Monday, April 30, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Remembering the Armenian Genocide - the Jerusalem Community
Members of the Armenian community in Jerusalem commemorate the anniversary of mass killings of Armenians in Ottoman Empire in 1915, in the Armenian Church of St. James in Jerusalem's Old City April 24, 2012. About 1.5 million Christian Armenians were killed during World War One in a deliberate policy of genocide ordered by the Ottoman government.
Armenian Community Remembers the Victims of the Genocide
The Armenian community in Jerusalem gathers to mark the remembrance day for the victims of the Genocide of the Armenians by the Turks.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Once again NA'AM
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Flavors of the Ethiopian Church
Just around the corner a half a mile from here....... each gate in the Old City of Jerusalem keeps a secret, a different whole world. For a moment sitting in a narrow little alley in the Ethiopian Church Compound, the flavors of Africa where all over the place, just a moment of magic in this crazy place.....
Monday, April 16, 2012
Easter in the Armenian Quarter
Armenians priests take part in the celebration mass of the Orthodox Easter at the Armenian Church of Saint James in the Old City of Jerusalem. The ceremony closes the celebration of the Orthodox Easter.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
HOLY FIRE
Ethiopian Christian pilgrims hold candles during an Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony of the 'Holy Fire' at the Dir Al-Sultan Church held on the roof of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City Christian believers mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Good Friday in Jerusalem
Orthodox Christian pilgrims take part in the Good Friday procession through the Via Dolorosa to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of Orthodox Easter, on April 13, 2012 in Jerusalem's old city. Orthodox christians are celebrating Easter a week after Roman Catholics as dictated by the Julian calendar. Pilgrims are taking part in processions along the route that Jesus is believed to have taken in his last days as he carried the cross.
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