For the first time in centuries, scientists have exposed the original surface of what is traditionally considered Christ’s tomb. Located in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem, the tomb has been covered by marble cladding since at least 1555 A.D., and most likely centuries earlier.Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Church of the Holy Sepulchre’
Israel suspends church property tax plan
Thursday, March 1st, 2018
Israel’s government has suspended Jerusalem’s church property tax plan. As a result major Christian denominations, including the Catholic Church, have promised to reopen the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It had been closed for three days as a protest against the proposed taxation regime. The church – revered as the site where Jesus Read more
Jerusalem’s Church of Holy Sepulchre closed in tax protest
Monday, February 26th, 2018The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been closed in protest at Israeli tax policies which Christian leaders say unfairly target the Christian community. The Church is important to Christians as it was built where Jesus’s crucifixion is believed to have taken place. Read more
Christ’s newly restored tomb may collapse
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Christ’s newly restored tomb may collapse, says Antonia Moropoulou, chief scientific supervisor with the National Technical University of Athens. The tomb’s structural integrity has been a concern for over 100 years. The tomb has just been reopened after extensive renovations. Moropoulou says the collapse will be a slow, but catastrophic process. The problem is the Read more
Visitors crowd to see Jesus’s restored tomb
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017Visitors from around the world are making pilgrimages to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to see Jesus’s recently restored tomb. The last time the tomb was restored was in 1810. It is considered one of the most sacred sites in Christianity. Inside the tomb is a burial bed made of rock, where Read more
Church of the Holy Sepulchre may close in protest over water bill
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the site where Jesus was crucified and rose again, may close for a day in protest over a disputed $NZ2.8 million water bill. Such a move would bar thousands of pilgrims and visitors from the church that is considered to be the most holy Christian shrine Read more
Why Muslims hold the key to the Holy Sepulchre
Friday, August 3rd, 2012Every morning and night, in a ritual dating back hundreds of years, two Muslim families control the opening and closing of the place in Jerusalem where Jesus rose from the dead. The Joudeh and Nuseibeh families, one generation after another, got the job of holding the keys and opening the door to Christianity’s most sacred Read more