Greek icon of Christ being laid in the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 ; the original Byzantine Church was destroyed by the Persians in 614.

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Greek icon of Christ being laid in the tomb in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is identified as the place both of the crucifixion and the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 ; the original Byzantine Church was destroyed by the Persians in 614.

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