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(site created for the Franciscan Custody Custody of the Holy Land)
Church's Official Calendar of Celebrations in Holy Land
| 2000 - December | ||
| 3 | Sunday | 1st Sunday of Advent |
| Notes: Coincides with the Muslim month of Ramadan | ||
| 4 | Monday | Saint Barbara - Children's Jubilee |
| In the schools |
| 7 | Thursday | |
| Jerusalem | Gethsemane, Holy Hour |
| 8 | Friday | Immaculate Conception |
| Jerusalem | Pilgrimage to St. AnnŐs Basilica, Solemn Mass |
| 14 | Tuesday | Blessed Nimathallah Al-Hardini |
| Haifa | Saint Louis Church, Maronite Liturgy |
| 17 | Sunday | 3rd Sunday of Advent. For GC, Sunday of the Holy Ancestors of Christ |
| GC | Patriarchate and churches: prayers and visits to the elderly |
| 24 | Sunday | 4th Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve |
| Bethlehem | Solemn Entry of the Latin Patriarch to Bethlehem | |
| Bethlehem | Pontifical Midnight Mass in St. Catherine’s Church with the participation of all the members of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops |
| 25 | Monday | Christmas |
| Bethlehem | St. Catherine’s Church, Pontifical Mass by the Latin Patriarch | |
| Beit Sahour |
| 26 | Tuesday | Saint Stephen |
| Jerusalem | Gethsemane Pilgrimage in honor of St. Stephen (F) |
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| Bethlehem | Solemn Entry of the GC Patriarchal Vicar to Bethlehem and Synaxis in honor of the Most Holy Mother of God |
| 31 | Sunday | Last day of the year |
| Nazareth | Inter-ritual Prayer Vigil, candlelight Procession and Mass |
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