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May 31, 2012

AP: Revered Jerusalem church comes alive at night

by Daniela Berretta
The Associated Press

 After the last tourists leave the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City at nightfall, a little-known but centuries-old tradition unfolds at one of Christianity's holiest sites.

Clerics from the three largest denominations represented in the church — Greek Orthodox, Armenian and Roman Catholic — gather each night for special prayers reserved for the men who take care of the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected.

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