This weekend, Jews, Christians and Muslims are all celebrating main holidays on the similar time. Ramadan, Passover and Easter all coincide in a uncommon event. However in Europe, the conflict in Ukraine overshadows all three holidays.
A Ukrainian and a Russian girl who work collectively at a Rome hospital took half in Pope Francis' "Manner of the Cross" service. However the meditation they wrote was scrapped after protests by Ukrainian Catholics claimed the conflict made it inappropriate.
In Jerusalem, Palestinians and Israeli police clashed Friday on the al-Aqsa mosque. Greater than 150 worshippers had been injured on the web site that's sacred to Jews and Muslims.
In Odesa, the celebrations on the synagogue drown out the air-raid sirens. Rabbi Avraham Wolff instructed CBS Information this weekend is a well timed remembrance of what the vacations are really about.
Wolff stated he hasn't eaten or slept in days, however cannot present his tears to Chabad Odesa as a result of his worshippers look to him for braveness.
"There is no extra free nation like Ukraine. I by no means say one thing, and I look again if any person hears me. No extra freedom place than Ukraine," he stated.