The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, which is not yet quite correctly called the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, contains Kuvuklia under the dome of the rotunda, where, according to established opinion, the body of Christ was located and where every year a huge number of believers meet the descent of the Holy Fire before Easter. Most recently, a large-scale reconstruction took place here, accompanied by the opening of the tombstone and historical research. I visited there when the work was still going on.
The temple is divided among themselves by six Christian denominations: Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Armenian, Coptic, Syrian and Ethiopian, each of which has side chapels and prayer hours, but the Rotunda with Cuvuklia are considered common to all. At the same time, the clergyman who keeps order in Kuvuklia represents the Greek Orthodox Church.
Photography is prohibited in Kuvuklia, but there are photos on the Internet taken during recent research. Not everyone shares the opinion that the place of residence of the body of Christ and Golgotha were indeed here, but the Holy Fire is met in this very place.
The temple is divided among themselves by six Christian denominations: Greek Orthodox, Catholic, Armenian, Coptic, Syrian and Ethiopian, each of which has side chapels and prayer hours, but the Rotunda with Cuvuklia are considered common to all. At the same time, the clergyman who keeps order in Kuvuklia represents the Greek Orthodox Church.
Photography is prohibited in Kuvuklia, but there are photos on the Internet taken during recent research. Not everyone shares the opinion that the place of residence of the body of Christ and Golgotha were indeed here, but the Holy Fire is met in this very place.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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