Скачать или смотреть Special church services, traditions mark the start of Eastern Orthodox Holy Week in Bosnia

(29 Apr 2024)
BOSNIA PASSION WEEK

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pale, Bosnia - 27 April 2024

1. Dimic family children picking flowers in their backyard, UPSOUND children singing church songs
2. Ivanka Dimic and her children walking in their backyard
3. Close of hands placing flower petals in a bowl
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Ivanka Dimic, local resident:
“This feast brings special joy to children. Later, in church, there will be willow branches, which symbolize Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, which children will use later this evening to make crowns to wear on their heads on Palm Sunday."

5. Girls picking flowers from a lilac bush
6. Girls gathered around a bowl filled with flower petals, one of them pouring water into the bowl
7. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Ivanka Dimic, local resident:
“We are preparing for Palm Sunday. It is our custom for kids, usually it is kids, to go out and pick flowers, various flowers they can find, to soak in water overnight so that the children can wash their faces with that water the next morning to keep them healthy.”

8. Dimic family walking to church
9. Faithful gathered outside church, preparing for Lazarus Saturday procession through town
10. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Srdjan Guja, Orthodox Christian Sunday school teacher:
“In remembrance of Christ’s evangelical words: ‘Let the children come to me for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children,’ Lazarus Saturday is dedicated to children. During evening church service willow branches will be sanctified which children will then use to make crowns which symbolize victory of life over death. Little bells that children will get as well symbolize the voice of God calling us to congregate and celebrate Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday."

11. Various of evening church service
12. People collecting willow branches in church
13. Woman distributing ribbons with small bells
14. Group of women, one wearing crown made of willow branches on her head
15. Dimic family standing outside church, children ringing bells hanging around their necks

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pale, Bosnia - 28 April 2024

16. Various of Palm Sunday procession, participants carrying willow branches
17. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Nika Dimic:
“I am glad that I was joined today by many of my friends and I cannot wait till next year to again participate in the (Palm Sunday) procession.”

18. Dimic family entering church
19. Dimic family crossing themselves inside church at an altar with burning candle and wreath made of willow branches and flowers

LEADIN:

Holy Week has begun for Orthodox Christians.

Serb families in Bosnia are celebrating the week before Easter with long-held traditions.

STORYLINE:

The Dimic children pick seasonal flowers in their backyard in Pale, near Sarajevo.

It's a typical start to Lazarus Saturday among the Bosnian Serb faithful.

The day marks the biblical story of when Jesus Christ raised Lazarus from the dead.

The girls' mother, Ivanka Dimic, says the church feast is particularly fun for younger members of the congregation.

“This feast brings special joy to children. Later, in church, there will be willow branches, which symbolize Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, which children will use later this evening to make crowns to wear on their heads on Palm Sunday," she explains.

The flowers the children collect now also play a role this weekend's traditions.

They are placed into a bowl of water for use the next day.










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