JERUSALEM: Brown-robed Franciscans stride through a shuttered and deserted Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the global focus of the ...
marks the journey that Christians believe Jesus took to his crucifixion and resurrection.
"Now it is a little bit sad to see that ... nobody is able to walk . But we know that at this moment so many people are walking a personal, when I think of those who are in the hospital and in their houses fighting with coronavirus," Patton said. So the Christian denominations that share custody of the Holy Sepulchre face closures unprecedented in living memory, as do Jewish and Muslim leaders in a city that has sites sacred to all three faiths. Passover, Easter and Ramadan all fall this month, with Catholics celebrating Easter on Apr 12.
Like other clergy, Patton's Franciscans conform with social distancing guidelines as they say prayers along the Via Dolorosa, stopping at the 14 Stations of the Cross that mark events leading up to Jesus' burial.
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