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Article: Violence mars Orthodox Easter ceremonies.(Armenians and Syrian Christians fight at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- May 13, 1998
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For the second year in a row, Armenian and Syrian Orthodox Christians came to blows inside one of the world's most famous churches, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, during the celebration of Orthodox Easter. The Holy Sepulchre is revered as the tomb where the body of Christ was placed after his crucifixion. At least one person was sent to a hospital with a knife wound, while others were carried out of the church, their faces covered in blood, after violent confrontations.
Fifteen thousands Orthodox Christians were crowded into the church on April 18 for the annual Ceremony of the Holy Fire, the festive but rowdy climax to the Orthodox Easter ...
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