Thousands of Christians …に出席する Palm Sunday 祝賀s in Jerusalem against a 背景 of war
JERUSALEM (AP) - Thousands of Christian faithful …に出席するd Palm Sunday 祝賀s at Jerusalem´s sacred 開始する of Olives, 場内取引員／株価 the first day of 宗教上の Week as 衝突 殺到するs across the 地域.
巡礼者s waved 支店s and fronds in the 空気／公表する, items that were placed before Jesus´ feet as he was 迎える／歓迎するd by 元気づける （人が）群がるs during his 入り口 into Jerusalem, によれば the Bible. Earlier Sunday, Jerusalem´s Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre - 深い尊敬の念を抱くd as the 場所／位置 of Jesus´s crucifixion - also held a service.
The 年次の 祝賀 （機の）カム as the イスラエル-Hamas war 激怒（する）s on in Gaza. However, the 衝突 appeared to have had little 影響 on the 行列, which swelled to a 類似の size as last year.
"Although there is war, in my impression I don´t feel any 肉親，親類d of 緊張," said David Manini, a 巡礼者 from Italy.
The 祝賀 示すs the beginning of the most somber week in the Christian calendar, which 示すs Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on 復活祭.
"I´m here because I love Jesus Christ," said Jennifer Weedon, who traveled form the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs for the occasion.
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Since the war 爆発するd, イスラエル has seen a 抱擁する 下降 in 観光旅行，事業. The war began on Oct. 7, when Hamas 交戦的なs from Gaza 侵略するd southern イスラエル, 殺人，大当り 1,200 people and taking 250 others 人質. イスラエル has 答える／応じるd with an 空気／公表する and ground war that has left more than 32,000 Palestinians dead, によれば the Health 省 in the Hamas-支配するd 領土.
One of the 掲示s held by a 巡礼者 read, "Save us lord. The Church of Saint Porphyrius and 宗教上の Family Church, Gaza."
In late October, Palestinian health 公式の／役人s said that an Israeli strike 攻撃する，衝突する St. Porphyrios, a Greek 正統派の church in Gaza where 追い出すd Palestinians were 避難所ing, 殺人，大当り 18 people.
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Roman カトリック教徒 clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday 行列 at Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre, 伝統的に believed by many to be the 場所／位置 of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Roman カトリック教徒 clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday 行列 at Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre, 伝統的に believed by many to be the 場所／位置 of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christians walk in the Palm Sunday 行列 on the 開始する of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Roman カトリック教徒 clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday 行列 at Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre, 伝統的に believed by many to be the 場所／位置 of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Roman カトリック教徒 clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday 行列 at Church of the 宗教上の Se pulchre, 伝統的に believed by many to be the 場所／位置 of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Second from the left, walks in a 行列 during the Palm Sunday 集まり in the Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre, 伝統的に believed by many to be the 場所／位置 of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Christian 正統派の 巡礼者s …に出席する the Palm Sunday 行列 at the Church of the 宗教上の Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
