Jerusalem procession
(N.ZP.A.’Reuler—Copyright) JERUSALEM, March 31. Thousands of Christian pil-j grims, some of them bearing I heavy crosses, today will re-1 trace the path of Christ’s last! journey to Calvary along thei Via Dolorosa in the Old City in Jerusalem. Almost every hotel room,! youth hostel bed and even] private home is booked out; with the overflow of visitors. ■ A Tourist Ministry official) said that about 5000 tourists i were in Israel for the holi-i days. Those taking part in the; traditional Good Friday procession will pause to chant hymns and recite prayers at each of the 14 traditional: Stations of the Cross, the last five of which are within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre itself. In Rome, too. Pope Paul will today re-enact the last hours of Christ’s life when he carries a wooden cross in a long “Via Cruets" procession winding up the Palatine Hill from the Colosseum in the evening.
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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32880, 1 April 1972, Page 17
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154Jerusalem procession Press, Volume CXII, Issue 32880, 1 April 1972, Page 17
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