Thousands attend Jerusalem 'Holy Fire' rite for Orthodox Easter

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Thousands of Christians attended the thousand-year-old Holy Fire rite in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre Saturday ahead of the Orthodox Easter despite a security clampdown in the holy city.The ancient church was built on the site where Christian tradition says Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected.The annual Holy Fire ceremony, during

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