Christian Pilgrims Throng Jerusalem
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JERUSALEM — Hundreds of Christian pilgrims rushed Saturday to light handfuls of candles in a 1,000-year-old ceremony commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus.
More than 1,500 Christian pilgrims and visitors packed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City of Jerusalem and watched from the courtyard and nearby roofs as people ran with burning candles to light other tapers.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Diodoros I led a procession three times around the Holy Sepulcher--a rococo stone edifice over what is believed to be the site of Jesus’ tomb.
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