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Pilgrims Celebrate Easter Sunday in Jerusalem
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=11D1345:3919ACA Priests in white
robes are celebrating Easter mass here at the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City





Christian worshippers pray on the stone that Jesus Christ was believed
to have been washed on after his crucifixion, during the Good Friday
procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City
Friday, April 14, 2006Christians around the world are celebrating
Easter Sunday, marking the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Robert Berger
was on scene at one of the holiest places in Christianity in
Jerusalem, and filed this VOA report.

Priests in white robes are celebrating Easter mass here at the Church
of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City. A fragrant cloud of
incense is rising above the candlelit altar, next to the ancient stone
tomb believed to be the place where Jesus rose from the dead.

Pilgrims from all over the world are packing into the church. It's the
best turnout since Israeli-Palestinian violence erupted in the year
2000. Thanks to a lull in terrorism, pilgrims are returning to the
Holy Land.

They are celebrating under a big rotunda with an image of bursting
light-the light of the resurrection.