1945 - Palestine: Eastern Orthodox Ceremony; Church of the Nativity & Priests, 24Dec44

1945 - Palestine: Eastern Orthodox Ceremony; Church of the Nativity & Priests, 24Dec44 Procession of Russian Orthodox Priests through crowd outside wooden gate, priest Patriarch / (Alexis I ?) giving blessing. High angle priests in ornate robes onto stand above crowd; MS people watching from stone walls & rooftops. 08:42:22 MCU priests, w/ leader reading, priest ceremonially washing feet at Holy Sepulchre Church / Church of the Resurrection, Jerusalem. 08:42:46 Motorcade leaving to Bethlehem by car, 24Dec44 via Jaffa gate w/ mounted guard thru crowd. 08:43:17 Cars arriving at Church of the Nativity to celebrate midnight mass, greeted by District Commissioner Officer; Roman Catholic Priest (?) walking across plaza followed by civilian & military VIPs. 08:43:55 High angle of large crowd across plaza inside church walls. Religions; Religious Leaders; Post-WW2; Post-WWII; Ethnic; Near East; Palestine; Christmas 1944;