MIDDLE EAST: Christians celebrate Palm Sunday at the holy sites of Jesus' birth, burial

Record ID: 863173

  • Title: MIDDLE EAST: Christians celebrate Palm Sunday at the holy sites of Jesus' birth, burial
  • Date: 24th March 2013
  • Summary: JERUSALEM (MARCH 24, 2013) (REUTERS) CLERGY STANDING INSIDE CHURCH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE, WAVING PALM BRANCHES TO MARK BEGINNING OF PALM SUNDAY PALM BRANCHES BEING WAVED CLERGY WALKING WITH PALM BRANCHES INSIDE CHURCH MORE OF CLERGY WALKING STRUCTURE REVERED AS JESUS' BURIAL PLACE / MORE OF CLERGY WALKING WITH PALM BRANCHES CLERGYMAN CLOSING HIS EYES LATIN PATRIARCH OF JERUSALEM FOUAD TWAL WALKING WITH PALM BRANCH CROSS / MORE OF PALM BRANCHES TWAL SUNLIGHT COMING INTO CHURCH FROM ROOFTOP / CLERGY WITH PALM BRANCHES CHURCH CEILING / MORE OF CLERGY AND WORSHIPPERS INSIDE CHURCH BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK (MARCH 24, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHURCH OF NATIVITY, REVERED AS JESUS' BIRTHPLACE CROSS SURROUNDED BY PALM BRANCHES VARIOUS OF WORSHIPPERS, CLERGY, INSIDE CHURCH WITH PALM BRANCHES CLERGYMEN LEADING CEREMONY WORSHIPPER HOLDING PALM BRANCH MORE OF CEREMONY
  • Embargoed: 8th April 2013 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVAC3KIOW3KOCJGRJL463I626XLX
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  • Story Text: Christians celebrated Palm Sunday (March 24) in Jerusalem and the West Bank marking the beginning of Holy Week ahead of Easter.
    At the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, clergymen and worshippers walked around the holy site revered as Jesus' burial place, waving palm branches, with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal leading the procession.
    Later in the day, worshippers are expected to attend an annual procession from Jerusalem's Mount of Olives into the Old City, carrying palm branches and chanting hymns.
    Christians in the West Bank town of Bethlehem also attended services to mark the occasion in the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus.
    Palm Sunday is a holy day recalling Jesus' solemn entry into Jerusalem before his arrest and crucifixion.
    The annual procession attracts Christians from all over the world.
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