Christian flash mob

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This past sunday was orthodox easter. Here is a two minute video with a
hymn heard often during easter.

We always hear bad things about Arabs. But consider, there are many Arabs
who are Christians. Christians of the very ancient Orthodox Church. This
has taken place in a Mall in Beirut, Lebanon. What they are singing is the
ancient Orthodox hymn to the resurrection of Christ: "Christ is risen from
the death, trampling down death by death and upon those in the tombs
bestowing life"...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0ZS9o6NLnM&feature=youtu.be

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The Middle East’s Orthodox Christians, who are facing growing
persecution and uncertainty over their future, celebrated the Easter
holiday on Sunday.

In Egypt, Pope Tawadros II held his first Easter Mass as pope at the
historic St. Mark’s Church in central Cairo. The very same church was
the site of an unprecedented attack by Muslim extremists and rioters
early last month.

Pope Tawadros, after the attack, slammed Egyptian President Mohamed
Morsi for his failure to protect the church. Egypt’s Coptic Christian
population, who make up about 10 percent of the country’s 90 million
people, has come under increasing persecution since the 2011 “Arab
Spring” revolution.

In Jerusalem, more than 10,000 people on Saturday attended the Holy
Fire ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. According to
Orthodox Christian tradition, the Holy Fire is a miracle of
spontaneous fire that occurs every year inside of the church on the
day preceding Easter. The Holy Fire is then quickly transported to
other Orthodox communities across the world.

“The Holy Fire gives us confidence as Christians,” Maha Nacacche, a
woman from Nazareth in northern Israel, told Global Post. “But it’s
hard to feel confident every day. As Christians in the Holy Land, we
feel that our people are struggling to survive.”

While Israel has seen a small boost in its Christian population, which
rose to 158,000 in 2012, Christians in Palestinian Authority-
controlled areas such as Bethlehem—the birthplace of Jesus—has shrunk
to a third o9f the town’s residents, down from 75 percent only a few
decades ago.

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/05/06/easter-celebrated-by-increasingly-persecuted-middle-east-orthodox-christians/