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#16: Holy Places in Christianity - Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Research the answers to the following questions: 1) With which religion is the church usually associated?

Christianity 2) Where is the church?

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is a church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, a few steps away from the Muristan. 3) Why is the church venerated by religious people?

Because it commemorates the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ's burial 4) When was the church built?

330 A.D. 5) Who built the original church on this site?

Originally built by the mother of Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D., the Church of the Holy Sepulcher commemorates the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ’s burial.


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