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does not coincide with that of the western
churches holy week In Jerusalem is celebrated
predomnantly according to the Greek calendar.
the services of the other churches being repeated
on their own dates
In all the Greek orthodox countries-Russia
Boumfnia. Greece, Bulgaria. Servia Montenegro.
and large part of Austria hungary Easter Is
celebrated with great fervor and devotion The
Easter kiss Is wellknown incident Of these
celebrations
Jerusalem is naturally full OF churches. monas.
teres hospices and hospitals OF the various
creeds, and every one OF them at Easter brings
out its own peculiar religious Individuality The
Latin church, for instance. whose establishment
In Jerusalem hanks back to Godfrey do Bouillon
and his crusaders has q number OF oriental
churches united to the Roman Catholic church
Thus there are the United Greeks the United
Syrians the United HISTORIANS the United Ar.
menians, tho Maronites all OF whom celebrate
mass in their own tongue and add In their
ceremonies and garb a picturesque distinctive
ness to the whole.
Then there are the Copts, the Armenians. the
Syrian Jacobites. the HISTORIANS the Abyssinians,
besides Greeks and Protestants. The relative
standing of the various churches is in "A measure
expressed In the way they share the Is lamps
that burn In the Holy Sepucher chapel, which
IL In the center OF the stone that rolled away
from Jesus grave by the angels. Five OF these
lamps belong to the Latins, Ave to the Greeks.
four to the Armenians and one to the Cop's
Away from the ecclesiastical ceremonial the
pilgrim in Easter time seeks the traditional
places where our Lord spent his last days and
nights. OF these Gethsemane is the principal
goal, and here the difference In creed among the
many visitors is oblitcrated by earnest and
quiet devotion which is Unexpectedly free from
tn. emotional
Another hgurc has prominent place in Easter
celebrations In Jerusalem that OF Moses. whose
liberation of the Jewish people from the yoke OF
Egypt Is COMMUNICATED In the ancient Hebrew
paschal feast
celebration which. though no longer so general as
formerly, Ii stll most interesting one. To
the Mohammcdan II igust be remembered, Jcru.
salem is holy city. Ike Mecca and Medina. and
there is saying among Arabs. syria is the
blessed county, Palestine tho holy land. and Jc.
rusalcm the holy city IA the holy OF holies."
Native Mohammcdans and pilgrims make up
procession and issue from the Still Myram
gate. They Joined bt thronEs OF their breth.
rem from the noighhorng villages. and. amid the
widest enthusiasm, with standards being borne
alou and to the typical Arab music OF drum and
nfe the pilgrimage proceeds In the direction OF
the Dead sea
AZ the Arabs claim common descent with tho
Jews from Abraham, the Holy Land holds ira
ditions equally sacred to them. Jerusalem Is
second only to Mecca IN sanctity because Il con
tains according to tradition. tho rock OF Abra.
hams sacrifice, over which the famed mosque OF
Omar IL built The Arab pilgrimage TO the burial
place OF Moses recalls the similar to the tomb
OF Noah near the ruins OF Baalbok. short dis
lance from Damascus
In cosmopolitan charm Easter In Constanunoplo
almost equals that found In Jerusalem The capital
of the Turkish empire ls. OF course. In itself highly
cosmopolitan; and there Is no other city in the
world where 40 many languages heard In tho
streets no, by foreigners. but by the yarlosatod
native population. Tho background here is not
a.la.. 10. l,,,
Mohammcdan and Christian with a strong tingc
OF Spanish Icwty