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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Churches in Beijing celebrate Christmas


St. Joseph's Church (also known as Wangfujing Church, Dongtang, or the East Cathedral) posts up a banner that reads "Joy to the World, Jesus Christ is born" on Dec. 25, 2013, the Christmas Day. St. Joseph's Church also holds an English-language mass on the Christmas Day's afternoon to accommodate the neccessity of foreign Christians in Beijing, the Chinese capital


St. Michael's Church (also known as French Legation Church and Dongjiaominxiang Church) in Beijing posts up a banner that reads "Merry Christmas" in Chinese on Dec. 25, the Christmas Day. St. Michael's Church is mostly famous for the statue of Michael the Angel

The statue of Michael the Angel, the guardian angel of St. Michael's Church (also known as French Legation Church and Dongjiaominxiang Church) stands in Beijing's winter coldness on Dec. 25, Christmas Day

St. Joseph's Chur ch (also known as Wangfujing Church, Dongtang, or the East Cathedral) in Beijing holds an English-language mass on the Christmas Day's afternoon, Dec. 25, 2013 to accommodate the neccessity of foreign Christians in Beijing, the Chinese capital

The bronze statue of St. Francis Xavier, who contributed to the growth of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (colloquially known as the Xuanwumen Church, the South Church, or Nantang) in Beijing stands outside of the church gate on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2013

The bronze statue of Fr. Matteo Ricci, an Italian missionary and Jesuit member who helped found the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (colloquially known as the Xuanwumen Church, the South Church, or Nantang) in Beijing stands outside of the church gate on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2013

Source: xinhua

from China Travel & Tourism News http://www.chinatraveltourismnews.com/

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