JERUSALEM, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient melodies. "This is a window into the past... we have the opportuni»»»

For 800 years, the oldest organ in Christendom, which was brought from France to Jerusalem during the Crusades, was silent. The 11th century organ was excavated in 1906 and more than a century later, a careful restoration has enabled the ancient instrument to be played again in a Jerusalem church.&»»»