Egyptian Copts celebrate Easter in Jerusalem

28/3/13

CAIRO (Ma’an) — Fifty Egyptian Coptic Christians left Cairo for Israel on Thursday to celebrate Easter in Jerusalem, an Egyptian security official said.

Several flights are scheduled between Cairo and Tel Aviv to bring Christian worshipers to Jerusalem for Easter.

It is the second year that Egyptian pilgrims have celebrated Easter in Jerusalem since the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.

The late head of the Coptic Church Pope Shenouda III, who died in March 2012, had banned visits to Jerusalem while it remained under Israeli occupation.

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