Paragraph:
42
Translation:
The Fortieth Day after Easter is a Thursday. On the previous day, Wednesday, everyone goes in the afternoon for the vigil service to Bethlehem, where it is held in the church containing the cave where the Lord was born. On the next day, the Thursday which is the Fortieth Day, they have the usual service, with the presbyters and the bishop preaching sermons suitable to the place and the day; and in the evening everyone returns to Jerusalem.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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Summary:
Feast of the Ascension at Bethlehem.