Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Known for one and a half Millennia as the place of the Crucifixion and burial of Jesus.
This place was identified in the fourth century as the place of the crucifixion by Empress Helena, the Mother of Constantine the Great. Built in 326 as two buildings; a rotunda containing the sepulcher and Basilica which became combined later on by the Crusaders.
It contains shrines commemorating the place of the burial - the Sepulcher
the place of the crucifixion - Golgotha
the chapel of Adam
the Center of the world - Omphalos (according to the Greek Orthodox Church)
This Church is holy to all Catholics both of the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Western Church, it is holy for Armenians, Copts, and Ethiopians and many (though not all) Protestants, some of whom claim a different location for the events described in the New Testament.
Tours That Go to Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Day Tour of Old Jerusalem
Experience the Old City, its sounds, its smells and its noises!
The sages of old spoke of two Jerusalems; a Jerusalem of ‘above’, a heavenly Jerusalem, and a Jerusalem of ‘below’, earthly Jerusalem. This tour works on many levels too, first we will experience the 4 quarters of Jerusalem from above, from the ramparts of the Old City. With expert knowledge of the history of the town you shall see Jerusalem throuh the eyes of all its inhabitants throughout the ages.
...Read moreExperience the Old City, its sounds, its smells and its noises!
The sages of old spoke of two Jerusalems; a Jerusalem of ‘above’, a heavenly Jerusalem, and a Jerusalem of ‘below’, earthly Jerusalem. This tour works on many levels too, first we will experience the 4 quarters of Jerusalem from above, from the ramparts of the Old City. With expert knowledge of the history of the town you shall see Jerusalem throuh the eyes of all its inhabitants throughout the ages.
As Isaac Newton said ‘what goes up must come down!’, following our heavenly journey we shall head into the bowels of the earth to the various archaeological sites, the Herodion quarter which uncovers the mysteries surrounded the Great Revolt of 70 CE, the Kotel Tunnels which head into the spiritual heart of Jerusalem and Ir David and the true ‘City of David’.
We shall finish with an over view of the city from the outside and prepare ourselves for the next tour: Jerusalem – The New City.
Tour Itinerary:
- Ramparts Walk 0900 – 1100
- Tour of Muslim and Christian Quarters 1100 – 1200
- Jewish Quarter Lunch 1200 – 1300
- *Kotel Tunnel Tours (Dependent on there being
- a space on a pre –existing tour normally booked
- months in advance) 1300 – 1500
- *Alternatively : Herodion Quarter and Burnt House 1300 – 1500
- Kotel Visit 1500
- City of David 1500 – 1600
- New Jerusalem – Yemin Moshe 1600 – 1700
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