Pilgrims attend holy fire ritual in Jerusalem

Thousands of worshippers are crowding a Jerusalem shrine to celebrate Orthodox Christianity’s Easter Week holy fire ritual.

Thousands of worshippers are crowding a Jerusalem shrine to celebrate Orthodox Christianity’s Easter Week holy fire ritual.

Hundreds of police were deployed in and around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre today to control an estimated 10,000 pilgrims.

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