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Ethiopian Christians in Jerusalem

Ethiopian Christian pilgrims hold candles during an Ethiopian Orthodox ceremony of the “Holy Fire,” held on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City. Orthodox tradition holds that the Holy Fire happens annually on the day preceding Orthodox Pascha (Orthodox Easter), in which a blue light emanates within Jesus Christ’s tomb.

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