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Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, the most solemn season on the church's liturgical calendar that ends with Holy Week, when the faithful commemorate the death of Christ and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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By the summer of 1948, the church was fully enclosed again, and a generous sum of 88, 000 marks was apportioned for the celebrated restorer Dietrich Fey to conserve the precious murals.
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For the church, built over a cave which marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ, the biggest problem is water damage from unrepaired leaks and the reluctance of the Greek, Armenian and Roman Catholic hierarchs to agree on any repair plan that might disrupt the Ottoman-era system for sharing access to the building.
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While restoring the church, he often quarreled with Fey, who paid him a mere 110 marks a week out of the 88, 000 Deutschmark budget.
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As in Israel's previous conquest of the city in 1967, Palestinians sought sanctuary in the church that marks Christ's birthplace.
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Maybe not, church officials admitted, demanding that the corpse of the bishop be exhumed so that the bite marks if any, and if still visible could be checked against the dog's teeth.
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