Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across the globe marked Good Friday yesterday with a procession through Jerusalem's Old City, retracing the steps Jesus Christ is believed to have taken on the day of His crucifixion, the Times of Israel website reports today (April 30, 2016).
The pilgrims -- some carrying crosses and others praying -- retraced the 14 Stations of the Cross and walked to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre where Christ is believed to be buried.
Hundreds of Israeli security forces were deployed inside the walled Old City, and around the church, which is in East Jerusalem.
As a result of different interpretations of some aspects of Christian doctrine, the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches split the Christian Church into Western and Eastern divisions in 1054 in what is known historically as "the Great Schism."
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