For the first time in two centuries people have entered what most Christians believe is the tomb of Jesus. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher – the traditional location of the tomb in which the body of ...

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JERUSALEM — A concrete slab nestled between two modest housing blocks hides what could soon become one of the world’s most important historical sites — what may be the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth and ...

When the Discovery Channel aired a TV documentary last year raising the possibility that archeologists had found the family tomb of Jesus Christ in the hills behind Jerusalem, it caused a huge ...

Pope Leo XIV thanked the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem for its humble service to the communities of the Holy Land.

A new piece of evidence is reigniting controversy over the potential bones of Jesus of Nazareth. A bone box inscribed with the phrase "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" is potentially linked to ...

Dozens of Greek and Armenian priests and worshipers exchanged blows at one of Christianity's holiest shrines on Orthodox Palm Sunday and used palm fronds to pummel police who tried to break up the ...

The sensationalists are at it again this Easter season, claiming they have found Jesus’ tomb [“Digging up doubt,” Nation& World, Feb. 27]. In 2006, an Italian took a priest to court to prove Jesus ...

JERUSALEM — At times, the sounds of hammers and chisels nearly drown out the sounds of prayer at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem’s Old City, where the structure known as the Edicule, or ...

Easter Sunday today (April 4) is the most important holiday in the Christian calendar as it sees billions of Christians worldwide take a moment to reflect upon Jesus Christ's suffering. According to ...

In Jerusalem, that ancient and holy city, people's houses are built on bones. For thousands of years, hundreds of generations of Jews, Muslims and Christians have been laid to rest in its rocky soil.