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Bethlehem Holds Midnight Christmas Mass Without Public

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Usually, midnight mass is attended by hundreds of believers but this year it's closed to the public because of coronavirus restrictions. 24.12.2020, Sputnik International

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Bethlehem Holds Midnight Christmas Mass Without Public

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© REUTERS / YOSRI ALJAMALA picture taken with a drone shows the Church of the Nativity and a Christmas tree at Manger Square on Christmas Eve, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank 24 December, 2020.

A picture taken with a drone shows the Church of the Nativity and a Christmas tree at Manger Square on Christmas Eve, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank 24 December, 2020. - Sputnik International

Usually, midnight mass is attended by hundreds of believers but this year it's closed to the public because of coronavirus restrictions.

Watch a live broadcast from the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, where Christmas mass is being held at St. Catherine Church – next to the Church of the Nativity. Only clerics are attending due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Amid the ongoing pandemic, millions of worshippers around the world have been banned from attending Christmas services.

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