CHRIST RISES even as security gates tighten in Jerusalem, where masses of

CHRIST RISES even as security gates tighten in Jerusalem, where masses of locals and pilgrims congregate at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Only a fraction of worshippers - 1,800 out of a usual 10,000 were present at descent of Holy Fire ceremony amidst tight security and widespread crackdowns by Israeli authorities on Muslim and Christian worshippers in holy sites which have gone so far as to persecute the mere mention of Jesus.