1500 Christian pilgrims from 35 different countries participated in an outdoor river baptism on Monday in the Jordan River. The full immersion baptism ceremony was conducted at Yardenit, one of the sites along the Jordan where the Christian messiah Jesus is supposed to have been baptized. Christians from India to the Ukraine were completely immersed in the waters of the Jordan River
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1500 Christian pilgrims from 35 different countries participated in a full immersion baptism ceremony on the Jordan River. |