- Title: WEST BANK: CROWDS GATHER TO START THE HOLY WEEK IN BETHLEHEM
- Date: 4th April 2004
- Summary: (W4) BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (APRIL 4, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV/CU/TV PROCESSION OF BELIEVERS TOWARDS CHURCH (3 SHOTS) 0.23 2. SV OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES OUTSIDE CHURCH (2 SHOTS) 0.41 3. LV CHRISTIANS SINGING IN CHURCH 0.49 4. CU CANDLES BURNING IN FOREGROUND 1.01 5. SV CHOIR SINGING 1.07 6. SV/CU OF PEOPLE BESIDE BURNING CANDLES (2 SHOTS) 1.17 7. SV STATUE OF CHRIST ON CROSS 1.22 8. SV PEOPLE PRAYING 1.27 9. CU PULL OUT SLV CHILDREN SITTING IN NATIVITY SCENE 1.42 10. SV EXTERIORS OF CHURCH WITH CROSS 1.48 11. SV SECURITY OUTSIDE CHURCH 1.53 12. SLV OF SCENE OUTSIDE CHURCH 2.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 19th April 2004 13:00
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- Location: BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Reuters ID: LVA5X7GJ6VJRS6HVA4T8HIRORUMD
- Story Text: Crowds gather to start the Holy Week in Bethlehem.
Christian pilgrims entered the Nativity Church in
Bethlehem to celebrate Palm Sunday (April 4), the first day
of the Holy Week before Easter.
Believers waved palm leaves as they celebrated the
holiday in historic tradition.
Palm Sunday marks Jesus' entry into Jerusalem before his
arrest and crucifixion, when followers strewed palm
branches in his path.
The Nativity Church sits in the centre of the modern
city of Bethlehem, facing Manger Square, and is one of the
oldest churches in the world.
On Thursday (April 1), Bethlehem was the site of a
gunbattle between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen
holed up in a mental hospital.
Israeli fire left gaping holes in walls and chunks of
plaster littering the corridors where nurses comforted
shaken patients, witnesses said. The Palestinians
surrendered after the firing stopped.
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