palm sunday procession, damascus christian quarter

falling for Damascus

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April 6th 2009
On Sunday, headed out for the 10:30 mass at the church Maurice recommended. The streets were packed with people, including a bunch of little kids in white dresses and tuxes - so cute -- and people holding olive branches, which are used here instead of palms. Somehow, we walked right past the church without realizing it, and wandered around for a while, and then went in some other catholic chuch, w ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

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Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more