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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Dome of the Rotunda
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  • Updated By Carmela71 on March 22, 2004
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    View looking up at the dome over the tomb of Jesus. We got to the church walking through the Jaffa Gate and the Christian quarter (visiting on our way the Western Wall). I was not able to difference the Armenian and Christian quarters during our walk through the Zoco.

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  • Updated By jadedmuse on March 23, 2008
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
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    Up the stairs is where the rock of Golgotha is - the rock upon which Jesus Christ was crucified. As you make a left turn, you'll see a gilded alter to your right. Underneath is a hole in the floor where you can reach in and touch the rock. If you're disappointed that you can't actually visualize this famous rock (because I know I was), you'll get a chance to see it albeit behind bulletproof glass panels, back downstairs.

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  • Updated By Carmela71 on March 22, 2004
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    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre (fot the Greek Orthodox it is called Church of the Resurrection) is the most sacred place for the Christians. Here are the last five Stations of the Cross and also they say that here was Jesus crucified, burial and also resurrected You may find many people outside offering to be your guides. As there are not many tourist around in Jerusalem, and the ones that come to visit it, come in organised excursions, they can be a little more pushing than before in order to get any clients. Remember that in all the religious places you need to have covered your arms and legs, specially if you are women... (well seems men legs are not so dangerous lol)

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    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Church of Holy Sepulcher: Main Entrance
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  • Updated By Carmela71 on March 22, 2004
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    this is the main entrance when you enter through the Christian quarter. (By the way the shops close to it, will try to sell you candles, as soon as they see you are a tourist going there, and as I said before as there is not many tourist, they can be very insistent). There are 5 Christian communities that share the Church having each one its own part: the Roman Catholic, the Greek Orthodox, the Armenian, the Coptic and the Syrian Orthodox.

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  • Updated By leffe3 on June 13, 2006
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
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    From the outside, one of the most important Christian church and focus for many pilgrmages, fails to impress. This is mainly due to the lack of viewpoint in the old alleyways of the old city - you turn a corner and there it is, a small open plaza leading to the main doors, the dome of the building almost hidden from street level. And even once inside it is difficult to ascertain the true enormity of the place as it is a complete warren of separate Chapels: the differing faiths within the all-encompassing term 'Christian' do not live side by side very easily (to such an extent that the key to the church is held by a local Muslim, who's responsibility it is to open the church each morning and lock it at night). Stories abound of the lack of co-operation between the differing groups within the church. About the only thing that is agreed on is that the church is on the site of Golgotha - the place of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus.

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  • Directions: Old City - in the warren of alleyways that joins the Christian and Moslem quarters.

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  • By leffe3 on January 19, 2003
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
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    Possibly the most popular spot in the church (there's always a queue) is the Tomb Monument. The responsibility of the Greek Orthodox, it is an early 19th century 'gaudy newspaper kiosk in Salonika' (as described by one Franciscan monk), built after a fire gutted the church in 1808.

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    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Church of The holly Sepulchre
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  • Updated By Sharon on July 23, 2006
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
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    This is the most important Christian place in Jerusalem and one of the most important places in the world for Christianity. According to the beliefe this is the place where jesus was crusified and barried !

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  • Directions: Old City Jerusalem Buses to Jaffa Gate: 30, 20, 19, 3

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  • Updated By jadedmuse on March 23, 2008
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  • The Church of the Holy Sepulchre - Jerusalem
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    I actually like this church alot. Some say it's lackluster by comparison to say, St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican or the Islam's Dome of the Rock - but I think it's got its attractions. You may enjoy the dim candlelight feel to it as much as I do, especially if you take the time to explore around the rotunda, including down the stairs into the basement area. If you don't have a guidebook with you, it may be worthwhile negotiate an ad hoc "guide" (the kind that are loitering around the outside of the church gates)...there's got to be some irony in having a Muslim give you the tour of a lifetime through Christianity's most important holy site.

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  • By mardaska on June 27, 2003
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    It is believed that this church is built at the place of Christ’s Crucifixion, burial and Resurrection. The first church was built by the Roman emperor Constantine but it was rebuilt by the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachus. The building was enlarged by the Crusaders and it has survived fires and earthquakes. Because of fights over ownership of the church among Armenians, Greeks, Copts, Roman Catholics, Ethiopians and Syrians, the church is unlocked each morning by a Muslim keyholder.

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  • Address: Christian Quarter
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  • By antistar on February 20, 2007
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    An unassuming entrance hides a massive, sprawling, awe inspiring church carved into the rock of Jerusalem, and built around the shrine which venerates the place where Jesus is believed to have been buried. The church is also meant to have been built on Golgotha, the hill upon which Jesus was crucified. As you can imagine, it is a very holy place, and the destination of many a pilgrimage. The Church was founded by Saint Helena, who had been instructed to built churches on all the sites touched by the life of Jesus, including the Church of the Nativity that commerated his birth in Bethlehem. It survived for centuries, even under Muslim rule, until the "mad caliph" had it destroyed. This move caused angry reactions across Europe, and was fundamental in launching the Crusades. In fact the first crusade was effectively a pilgrimage to the church, and each of the crusaders came here to worship. The Crusaders later set about rebuilding the church, and their chief, Godfrey of Bouillon, declared himself "Protector of the Holy Sepulcher". After Saladin the Church fell again under Muslim rule, but he eventually allowed pilgrims to visit the church. Today it is home to Greek Orthodox, the Armenian Apostolic and Roman Catholic churches, and you will see clerics of all three denominations wandering about various parts of the church, conducting ceremonies. The Armenian monks were particularly fetching with their dark brown robes, and long black beards. Being such a holy place, on any normal day you can expect it to be packed to the rafters with pilgrims and tourists. The Sepulcher itself will have queues a mile or more long. I visited on Christmas Eve, and because everyone had been scared off by recent events in the region, I almost had the place to myself. On Christmas Eve!

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