article_snippet.sent: Memorial: 150 candles have been lit in front of the altar of the cathedral where Cardinal Rainer Woelki will lead the service .
article_snippet.sent: Humbled: Kraft paid her respects to those killed in the air disaster by bowing in front of the candles lit in those killed in the air disaster memory .
article_snippet.sent: Upset: Meanwhile hundreds of emotional locals (pictured) gathered to watch and listen to the memorial service outside the cathedral .
article_snippet.sent: Inside the cathedral, 150 candles were lit in front of the altar where speeches were given - one for every person killed in the disaster.
article_snippet.sent: The 53-year-old said: 'Of course this is a special occasion.
article_snippet.sent: Bereaved: Touching tributes and flowers (pictures) were left outside the cathedral this morning as the entire country mourns the victims of the air disaster .
article_snippet.sent: Moving: Mourners left flowers and touching messages to the both the victims of the air disaster and the families they left behind .
article_snippet.sent: The memorial at the cathedral today (pictured) follow a memorial event near the disaster site at the village of Le Vernet in the French Alps .
article_snippet.sent: Mourners lay flowers and lit candles on the stairways leading to the cathedral - and outside the city's main railway station nearby.
article_snippet.sent: A bouquet of white tulips left at the foot of the cathedral had a card with the message 'depression is incalculable,' referring to co-pilot Andreas Lubitz who suffered from the illness.
article_snippet.sent: Loved ones of victims previously attended a memorial event near the disaster site at the village of Le Vernet in the French Alps.