Easter at the Holy Sepulchre

Traditional Easter ceremonies were held at the Holy Sepulchre on Sunday. Many gathered to engage in a holy experience with the hopes that there would be no violence on this holy day. Many thought that an attack was looming because of an assasination on a Hezbollah leader but festivities went off without a hitch. Friday the 15th was unique, in that three special religious events overlapped. The Christian day, Good Friday, the Jewish festival of Purim and the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha (The Festival of Sacrifice) all fell on the same day this year. This was an interesting intersection of all three religious days.