Orthodox Easter celebrated in near-empty Jerusalem
Bells tolled as the Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III emerged from the crypt where Christians believe Jesus was buried, but only clergy and a few Israeli police officers were on hand. Israeli police have locked down the Old City in Jerusalem, but allowed the church to open for Saturday’s 2 p.m. celebration.
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Christian artifact soon to return to Bethlehem
Christian artifact soon to return to Bethlehem
Pope Francis recently ordered the Vatican to return a revered artifact, a piece of wood said to belong to the manger in which Jesus was born, to its origins in Bethlehem. This is the first time the artifact will be leaving Europe in over a thousand years, journeying from its housing in the Vatican's Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore to the Franciscan Church of St. Catherine in Bethlehem.
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