Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Eastern Orthodox Christians hold candles as they take part in prayer and processions in the Church of The Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leads Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leads Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A Christian devotee looks over Palm Sunday processions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A procession leads THEOPHILUS III (rear left, at top of stairs), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests partake in prayer on Palm Sunday in front of the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A procession leads the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem through the Old City to the Church of The Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leads Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A Christian devotee lights candles on Palm Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A procession leads THEOPHILUS III (R), Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Nuns carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, kneels before the Stone of Unction at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, steps out of the Edicule of the Tomb during Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leads Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Rays of sunlight selectively light up portraits painted on the ceiling of the Catholicon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Eastern Orthodox Christians hold candles as they take part in prayer and processions in the Church of The Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Archbishop FOUAD TWAL, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, leads Palm Sunday services at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

A tall candle decorates the entrance to the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Rays of sunlight selectively light up portraits painted on the ceiling of the Catholicon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests partake in prayer on Palm Sunday in front of the Edicule of the Tomb at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.

Palm Sunday Mass at the Holy Sepulchre

Priests carry palm fronds in a Palm Sunday procession around the Edicule of the Tomb below the Dome of the Rotunda at the Church of The Holy Sepulchre.