The Holy Fire ceremony took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as following a dispute over access during Palm Sunday.

Candles illuminated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday as hundreds of Christian worshippers attended ...

For the first time in centuries, on March 29, Catholics in Jerusalem were prevented from celebrating the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Israeli Police prevented Pierbattista ...

MOSCOW, April 11. /TASS/. The Holy Fire descended into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the Church of the Resurrection of Christ) in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday, on the eve of the Easter celebrations, ...

A Greek Orthodox nun peers from a balcony as she waits for the Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried, in the ...

Easter celebrations at Christianity's holiest site will take place behind closed doors, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem said on March 31, days after Israeli police blocked him from entering the ...

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians, the lead-up to Easter, when Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead. Usually, it’s observed in large services with liturgical ...

Among Jerusalem’s main holy sites is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where the Holy Fire ceremony will take place on Holy Saturday, April 11 TEL AVIV, April 8. /TASS/. A ban on visits to holy sites ...

Israeli occupation forces turned occupied Jerusalem, particularly the Bab al‑Amoud (Damascus Gate) area and the neighborhoods of the Old City, into a military zone on Saturday as Christian churches ...