WEST BANK: Hundreds of Christian Orthodox worshippers attend special Good Friday mass at Jesus' birth town of Bethlehem

Record ID: 565062

  • Title: WEST BANK: Hundreds of Christian Orthodox worshippers attend special Good Friday mass at Jesus' birth town of Bethlehem
  • Date: 15th April 2006
  • Summary: CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CLERGY KNEELING IN PRAYER INSIDE CHURCH; CLOSE OF CLERGY ON GROUND / PAN TO OTHER CLERGY MEMBER PRAYING; WIDE OF WORSHIPPERS SEATED FOR PRAYER; CLOSE OF WOMEN WORSHIPPERS; WIDE OF MASS; CROSS BEING CARRIED INSIDE CHURCH; CLERGY KNEELING; COVERED CROSS BEING CARRIED THROUGH CHURCH; WORSHIPPERS WATCHING CEREMONY; CROSS BEING UNCOVERED (10 SHOTS)
  • Embargoed: 30th April 2006 13:00
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  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA9DVVWXH2ISJGFMP0XKAZIKGG4
  • Story Text: Hundreds of Christian Orthodox worshippers attended a special Good Friday mass at Jesus' birth town of Bethlehem on Friday (April 14, 2006).
    Hundreds of pilgrims and West Bank Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity to commemorate the day when the Orthodox Church believes Jesus was crucified.
    The church of the Nativity is built above a cave which is believed to be the birth place of Jesus.
    Easter ceremonies are practised in eastern Orthodox churches, Anglican churches, Roman Catholic churches, and all major Protestant denominations, but on different dates.
    Easter for the Orthodox is celebrated in accordance with the eastern calendar which is the traditional date of the annual celebration of Jesus' resurrection.
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