ISRAEL – PALESTINIAN – RELIGION – CHRISTIANITY – HOLY FIRE – ORT

A Christian Orthodox pilgrim from Abkhazia raises her hands as a ray of light comes through during the “Holy Fire” Orthodox Easter procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 30, 2016.
The ceremony celebrated in the same way for eleven centuries, is marked by the appearance of sacred fire in the two cavities on either side of the Holy Sepulchre. / AFP / GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)

Published on: April 13, 2018
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