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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 2, 2024 16:05:30 GMT
How did the testicle hunt go? Still just the one. ☹️ |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Apr 2, 2024 16:07:04 GMT
I went to Ein Kerem that evening - a Jerusalem neighborhood filled with churches and monasteries. But everything was closed. Aren't they supposed to have a holiday mass on Easter? Yes, Easter Sunday mass is the most important religious service of the year. Maybe the Christian churches in that neighbourhood celebrate Easter Sunday on a different date? |
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Post by papamihel on Apr 2, 2024 16:19:36 GMT
I went to Ein Kerem that evening - a Jerusalem neighborhood filled with churches and monasteries. But everything was closed. Aren't they supposed to have a holiday mass on Easter? Yes, Easter Sunday mass is the most important religious service of the year. Maybe the Christian churches in that neighbourhood celebrate Easter Sunday on a different date? One church is most definitely Catholic but they have been renovating the last couple of years so this might be the reason. I suppose there was more action in the Old City but it's not a very safe place these few last months. Especially during Ramadan. |
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Post by mowlick on Apr 2, 2024 16:23:49 GMT
I went to Ein Kerem that evening - a Jerusalem neighborhood filled with churches and monasteries. But everything was closed. Aren't they supposed to have a holiday mass on Easter? Yes, Easter Sunday mass is the most important religious service of the year. Maybe the Christian churches in that neighbourhood celebrate Easter Sunday on a different date? That is right.
Apparently the churches are mostly Greek Orthodox which follow the Julian Calender and so they won't celebrate Easter until 5 May this year.
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Post by ofunknownorigins on Apr 3, 2024 0:07:28 GMT
Yes, Easter Sunday mass is the most important religious service of the year. Maybe the Christian churches in that neighbourhood celebrate Easter Sunday on a different date? One church is most definitely Catholic but they have been renovating the last couple of years so this might be the reason. I suppose there was more action in the Old City but it's not a very safe place these few last months. Especially during Ramadan. Would they be closed for fear of being attacked? |
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Post by papamihel on Apr 3, 2024 3:41:33 GMT
One church is most definitely Catholic but they have been renovating the last couple of years so this might be the reason. I suppose there was more action in the Old City but it's not a very safe place these few last months. Especially during Ramadan. Would they be closed for fear of being attacked? Not in that part of town. Unless I've missed something. |
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