Christians Celebrate Easter in Jerusalem (2/3)

Unlike previous years, there were no clashes reported between followers of different Christian sects. Tobias Raschke, from Munich, who attended Easter Services at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, said he was impressed by how all the different sects and nationalities mixed together.

"We got up at three o'clock in the morning and had a German Easter liturgy and now we have come to the Church to see what is happening here because it is a very crazy place because somehow now they have an Armenian service and then after one hour they have a Catholic service. It is fascinating to see the key is in the hands of a Moslem and the Israeli police making sure that nothing happens here, which I think it is great ,Israel is doing well, from different faiths and denominations and pray here and everything is safe."

With an easing of security fears this year, the convergence of the Western and Orthodox Christian calendars and weeklong Jewish Passoverobservances occurring at the same time, Jerusalem hotels reported full occupancy rates for the first time in years.