1.   As happens every year on Good Friday, thousands of Christian pilgrims walked the Via Dolorosa, believed to be the route Jesus took to his crucifixion.

2.   As every year on Good Friday, thousands of Christian pilgrims walked the Via Dolorosa, believed to be the route Jesus took to his crucifixion.

3.   At the beginning, these early Christian pilgrims probably looked kooky to locals.

4.   Christian pilgrims during the Renaissance and afterward were once again keen to own some little reproduction of whatever holy icon they had traveled far to see.

5.   Christian pilgrims should make time for Galilee, Jericho and Caesarea, among other significant biblical sites.

6.   Christian pilgrims tromped down the Via Dolorosa carrying a wooden cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as they traditionally do on Fridays.

7.   Dedicated Christian pilgrims often kiss the stones where Jesus may have walked.

8.   He earned a reputation in Bethany, where he lived, as a pastor who cared for the poor and helped Christian pilgrims settle in the Mount of Olives.

9.   In the process, Israel hopes to reap millions of dollars more in revenues from the flood of Christian pilgrims and tourists who visit the home town of Jesus.

10.   Israel has been slowly and somewhat ambivalently gearing up for what could be an onslaught of Christian pilgrims next year.