ice at the golden-domed Alexander Nevski Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria(Nikolay Doychinov/AFP)Greek Orthodox pilgrims light candles during the ceremony marking the Apokathelosis, the removal of Christ's dead body from the Cross,UK Nike Air Max 2012 Womens Orange Grey, in a ceremony at the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Penteli, north Athens(Aris Messinis/AFP)A Greek Orthodox monk looks at an image of Jesus crucified at the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Penteli, north Athens(Aris Messinis/AFP)On Maundy Thursday, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilus III washed the feet of 12 of his clergymen at the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem's Old City. The church was built by the Roman emperor Constantine and rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachus.According to Christian tradition, Jesus washed the feet of his twelve disciples prior to the Last Supper before he was crucified. Christian churches worldwide commemorate this event as part of Easter Holy Week celebrations. The washing is usually done by the highest ranking clergyman.Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III conducts the traditional washing of the feet ceremony during the Maundy Thursday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City(Gali Tibbon/AFP)Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III exits the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City to begin the washing of the feet ceremony on Maundy Thursday(Gali Tibbon/AFP)Members of the Greek Orthodox clergy await the arrival of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Metropolitan Theophilos before the washing of the feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City(Ammar Awad/Reuters)Greek Orthodox priests attend the washing of the feet ceremony at Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre(Gali Tibbon/AFP)Armenian priests hold candles as they pray during the Maundy Thursday ceremony at St James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City(Gali Tibbon/AFP)Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nurhan Menugian leads the traditional washing of the feet ceremony at St James Cathedral in Jerusalem's Old City(Gali Tibbon/AFP)A Christian pilgrim dips in the water at Qasr el-Yahud, where it is believed John the Baptist baptised Jesus, on the banks of the Jordan River, near the West Bank city of Jericho(Amir Cohen/Reuters)A Christian pilgrim dips in the water during his visit to the baptismal site known as Qasr el-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River near the West Bank city of Jericho(Amir Cohen/Reuters)
It looks like Michael Fallon may have misfired in his strike on Labour leader Ed Miliband over Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent. But not on the policy point. It was the deeply personal nature of the attack that appears to have veered off course.Fallon, the Conservative defence secretary, wrote in The Timesthat Miliband "stabbed his own brother in the back to become Labour leader. Now he is willing to stab the United Kingdom in the back to become prime minister".That stinging criticism comes from the notion that Miliband could sacrifice renewing the Trident defenceto appease the anti-Trident Scottish National Party (SNP) and win its backing in the event of a hung parliament, meaning he could enter Downing Street and take control.In essence, Miliband is being called a traitor. Someone without loyalty, not even to his own flesh and blood, let alone the country he is vying to serve as prime minister. It is down and dirty personalised politics, perhaps a product of the negative campaigning Tory election chief Lynton Crosby is infamous for. This is a knife-edge general election, after all.Labour denies the Trident claim by Fallon. Miliband even accused Fallon of "demeaning" himself by making such lacerating personal comments. And though senior Conservatives such as David Cameron and George Osborne spent the day rallying around Fallon,Nike Air Max 2013 White Silver, backing his biting comments, they may come to regret it."If attacks are too personalised, or look too unreasonable, they can backfire," Anthony Wells,Nike Air Max 90 EM Womens Yellow, director of YouGov's political and social opinion polling,Air Max 2013 Womens Club Purple Black UK, told IBTimes UK."And it looks