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Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Greek Orthodox

Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre—Greek Orthodox


‎Jerusalem. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre. On June 3rd, Greek Orthodox priests come from all over the land to celebrate the Feast of St. Helena and her son, the Emperor Constantine the Great, in the Greek Patriarchate. The celebration is in memory of the two builders of the first churches in the Holy Land who in the 4th century began the history of Greek brotherhood.


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