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Holy Sepulcher, also known as the Holy Sepulcher, is the most important shrine of the Christian world.
According to the gospel, there were three days in this rocky tomb Jesus Christ was buried, after which the Savior was resurrected and ascended to heaven. The tomb is the main altar of Jerusalem Church of the Resurrection of Christ. The bed measures two meters on eighty centimeters. The height of the plate above the floor is sixty centimeters. This is how the Jews buried in the first century the dead.
In 326, Elena Equal to the Apostles committed at the age of eighty years pilgrimage to Calvary. It’s believed that the empress did this because she had a prophetic dream, in which she was asked to bring to light the sacred places of God, which were shut by the wicked.
Having heeded this order, Elena organized excavations and discovered the cave where, according to the legends, they buried Christ for three days. IN the empress found the Life-giving Cross on which the Savior was crucified, four nails with which he was nailed to the cross, and titlo with the inscription “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.” If you believe the New Testament, then this plate with his own hands pinned to the cross Pontius Pilate.
Elena Equal to the Apostles laid a temple around the cave, and there immediately pilgrims from all Christian countries began to flock. To our days, unfortunately, only part of the entrance, a fragment of the walls caves and, in fact, the bed itself. The former cave was destroyed in 1009 year.
The Holy Sepulcher was covered with marble slab. This is done in order so that pilgrims do not chip away stones from the rock in order to pick up a particle of relics. It’s well known that the current stove was laid back in 1555, and to this day no one has filmed it. However, there is a legend that one attempt was nevertheless made by someone. Muslims decided to use the stove to decorate the mosque, but then a crack suddenly appeared on the marble. Her unexpected the emergence stopped the Islamists and she left the Holy Sepulcher at rest.
Why did scientists need to open the Holy Sepulcher?
Only now have archaeologists managed to get permission to open the plate and explore the Holy Sepulcher. For this, scientists had to seek permissions from the Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopian and Syrian churches. Experts are not sure that Elena The Equal-to-the-Apostles was right when she considered that Christ had been buried. right here. Obviously, scientists need one hundred percent evidence that the empress found in this cave genuine cross, nails and titlo. However, where do they come from after so many years?
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When archaeologists moved for the first time in four hundred and sixty-one year slab, they were surprised by significant amounts of stone material down below. Now the experts have a long analysis, as a result which they may be able to get the original image the surface of the rock, on which, according to Christian texts, laid the body of Jesus Christ.
By the spring of next year, the restoration of the Holy The coffin. For this purpose, various organizations and individuals have allocated and donated over four million dollars. By the way, one of such patrons became King of Jordan Abdullah II ibn Hussein.
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