As the bells sounded loud in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the priests began to chant a heavy, low prayer. Heads bent over candles and accompanied by people holding high golden crosses, headed towards a platform in the center of the ancient square. The Ceremony of Good Thursday, in which the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate washes the legs of 12 monks to honor the Last Supper, is one of the many Easter festive ceremonies taking place in the old city of Jerusalem. For Christians, there is no more sacred place to honor Easter than Him. The place where they believe that Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected. According to the Guardian, the crowd gathered outside the church of the Holy Sepulcher on Thursday morning was small and quiet. International pilgrims pushed Greek Orthodox monks with dark robes, but a group of local believers were obviously absent. For generations, the […]
Source: News Beast
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