JERUSALEM: CHRISTIANS PILGRIMS FROM THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WALK THE VIA DOLOROSA IN JERUSALEM

Record ID: 647968

  • Title: JERUSALEM: CHRISTIANS PILGRIMS FROM THE ORTHODOX CHURCH WALK THE VIA DOLOROSA IN JERUSALEM
  • Date: 13th April 2001
  • Summary: (U3) JERUSALEM (APRIL 13, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN PILGRIMS WALKING THE VIA DOLOROSA 0.03 2. SV PILGRIMS CARRYING CROSSES AND ICONS WALKING THE ROUTE (2 SHOTS) 0.19 3. SV CATHOLICS WITH CROSSES WALKING THE ROUTE 0.28 4. CU OF WOMEN WATCHING 0.32 5. SV PILGRIMS WITH ICONS WALKING THE ROUTE 0.41 6. LV OF PILGRIMS WALKING 0.51 7. CU OF 'VIA DOLOROSA' SIGN PAN TO PILGRIMS 1.01 8. SLV/SV CATHOLIC CLERGY WALKING THE ROUTE (2 SHOTS) 1.09 9. MCU POLICEMEN WATCHING 1.14 10. SV CLERGY AND PILGRIMS WITH CROSS WALKING (2 SHOTS) 1.31 FAULT ON TAPE 1.34 (W5) JERUSALEM (APRIL 13, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. MCU "ROMAN SOLDIER" SHOUTING (English) "MAKE WAY, MAKE WAY" PAN TO "JESUS CHRIST" CARRYING CORSS 1.45 12. SV ONLOOKERS 1.47 13. SV/MCU (English) "JESUS CHRIST" BEING PUT UP ON CROSS, SAYING: "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" (2 SHOTS) 2.05 14. SV PEOPLE COMING OUT OF HOLY SEPULCHRE WITH CROSS 2.14 15. LV OF CROWDS GATHERED OUTSIDE HOLY SEPULCHRE 2.18 16. MCU (English) U.S. TOURIST LORI QUICK SAYING: "It's very rewarding to be here during Easter - I'm a Christian from the States - and to watch the procession with the Christ, made a lump in my throat, so it's very emotional." 2.33 17. MCU (English) U.S. TOURIST ROB GREEN SAYING: "I was a little apprehensive at first given the situation here but I look around me, plenty of other people here, it's the holiest place on earth and I didn't want to give up the opportunity of coming here." 2.46 18. LAS PEOPLE OUTSIDE HOLY SEPULCHRE 2.52 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 28th April 2001 13:00
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  • Location: JERUSALEM
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  • Country: Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVA16UMHNNZT47D5QHZNWXF74RLI
  • Story Text: Christian pilgrims from the Orthodox church have been
    walking the Via Dolorosa (the way of sorrows) in Jerusalem as
    they retrace the route believed to have been taken by Jesus
    Christ on his way to be crucified.



    The route that Jesus Christ is reputed to have taken
    was standardized by the Franciscans. It has fourteen sections
    known as the stations of the cross.

    Pilgrims, many from the Greek Orthodox church carrying
    facsimile crosses or paintings, have walked along the road on
    Good Friday, which is the day that they believe Jesus was
    crucified before being resurrected - celebrated on Easter
    Sunday.

    They believe Jesus was forced to carry his own cross
    through the streets of Jerusalem and was vilified by the
    townspeople along the way. He continued to Calvary where he
    was crucified.

    The Orthodox pilgrims were the first of a number of
    groups of pilgrims who walk the route on Good Friday.

    There has been a downturn in the number of tourists to
    the region since the flaring of tensions between Israelis and
    Palestinians in September, but some Christians from other
    countries made the pilgrimage nonetheless.

    U.S. tourists included Lori Quick who said of the event:
    "It's very rewarding to be here during Easter - I'm a
    Christian from the States - and to watch the procession with
    the Christ, made a lump in my throat, so it's very emotional."
    Fellow U.S. tourist Rob Green expressed initial
    reservations about coming to the region because of the current
    political situation and daily clashes: "I was a little
    apprehensive at first given the situation here but I look
    around me, plenty of other people here, it's the holiest place
    on earth and I didn't want to give up the opportunity of
    coming here," he said.

    The crowds gathered on the Via Dolorosa to follow a
    staged version of Jesus Christ's journey to the place where he
    is said to have been put to death by crucifixion.




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