Boys wearing Santa Claus costumes are carried during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in the northern town of Nazareth, the town of Jesus' boyhood, December 12, 2012. One of the angels was discovered during the restoration work beneath a layer of plaster. "These mosaics are made of gold leaf placed between two glass plates," Marcello Piacenti, who supervises the work on behalf of his Italian family restoration firm Piacenti, told AFP. "It's meticulously detailed, it gives the impression of being brand new," said Patricia Lieby, 44, a French tourist visiting the church for the first time. "It's very special, because of the location," said Piacenti.

Source: Egypt Today December 16, 2018 04:18 UTC