Pictures of the Day: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009

A Greek Orthodox priest cleans inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Orthodox Christmas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem
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Purification

A Greek Orthodox priest cleans inside the Church of Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, ahead of Orthodox Christmas on Jan, 7, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.