"Walking in the Lord's footsteps" in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
It is three o'clock in the morning and Artak Tadevosyan is wafting incense through the corridors of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified and buried.
"Walking in the Lord's footsteps, really, you have feelings that cannot be explained," said the 26-year-old Armenian Orthodox cleric. "We don't see it as stone, all these are holy places for us."
Christian worshippers from the Orthodox denominations celebrate the Holy Fire ceremony at the church.
An engraved plaque is seen in the church.
His Eminence Archbishop Dr. Anba Antonius, Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East, participates in a Palm Sunday procession in the church.
Archbishop Abune Enbakom, of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (centre) takes part in the Holy Fire ceremony at the Ethiopian section of the church.
His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, performs the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the church.
His Eminence Archbishop Dr. Anba Antonius, Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem and the Near East, poses for a photograph at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate.
His Eminence Archbishop Mar Swerios Malki Murad, Archbishop Patriarchal Vicar of the Holy Land and Jordan, poses for a photograph at the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate.
His Grace Abune Enbakom, Archbishop of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, poses for a photograph at the Ethiopian Orthodox Patriarchate.
His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, poses for a photograph at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate.
A member of the Orthodox Christian clergy stands in an office inside the church.
A nun walks into the church.
Worshippers visit the church.
Members of the Orthodox Christian clergy talk in front of the Edicule, which houses what is traditionally believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ.
Members of the Orthodox Christian clergy disperse incense as they stand inside the church.
A member of the Orthodox Christian clergy stands at the entrance door of the church.
Crosses craved in the wall by pilgrims are seen beside stairs leading to the Crypt of St. Helena in the church.
