(17 Apr 2017) Members of the ancient Samaritan community gathered on top of Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus in the early hours of Monday, to pray at the end of the Passover holiday.
Numbering several hundred, the Samaritans comprise one of the world's oldest and smallest religious minorities.
Best known from the New Testament parable of the Good Samaritan, the sect traces its roots to the ancient Israelites, and follows the Five Books of Moses and celebrates biblical holidays.
The Samaritans practise many of the same religious rituals as Jews, but they have adopted some Islamic beliefs and customs.
The festival of Passover commemorates the Jews' exodus from slavery under the Pharaohs and the beginning of Jewish nationhood.
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