{"id":10062,"date":"2011-12-05T19:51:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=10062"},"modified":"2011-12-08T06:39:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T11:39:55","slug":"church-of-the-nativity-scheduled-for-a-facelift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/12\/church-of-the-nativity-scheduled-for-a-facelift","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Nativity scheduled for a facelift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fearing that the 1,500-year-old roof of Bethlehem&#8217;s Church of the Nativity could collapse at any time, the Palestinian Authority is looking into how to repair the wooden and leaking top of the basilica built by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian around 6oo A.D.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10093\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10093\" style=\"width: 472px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/church_of_nativity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10093\" title=\"church_of_nativity\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2011\/12\/church_of_nativity.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Church of the Nativity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;After centuries of neglect, the ancient and dilapidated roof of Bethlehem\u2019s Church of the Nativity will finally undergo renovation next year,&#8221; reports <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/news\/renovation-planned-for-bethlehem\u2019s-church-of-the-nativity\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bible History Daily,<\/a><\/em>\u00a0the journal of the Biblical Archeology Society, which says the roof was last repaired around the time of the U.S. Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the leaky roof long ago ruined many of the church\u2019s 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