- Title: Worshippers attend Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem
- Date: 9th April 2017
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST, ROBERT DE WASSEIGE, SAYING: "I feel like we are a great family. In our country it is only very small and here you have thousands of people from all over the world so this feels good." CHILD DURING PROCESSION DOME OF THE ROCK (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST, PHILIPPE CAROUS, SAYING: "We are from Europe, but here it is much better because we have people smiling, we have people from Africa, we have people from the United States, so it is really peace, look at everyone, they come from Philippine, so it is really great, all the world is here in Jerusalem to celebrate Jesus." PILGRIMS DURING PROCESSION POLICEMAN SITTING IN CAR VARIOUS OF PROCESSION REFLECTION OF PROCESSION ON WOMAN'S SUN GLASSES THE ACTING LATIN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM, PIERBATTISTA PIZZABALLA AND OTHER CLERGYMEN DURING PROCESSION PEOPLE WATCHING PROCESSION AS PILGRIMS ARE ENTERING LION'S GATE OF OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM PEOPLE WATCHING PROCESSION, ISRAELI SECURITY MEMBERS AT SCENE MORE OF PROCESSION
- Embargoed: 23rd April 2017 15:36
- Keywords: Palm Sunday Religion Jerusalem procession
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Jerusalem
- Topics: Religion/Belief,Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0046BOGB47
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Several hundred Christian worshippers attended Palm Sunday (April 9) procession in Jerusalem, on the day that marked the start of Holy Week, which ends on Easter Sunday.
The faithful in Jerusalem waved palm fronds and branches commemorating the day the Bible says Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the cheers of the crowds the week before Christians believe he rose from the dead.
Palestinian Christians, worshippers, pilgrims and tourists, accompanied by clergymen, marched down the Mount of Olives toward the old city of Jerusalem while holding palm branches and chanting hymns. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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