Christians mark Easter in destroyed Palestinian village
Apr 09, 2023
Iqrit [Palestine], April 9: Surrounded by spring flowers and the ruins of their family homes near the border with Lebanon, Christians gathered Friday to ensure their Easter traditions survive decades after the destruction of their Palestinian village of Iqrit. As people burned incense beside their relatives' tombs, Father SouhailKhoury recounted the importance his community attached to returning to Iqrit. "All the families of our village and their children come here on Good Friday to visit (our loved ones buried here) and our parents and to pray," he said at the village cemetery, as people laid flowers. Khoury said the descendants of Iqrit were keeping their customs in the hope that it would become a habit for residents "to return to their land".
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