Jerusalem, Israel, The Church of the Holy Sepulchre with Frank Dougan Oc...

The heart of the Old City of Jerusalem for Christians is the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, known by the locals as the “Church of the Resurrection”: inside, there is the Calvary, the place of the crucifixion and death of Jesus, and the Tomb of Jesus, from which the Son of God arose on the third day. The two Holy Places are related and inseparable, as is the Paschal mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ which took place there and which takes place continuously. For eight hundred years, the Franciscan friars of the Order of Friars Minor have been the guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, on behalf of the Catholic Church, and share the ownership of the Basilica with the Greek Orthodox Church and the Armenian Apostolic Church.

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