Thousands attend Jerusalem Holy Fire ceremony
STORY: Thousands attend Jerusalem Holy Fire ceremony
DATELINE: April 24, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:08
LOCATION: Jerusalem
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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Thousands celebrated the traditional Holy Fire ceremony of blazing candles at Christianity's holiest site in Jerusalem to mark the eve of Orthodox Easter on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of faithful have attended the ceremony in earlier years but coronavirus constraints severely limited attendance on the past two occasions.
This year, joyous, shouting faithful crowded together unmasked, holding aloft wads of thin candles bound together to produce thick orange flames that danced inside the darkened Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The church is built on the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem.
(XHTV)
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Thousands on Saturday celebrated the traditional "Holy Fire" ceremony of blazing candles at
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