March 23, 2013
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By William Hamblin and Daniel Peterson, For the Deseret – 23.3.13 One of the oldest rituals in Christendom is enacted each year at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the traditional site of Christ’s burial and resurrection, on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter — which falls, this year, on May 4. In the morning, the clergy of the [...]
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June 2, 2012
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By Daniela Berretta Associated Press Writer 2/6/2012 ERUSALEM — After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity’s holiest sites. Clerics from the three largest denominations represented in the church — Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic [...]
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