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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, [a] [b] also known as the Church of the Resurrection, [c] is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is also the seat of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. [1]
Ninth Station outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, churches, synagogues, Torah scrolls and other non-Muslim religious artifacts and buildings in and around Jerusalem, were destroyed starting on 28 September 1009 on the orders of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, known by his critics as "the mad Caliph" [1] or "Nero of Egypt". [2]
Church of the Holy Sepulchre (1885). Other than some restoration work, its appearance has essentially not changed since 1854. The name of the knights and order varied over the centuries, including Milites Sancti Sepulcri and The Sacred and Military Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
The Holy Fire (Greek: Ἃγιον Φῶς, "Holy Light") is a ceremony that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter. During the ceremony, a prayer is performed after which a fire is lit inside the aediculae where some believe the Tomb of Jesus may have been located.
Articles relating to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and its contents. The church is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.According to traditions dating back to the fourth century, it contains the two holiest sites in Christianity: the site where Jesus was crucified, at a place known as Calvary or Golgotha, and Jesus's empty tomb, where he is believed by Christians to ...
STORY: (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMIT RE'EM, JERUSALEM REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, SAYING: "This is a piece, main piece of the main high altar of the Holy Sepulchre church.
In scenes very different from last year, Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre opened to the public on Palm Sunday, allowing Christians to attend mass at the start of Holy Week on the site ...
The "Immovable Ladder" at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Immovable Ladder is a wooden ladder leaning against the right window on the second tier of the facade of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. The ladder rests on a ledge and is attached to a window owned by the Armenian Apostolic Church.