Easter in Jerusalem

The Christian world celebrated the great holiday of the resurrection of the Lord. This year, Catholics and Protestants celebrated Easter on April 8, Orthodox - April 15. The main celebrations traditionally took place in Jerusalem

Pilgrims giving up to Jerusalem pass through Jesus Christ at Calvary.

The monk at the entrance to the Coptic Church of the Archangel Michael (to the right of the entrance to the temple of the Holy Sepulcher). The cross against the wall was left by a group of pilgrims who went through the Cross of Christ on Holy Friday (1)

Light candles in front of Cuvuklia, the rotunda of the holy coffin. Here, Mary Magdalene, who came to the grave and did not find the body of Jesus there on the first Sunday after the crucifix, saw an angel in white, sitting on a stone (2).

A small altar denotes the place where Maria received the body of her son after he was removed from the cross. The body of Jesus was laid on a stone anointing for mindfulness by a mixture of Mirra, Aloe and Smirna (3).

The pilgrims at the entrance to the Ethiopian church of the four living beings (tetramorph) on the roof of the temple of the Holy Sepulcher (4).

Square in front of the temple of the Holy Sepulcher. On the left in front - the entrance to the temple, on the right - a small stone staircase to the chapel of the exposure (5)

On the eve of Orthodox Easter, on Great Saturday, pilgrims gather for worship in the temple of the Resurrection of Christ.

They expect an annual miracle - the convergence of a fertile fire. For many centuries, he is considered a symbol of the Risen God.

Thousands of candles of pilgrims are lit from the Holy Light, and then its particles deliver to the main Orthodox churches of Russia, Ukraine, Greece, Georgia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, where he illuminates Easter services.