Archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem s Old City have uncovered evidence of an ...

Among these sacred items, anointing oil and wooden ... elders of the church as a prayer for healing and forgiveness. Purposes of Anointing Oil: Varieties of Anointing Oil: Jerusalem offers a ...

In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated ...