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Show tt&n-n-tt-yH-;a&ntraHan-.y;::'i'B Religious Faith No Secret in Jerusalem In Jerusalem, the little city of great things, religious observances play a part In dally life unknown in other capitals. Siuce It Is the center o( three great faiths and all their subdivisions, sub-divisions, can It be wondered at If each fattb and branch thereof jealous ly guards rights and rites acquired throughout centuries, often through famine, seige and untold hardship? In a modern city, jne meets people dally for years without knowing their religious beliefs. This Is impossible in Jerusalem. Be he occidental or oriental, every man's religion is known to all and also the fidelity with which he carries out the obligations imposed by his failh. The religious festivals bring their own pageantry to the city. There are Moslems with their adherents from northern Africa, India, Afghanistan. Bokhara. Arabia, and the Sudan : Christians of all denominations; Latins, Lat-ins, Including many of the religious orders or-ders and the Uniate churches which acknowledge the supremacy of the pope; the eastern churches, which comprise the Orthodox, the Armenian, and Syriae, Copts, and Abyssinians; the Anglican church; the Jews, divided divid-ed into Ashkenazim. Sephardim, Karaites, Ka-raites, Yemenites, Georgians, and Bokharans. National Geographic Magazine. , |
