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The voyage of the Virgin to Bethlehem &

the dream of Joseph

The census held for the enrolment for

taxation & registration of Mary & Joseph

in the presence of Cyrenius, Governor of

Syria

Jesus going with Mary & Joseph to

Jerusalem

Remains of mosaics – Jesus among the

doctors in the temple

St Trachos

St Andronikus

The birth of Jesus

The return of the Virgin Mary with Jesus

The attempts of Satan to deceive Jesus

St Georgios

St Demetrius

Jesus & the inscription ‘the dwelling-place

of the living’

The prayer of the Virgin & the attendant

angels

The wedding at Cana & the miracles

Depiction of the saints

Depiction of the saints

The Magi on their way to Jerusalem riding

on horseback & the three Magi in

audience with King Herod

Elizabeth & John the Baptist running away

from a pursuing soldier

Remains of mosaics

Depiction of the saints

Depiction of the saints

The scene of King Herod’s investigation & a

guard standing

The mourning mothers

No mosaics left

A decorative medallion

The meeting of Jesus with the Samaritan

woman at the well

The healing of a paralysed person by Jesus

King Herod giving the order for the

massacre of the innocents & the

execution thereof

Remains of mosaics

The healing by Jesus of a young man with

an injured arm

The healing by Jesus of leprous man

Twenty-four of the early ancestors of Jesus

(Genealogy of Christ)

The healing by Jesus of a woman asking for

the restoration of her health

The healing by Jesus of the mother-in-law

of St Peter

The healing by Jesus of a deaf person

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