CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE
CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was founded by the generosity of the Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine, in the year 335. It is to the northeast of the Jaffa gate, and is in size about 230 feet east and west and 200 feet north and south. The holy sepulchre is in the center of the rotunda under the great dome. It is built of white marble, and is twenty-six feet long, seventeen feet wide and fifteen feet high. This elaborately carved marble structure, wherein the body of our Savior is supposed to have lain during the three days, contributes the interest and the attraction to the mass of buildings which together constitute the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is the cathedral church of Christendom . No sacred edifice on earth is the object of so much sentiment and affection. For 1559 years the conviction which created and filled the statement of the Creed, “I believe in the Resurrection,” has here lifted itself into the doors, capitals, corni...