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Foot-washing of scouts at Saint-Ephrem des Syriens, Paris, 1934

Place: Paris · today France
Date: 1934

A priest kneels to wash the feet of a row of boy scouts seated in the sanctuary of the Syriac Catholic church of Saint-Ephrem in Paris during Holy Week, 29 March 1934.

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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Agence Rol press photographs (Gallica btv1b532972892, via Wikimedia Commons)

Agence Rol · Public domain (Agence Rol, 1934; BnF Gallica).

Foot-washing of scouts at Saint-Ephrem des Syriens, Paris, 1934

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