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JERUSALEM.
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St. John ; in front of this building are the bases of three columns, probably the remains
of some porch or screen. On the east side are the Greek Monastery of Abraham, containing
a small chapel in which is shown the spot, close to Golgotha, where Abraham was on the
THE SHRINE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
The enormous candles at the entrance are lighted only on important festivals.
point of sacrificing Isaac ; the Armenian Church of St. John ; and the Coptic Chapel of the
Angel St. Michael, whence a passage leads to the Coptic Monastery. On the west side are
the Chapel of St. James, the brother of our Lord ; the Chapel of the " Forty Martyrs," or of
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St. John ; in front of this building are the bases of three columns, probably the remains
of some porch or screen. On the east side are the Greek Monastery of Abraham, containing
a small chapel in which is shown the spot, close to Golgotha, where Abraham was on the
THE SHRINE OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE.
The enormous candles at the entrance are lighted only on important festivals.
point of sacrificing Isaac ; the Armenian Church of St. John ; and the Coptic Chapel of the
Angel St. Michael, whence a passage leads to the Coptic Monastery. On the west side are
the Chapel of St. James, the brother of our Lord ; the Chapel of the " Forty Martyrs," or of
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