Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Stairway to Calvary, located on the right just inside the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Archway over the stairs to Calvary.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

View at the top of the stairs of Calvary or Golgotha, the place where Jesus was crucified.
The first chapel (right) is owned by the Catholics and is Station 11 on the Via Dolorosa.
Just beyond that (center) is a small statue of Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows, which is Station 13.
On the far left is the Greek Orthodox Calvary, which contains the actual Rock of Calvary (Station 12) around which this church was built.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Medici altar in the Catholic Calvary chapel.
This was made in Florence in 1588 and donated to the church by Cardinal Medici.
Four scenes associated with the Passion of Jesus are hammered in silver on the front of the altar.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Nuns in the Catholic chapel of the Nailing to the Cross, at Calvary.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

A 12th-century mosaic on the vaulted ceiling of the Catholic Calvary (11th Station of the Cross).

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Statue of Our Lady of Sorrows, located between the Catholic (right) and Greek (left) chapels of Calvary.
This is Station 13 on the Via Dolorosa, at which Mary receives the body of Jesus from the cross.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Calvary or Golgotha.
This Greek Orthodox chapel is built around what is believed to be the Rock of Calvary on which Christ was crucfied.
The rock can be viewed under glass on either side of the central altar, and the site of the Crucifixion can be touched under the central altar.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

Worshippers and visitors at Calvary or Golgotha, the place of the Crucifixion.

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Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
Ο Πανάγιος Τάφος ή
Ο Ναός της Αναστάσεως, Ιερουσαλήμ

The Greek Orthodox altar of Calvary.