ELLOPOS Photo Blog

On the south side of the altar via the ambulatory is a stairway climbing to Calvary (Golgotha), traditionally regarded as the site of Jesus’ crucifixion and the most lavishly decorated part of the church. The main altar there belongs to the Greek Orthodox, which contains The Rock of Calvary (12th Station of the Cross). The rock can be seen under glass on both sides of the altar, and beneath the altar there is a hole said to be the place where the cross was raised.

• Walls connected with the sky, Jerusalem
• Timothy of Jerusalem
• The Virgin’s birth home, Jerusalem
• The Holy Monastery of St Sabbas in Palestine
• St Sabbas Monastery, Palestine
• Side exit door of the altar-tomb of The Virgin
• Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
• Inside the burial chamber of the Mother of God
• Descent of the Cross, Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
• Descending stairs to the Tomb of Theotokos