Today marks the beginning of Passover in the Jewish faith and Good Friday for Christians worldwide. Tonight we celebrate the first night of Passover. Wishing all my readers, whatever your faith, a sweet and joyous holiday.

Friday at sundown, the Jewish community begins its observance of the eight-day Passover holiday commemorating the people’s liberation from slavery, while Catholics and the rest of the Christian community observe Good Friday as part of their observance of Easter or the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Friday at sundown, the Jewish community begins its observance of the eight-day Passover holiday commemorating the people’s liberation from slavery, while Catholics and the rest of the Christian community observe Good Friday as part of their observance of Easter or the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Pilgrims mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as Passover and Easter converge

Confluence of Christian and Jewish festivals leads to flocks of tourists amid festive atmosphere in the holy city

Pilgrims mark Good Friday in Jerusalem as Passover and Easter converge
Confluence of Christian and Jewish festivals leads to flocks of tourists amid festive atmosphere in the holy city

By AP

Thousands of Christian pilgrims and clergy members marched through the ancient stone alleys of Jerusalem’s Old City, retracing Jesus’s path to crucifixion in observation of Good Friday.

The faithful carried wooden crosses high on their shoulders and sang hymns to mark one of Christianity’s most solemn and sacred days.

The confluence of Good Friday and the Jewish holiday of Passover this year led to flocks of tourists and a festive atmosphere in the holy city

Worshipers from all over the world marched slowly along the Via Dolorosa, the cobblestone path that cuts through the limestone-walled Old City, where tradition says Jesus bore the cross to his crucifixion. The pilgrims stopped at several points on the way, re-enacting symbolic moments from Jesus’s story.

The procession culminates at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe Jesus was buried before his resurrection on what is celebrated as Easter Sunday.

Meanwhile Friday, Jewish residents were rushing to complete their preparations for the ritual Seder dinner as the first night of Passover approached. In Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda outdoor market, a tumult of shoppers swarmed the stalls, filling their bags with ingredients for the holiday feast. Many observant Jews cleaned their homes of “chametz,” or leavened wheat, traditionally forbidden during the eight days of Passover in commemoration of the Jewish people’s flight from slavery in Egypt, which didn’t allow time for doughThe procession culminates at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Catholic and Orthodox Christians believe Jesus was buried before his resurrection on what is celebrated as Easter Sunday.

Meanwhile Friday, Jewish residents were rushing to complete their preparations for the ritual Seder dinner as the first night of Passover approached. In Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda outdoor market, a tumult of shoppers swarmed the stalls, filling their bags with ingredients for the holiday feast. Many observant Jews cleaned their homes of “chametz,” or leavened wheat, traditionally forbidden during the eight days of Passover in commemoration of the Jewish people’s flight from slavery in Egypt, which didn’t allow time for dough to rise into bread.

At sundown, Jews will gather around dinner tables to retell the Passover story that celebrates their deliverance from slavery in Old Testament times. The Chabad-Lubavitch movement, one of the world’s largest Jewish religious organizations, has arranged Passover seders in over 100 countries for Jews who seek them, even in some far-flung corners of the globe, such as Congo and rural Australia.

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lostlegends

5 years ago

Thanks for the Good Tidings. Blessings to all of you.

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Michicho

5 years ago

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R. Arandas

5 years ago

Happy Passover to the Jewish people, and Happy Easter to all Christians worldwide! 🙂

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Fred

5 years ago

God bless you Ms. Geller, we need millions more like you.

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Political_qrm

5 years ago

Happy Passover Pamela..
And Christians should remember that the Last Supper was a Passover celebration… Our two religions are intertwined and we should fight as one…

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knightsstrength

5 years ago

All the best and have a safe wonderful time

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dr_gunther_von_hagens

5 years ago

I gotta say this is one of the most hateful anti-religion sites I’ve seen. Some people get off on hatred. I call it mental illness.

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satcatchet

5 years ago

Happy Easter Pam ????

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