Preparations for Christmas Eve mass at the ancient St Peter's rock church
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Christmas Eve mass at the ancient rock church brings together Antakya's scattered Christian minority
Christmas Eve mass at the ancient rock church brings together Antakya's scattered Christian minority
Worshippers believe St Peter conducted the first ever Christian service at the rock church
'There's the religious dimension but it's also important that people can gather here again'
Saint Peter's, one of the world's oldest rock churches, is a sacred rallying point for the isolated Christians still left in quake-hit Antakya in southeastern Turkey, the city known in ancient times as Antioch.
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