Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Back in Jerusalem, in the heart of the Old City, some are visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.  You almost have to see this place, it is impossible to describe but the bare facts are as follows:

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is also called the Church of the Resurrection -  a church within the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The site is venerated as Calvary (Golgotha),^[2] where Jesus of Nazareth was crucified,^[3] and also contains the place where Jesus is said to have been buried. Within the church are the last four (or, by some definitions, five) Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa, representing the final episodes of Jesus' Passion. The church has been an important Christian pilgrimage destination since at least the fourth century as the purported site of the resurrection of Jesus.
Today it also serves as the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, while control of the building is shared between several Christian churches and secular entities in complicated arrangements essentially unchanged for centuries. Today, the church is home to branches of Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy as well as to Roman Catholicism. Anglicans and Protestants have no permanent presence in the Church.

It amuses Jay that my favorite thing in this amazing structure are these beautiful little angels flying (in a mosaic) above the marble slab where it was thought Jesus was laid and prepared for burial.  These little angels are holding tissues to catch their tears.  The area is incredibly fragrant and people pour scented oils on this slab and kneel to pray there.  It is a very special place.

 You crawl underneath this beautiful altar and reach your hand through this hole

and feel the dirt where Jesus was crucified. So powerful.

 Here they are!