Jan. Orthodox Christmas Millennium Celebrations Twelve Orthodox Patriarchs inaugurate the Millennium 8:30-10:00 Procession of Orthodox Syrian and Coptic vicars to Bethlehem 11:00-16:00 Procession of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch into Bethlehem 24:00 Orthodox Midnight Mass in the Grotto of the Nativity 6 Jan. Epiphany 10:00 Latin Mass in St. Catherine 13 Jan. Eastern New Year’s Eve Celebrations with fireworks at Manger Square 18 Jan. Armenian Christmas 11:00 Procession of the Orthodox Armenian Patriarch in Bethlehem 18 Jan. Orthodox Epiphany Procession to River Jordan and Mass 19 Jan. 00:00 Armenian Midnight Mass in the Grotto of the Nativity 15 Apr. Easter Sunday The Eastern and Western Easter Celebrations fall on the same day only once every four years. Easter 2001 Closing Ceremony Staging of major event at Manger Square . |
