legend of three king

legend surronds the origins of the church of the mother of god in hah; its foundation is linked directly with the birth of jesus: twelve kings came from the east,following a star which they understood as sign of newborn king in the land of judah they came to king hanna of hah and sent on from there only three of their number to jarusalem the three kings fount the child and offered him their gifts as a keepsake they recevied on of the child's swaddlingbands when yhey arrived back at hah they were unwilling to cut the strip of cloth into pieces they pieces they decided to burn it and share out the ashes amongst themselvesinstead the fire turned the cloth into twelve golden medallions seeing this miracle the kings decided to build a memorial in honour of the mother of god a building which would endure until the end of the world the field nevt to the pond at hah called parpuso (shredded)is believed to be where the miracle happened