(8) Just after seven in the morning <of the first day of Epiphany>, when the people have rested, they all assemble in the Great Church on Golgotha. And on this day in this church, and at the Anastasis and the Cross and Bethlehem, the decorations really are too marvellous for words: All You can see is gold and jewels and silk; the hangings are entirely silk with gold stripes, the curtains the same, and everythmg they use for services at the festival is made of gold and jewels. You simply cannot imagine the number, and the sheer weight of the candles and the tapers and lamps and everything else they use for the services. - - - (11) On the fourth day <of Epiphany> they decorate everything and celebrate in the same way on the Eleona (the very beautiful church on the Mount of Olives). - - - The decorations and rejoicing continue for eight days in all these places I have mentioned.
(transl. Wilkinson)
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