Israeli occupation forces prevented Saturday 23 April 2022 Palestinian Christians from entering the old city of occupied Jerusalem seeking to reach the Sepulcher Church inside the old city to celebrate Easter’s Holy Fire.
The Holy Fire is one of the main Easter events for the Orthodox churches in Jerusalem and the world and occurs a day before the Orthodox Easter when the light, as believed by Christians, comes out from inside the tomb of Jesus Christ in the center of the Sepulcher Church and then sent to churches in Palestine and around the world.
Thousands of local Christians and pilgrims attend the Holy Fire event inside the church, but this year Israeli occupation has decided to restrict the number who can reach the Sepulcher Church to only 4000.
Israeli occupation closed all gates leading to the old city, forcing the Christians who want to reach the church to go through only one gate, the New Gate, while being monitored and restricted by the occupation police manning this gate.
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