A burial tomb believed to have held the body of Jesus Christ
before his resurrection will open to the public on Wednesday March 22,2017
The tomb
at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem underwent nine months
of restoration.
A team
from the National Technical University of Athens (NTU) carried out
intensive restoration on a small structure known as the ‘Edicule’
(little house) within the church, containing the tomb and burial bed
believed to have once held the body of Jesus Christ.
During the restoration the team removed a slab of marble that had been placed over the bed in 1555AD to prevent pilgrims removing rocks from the holy site, exposing the original limestone shelf for the first time in centuries.
A small window has been cut in the marble wall of the ‘Edicule’, allowing pilgrims to see into the tomb for the first time. On Wednesday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and a representative of Pope Francis, will mark the completion of the restoration with a ceremony.
During the restoration the team removed a slab of marble that had been placed over the bed in 1555AD to prevent pilgrims removing rocks from the holy site, exposing the original limestone shelf for the first time in centuries.
A small window has been cut in the marble wall of the ‘Edicule’, allowing pilgrims to see into the tomb for the first time. On Wednesday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians and a representative of Pope Francis, will mark the completion of the restoration with a ceremony.
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