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    known as the Chapel of the Holy Family, is a Catholic church building located in the Austrian Hospice in the Old City of Jerusalem. The church building...
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    The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of...
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    The Holy Family Church (Arabic: كنيسة العائلة المقدسة) of Gaza City is the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, State of Palestine. The parish includes...
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    The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy...
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    was the first to use the title of king and the first to be crowned king in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem itself. The kingship of Jerusalem...
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    Islam. Since the arrival of Islam in Jerusalem in the seventh century, the Sunni Muslim family has held the keys of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity's...
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    considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both the State of Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their...
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    of Courtenay. The Templars took Baldwin's body to Jerusalem, becoming the seventh and last of the Latin kings to be buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre...
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  • Thumbnail for History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem
    The History of Jerusalem during the Kingdom of Jerusalem began with the capture of the city by the Latin Christian forces at the apogee of the First Crusade...
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    to the Jordanian royal family's role in tending Muslim and Christian holy sites in the city of Jerusalem. The legacy traces back to 1924 when the Supreme...
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    Baldwin IV of Jerusalem (Latin: Balduinus, French: Baudoin) (1161–1185), known as the Leper King, was the king of Jerusalem, from 1174 until his death...
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  • Thumbnail for Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem
    Jerusalem (the first being Christ Church near Jaffa Gate). It is a property of the Evangelical Jerusalem Foundation, one of the three foundations of the...
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    in the holy city, Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem, Queen Sibylla, and the rest of the inhabitants begged him to take charge of the defense of the city...
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    covered Jerusalem and other localities (e.g., Bethlehem) within a radius of 20 km (12 mi) around the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1922, the League of Nations...
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  • Jerusalem Church of the Holy Family (Alcamo) Church of the Holy Family (Barletta) Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Family, Nairobi Holy Family Church,...
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    Ethiopians have minor rights. Within the church is located a famous icon called Panagia Ierosolymitissa (All-holy Lady of Jerusalem) which, according to tradition...
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    burial. The marble slab is now in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Previously, the light was believed to form a column of fire...
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    the Holy Sepulchre, is the true place of Golgotha.[citation needed] Jerusalem historian Dan Mazar reported in a series of articles in the Jerusalem Christian...
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    on payment of a ransom. 1138: St Anne's Church is built by Arda of Armenia, widow of Baldwin I of Jerusalem. 1149: New Church of the Holy Sepulchre built...
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    Names of Jerusalem refers to the multiple names by which the city of Jerusalem has been known and the etymology of the word in different languages. According...
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  • Thumbnail for Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre
    The Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre, or Holy Community of the All-Holy Sepulchre, is an Eastern Orthodox monastic fraternity guarding the Church of...
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    and the Western Wall for Judaism, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christianity, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Islam. The Old City...
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  • Thumbnail for Chapel of the Ascension, Jerusalem
    shrine located on the Mount of Olives, in the At-Tur district of Jerusalem. Part of a larger complex consisting first of a Christian church and monastery...
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    main jurisdictions: the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, and the Salesian Mission. Each of these jurisdictions...
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  • in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Edicule, also known as the Tomb of Christ, within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the most...
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    at the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem. The church is considered to be the holiest site for Christians in the world...
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  • Thumbnail for Godfrey of Bouillon
    leader of the First Crusade, and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1099 to 1100. Although initially reluctant to take the title of king ,...
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  • Thumbnail for Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem
    Sibyl; c. 1159 – 25 July 1190) was the queen of Jerusalem from 1186 to 1190. She reigned alongside her husband Guy of Lusignan, to whom she was unwaveringly...
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    props. The seat of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem is located on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. At the entrance of the Patriarchate...
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    on the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem with other Jewish families. The Feast of the Holy Family is a liturgical celebration in the Catholic Church, as...
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