Access to Orthodox Easter ceremony in Jerusalem limited over security concerns
Holy Fire rite has traditionally attracted about 10,000 Christian worshippers but numbers have been limited in recent years
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Holy Fire rite has traditionally attracted about 10,000 Christian worshippers but numbers have been limited in recent years
JERUSALEM - Thousands of Christians thronged Jerusalem on Saturday for the traditional Holy Fire rite ahead of the Orthodox Easter, despite a security clampdown in the holy city.
From the blog of Sarah Tuttle-Singer at The Times of Israel
Israeli security forces on Saturday attacked Orthodox Christians who wanted to attend the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports. Ort...
Thousands gather in Jerusalem for the annual Holy Fire ceremony, but crowd limits force some to miss out.