Usually, Holy Week – the week preceding Easter – is a very busy time for Christians worldwide, and especially on Mount Zion and in the Old City, home of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the Room of the Last Supper. These days commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem, including the Last Supper, the washing of the feet, blessing the oil, and walking the via Dolorza. It is a week of contemplation, memory, and anticipation for Easter, which comes on Sunday, April 12.
But this year, in light of the global epidemic, billions of people are cooped up at home and churches are closed. In Jerusalem, Holy Week ceremonies and Easter celebrations will be held only in accordance with the Ministry of Health’s instructions.
Holy Week Seminar
In order to bring the Holy Week to the public, Window to Mount Zion and the Jerusalem Center for Jewish-Christian Relations of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, we held an online webinar on April 5. The webinar included Father Alberto from the Franciscan order and researcher Yisca Harari. Here’s the video (Hebrew) to the whole webinar:
Here’s a post in Hebrew from the Jerusalem Tolerance Facebook page:
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation for its continuing support of Window to Mount Zion.
