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The Christian quarter in
the north-west section of the Old City comprises some 4,900 people. Most
of the Christian institutions are clustered around the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre. This church is built over the remains of Golgatha where
Christ was crucified and the tomb where he was buried and rose.The first
Christian community held liturgical clebrations here until 66 AD. The emperor
Hadrian in 135 built a pagan shrine over the spot. Constantine built a
hugh Church of the Resurrection in the 300s. This is the most sacred place
for Christians in Jerusalem. See also | Jewish
Quarter | Muslim
Quarter | Armenian
Quarter | Holy
Week in Jerusalem | Church
of the Holy Sepulchre |
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in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden
a new tomb where no one had ever been laid.
And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem; and they found the eleven gathered together and those who were with them, who said, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread. As they were saying this, Jesus himself stood among them. - Luke 24:33-36 |