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Syria is a land of mystery traffic jams. Despite the shortage and high price of petrol, vehicles fill the streets and avenues of Aleppo and Damascus. No one knows how Syrians achieve these bumper-to-bumper events.
JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem's Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient Eastern rite ceremony of the Holy Fire April 15, with some scuffles reported as Israeli police restricted the number of people able to reach the church. Celebrated for over 1,000 years on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter, as reported by Christian historian Eusebius in A.D. 328, the Orthodox Christian ceremony involves the Greek
Tensions over security restrictions of the ceremony have been growing. Police limited attendance to 1,800 people inside and 1,200 outside.
Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem's Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient East...
Many of us are celebrating Easter this weekend - but in countries such as Greece and Ukraine, it takes place on a different day. Here's why.