This Week in Palestine - Religious Services
Issue no. 6 - April 1999
Religious Services (1 April - 15 April )
Easter Services in the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
Easter Services in the Latin Parish Church - St. Saviour,
New Gate
Easter Services in the Garden Tomb Church
Easter Services in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Easter Services in the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate
Easter Services in other churches (multi lingual) in Jerusalem
Easter Message from Jerusalem
Easter is a major festive event for Eastern Christian. The
various historic churches of Palestine are rich in their liturgies, rituals,
and ceremonies, and welcome pilgrims from around the world.
Unfortunately, most of the christians of Palestine are prefvented
from coming to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem due to the Israeli closure.
They are being deprived of the basic human right to worship God in their
most holy place, the Church of the Resurrection.
In spite of this, the Easter message still rings tru to
people everywhere. It is a message of joy and hope in the midst of so much
sadness and despair; of the victory of justice and truth over injustice
and falsehood; of the power of life and renewal over death and destruction.
We greet you with the traditional Easter greeting of Palestinian
Christians,
Almasih Qam, Haqn Qam
Christ is Risen - The Lord is Risen Indeed - Halleluia
The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek
Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center
Jerusalem
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