Saturday of light
By: gjermundgranlund
Tags: Beit Sahour, easter, Orthodox church, Sept an-Nur
Category: Uncategorized
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Saturday of light, or the “Sept an-Nur” which is is called in Arabic is, according to the traditions of the Orthodox church, an annually miracle taking place on the Saturday proceeding Easter Sunday. According to a random internet page it is “[a] great miracle given by God only to the Orthodox church”. This statement sounds rather exclusive, and reflects nothing of Marie and my experience of the celebration in Beit Sahour in which we participated. There were thousands of people in the streets waiting for the patriarch to bring the light from the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. And as far as I’m concerned the Orthodox were accompanied by both Catholics, some Muslims and at least two Protestants from Norway. Some people always try to highlight division among the Palestinians, be it between Muslims and Christians or Catholics and Orthodox. Division was not what I experienced. But rather a festive, loud, crowded celebration of the Easter miracle. If you want to read more about it check out Marie’s blog here.
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