Christians flock to attend Palm Sunday celebrations at Egyptian monastery

Christian women attend the celebration of Palm Sunday at the Monastery of Samaan el-Kharaz (MEE/Belad Darder)

A Christian weave palm leaves to make decorations (MEE/Belad Darder)

Christian woman during recital of the prayers (MEE/Belad Darder)

Christians standing during service (MEE/Belad Darder)

Men standing during the service (MEE/Belad Darder)

A group of vergers cutting the bread to small pieces for the fathers to give to the attendants (MEE/Belad Darder)

Monastery during the service (MEE/Belad Darder)

A father gives bread to a Christian child (MEE/Belad Darder)

An Ethiopian woman holds her child for the father to drop holy water with the help of a verger (MEE/Belad Darder)

A verger holds a small children for the father to drop Holy water (MEE/Belad Darder)

A Christian child sleeping beside his mother during the service (MEE/Belad Darder)

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