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Ninth Station outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, other 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]
Mosque destroyed by an Israeli bombing in Khan Younis. On 19 October 2023, an Israeli airstrike hit the Church of Saint Porphyrius, where 500 people were sheltering. [4] On 8 November 2023, Israel bombed and destroyed the Khalid bin al-Walid Mosque. [5] By 13 November 2023, at least sixty mosques had been destroyed by Israeli bombs. [6]
The church was named either for the Resurrection of Jesus, or for his tomb, which is at its focal point. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also known as the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre [9] and the Holy Sepulchre. Eastern Christians also call it the Church of the Resurrection and the Church of the Anastasis, Anastasis being Greek for ...
The church reopened on Wednesday after Israel backtracked on Tuesday from a tax plan and draft property legislation that triggered a three-day protest. Jerusalem's Church of Holy Sepulchre reopens ...
After a three year halt due to financial problems, work resumed Monday on a Greek Orthodox church being built to replace one destroyed in the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Pages in category "Churches destroyed by Muslims" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre;
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.
As part of the looting, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed and the True Cross captured and taken to Ctesiphon as a battle-captured holy relic. The Cross was later returned to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius after his final victory against the Persians in 628. The Jews, who were persecuted in their Christian-controlled homeland ...