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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Thousands of Orthodox Christians hold 'Holy Fire' ceremony in Jerusalem

The GREEK Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic denominations share custody of the church. Christians made up more than 18 percent of the population of the Holy Land when Israel was founded in 1948, but now form less than two percent, mostly Orthodox. Israeli police, which secure the event, ...


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