Christians celebrate Holy Week around world

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-3-29 13:53:02

Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)


 
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal (L) washes the foot of a priest during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal (L) washes the foot of a priest during the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)


 
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during Holy Week on March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. (Xinhua/Muammar Awad)


 
Residents decorete an image that will be used in a night procession to commemorate Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at San Francisco church in Popayan, Colombia, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Jhon Paz) 
Residents decorete an image that will be used in a night procession to commemorate Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at San Francisco church in Popayan, Colombia, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Jhon Paz) 


 
 A resident decoretes an image that will be used in a night procession to commemorate Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at San Francisco church in Popayan, Colombia, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Jhon Paz)
A resident decoretes an image that will be used in a night procession to commemorate Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at San Francisco church in Popayan, Colombia, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Jhon Paz)


 
A faithful prays to commemorate the Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)
A faithful prays to commemorate the Holy Thursday in the Holy Week at the Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on March 28, 2013. (Xinhua/Martin Zabala)


 

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