The crowds of Christian pilgrims are especially large because for the first time in years, the Eastern Orthodox and Western Churches are marking Easter - the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus - at the same time.
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"Today is the eighth dayof my daughter's resurrection, " the girl's father, Fabian Veron, told CNN Wednesday.
The traditional notion that corporeal resurrection and restoration would accompany theDayof Judgment seemed increasingly implausible to many Americans who had seen the maiming and disfigurement inflicted by this war.
Whether read as history or allegory, theresurrection stories in the gospels offer an approach to faith that challenges the militant religions of our own day.