Notre Dame Cathedral has reopened to large crowds for an Easter ceremony focused on the Crown of Thorns relic. Visitors and ...

Four months after its reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted an emotional Easter ceremony Friday centered on the Crown of Thorns relic ...

Four months after its long-awaited reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral welcomed worshippers and tourists alike on Friday for an ...

A nun touches the ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ's "Crown of Thorns" during a ceremony to mark Good Friday at Notre Dame cathedral, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris.

The ritual, held during Holy Week, included liturgical chants, candlelight, and a solemn procession of clerics carrying the Crown of Thorns through the alleys of the cathedral.

and a solemn procession of clerics carrying the Crown of Thorns through the alleys of the cathedral. Recommended Videos Tourists queued in a line that stretched across the Seine, waiting to enter ...

“You don’t just take a picture of the relic and move on ... Friday for an emotional Easter ceremony centered on the Crown of Thorns, a circular band of branches encased in a golden tube ...