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

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

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

Garlands of lanterns in the Chapel of St. Helen.

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

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

The Chapel of St. Helen.

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

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

Central altar of the Chapel of St. Helen, a.k.a. Chapel of St. Gregory.

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

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

Floor mosaic in the Chapel of St. Helen.

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

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

The Catholic half of the Chapel of the Finding of the Cross, featuring a life-sized statue of St. Helen (Constantine's mother) with the cross.
According to an early legend, Helen discovered the True Cross on which Christ was crucified while the church was being excavated and built around 330 AD.

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

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

The Greek half of the Chapel of the Finding of the Cross.
On the left is the remains of a Crusader fresco; on the right is a candlelit altar.

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

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

Altar in the Greek side in the Chapel of the Finding of the Holy Cross.

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

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

A door on the north side of the Chapel of St. Helena leads to the Chapel of St. Vartan, an Armenian chapel. This area was just discovered and excavated in the 1970s. The finds include remnants of walls built by Hadrian in the 2nd century, one of which contains this stone with a celebrating drawing of a merchant ship with the inscription DOMINE IVIMVS, "Lord we shall go."

This drawing probably dates from before the completion of Constantine's church (c.330); some scholars even suggest the 2nd century. Unfortunately, this Armenian chapel is locked and not normally open to the public.

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

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

Triptych in the Chapel of Derision, or Crowning with Thorns.

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

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

Roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Behind the dome are the humble cells of the Ethiopian Orthodox monastery.

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

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

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

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

Ethiopian monastery on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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

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

The Ethiopian Orthodox chapel, entered via the Coptic Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel
from the courtyard of the main church.

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

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

The Coptic Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel,
entered via the main courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

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

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

An old carved cross outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.