Sepulchre, Holy

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• Holy Sepulchre — • The tomb in which the Body of Jesus Christ was laid after His death upon the Cross Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy Sepulchre     Holy Sepulchre      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery — is the name of several different cemeteries. The name is inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which is believed by many Christians to be built on the site of Jesus s (empty) tomb. The association with Jesus s death and… …   Wikipedia

• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Worth, Illinois) — Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, located at 6001 West 111th Street in Worth, Illinois, USA, is a Catholic cemetery of the Archdiocese of Chicago.Cemetery groundsVisitors are greeted by rolling manicured lawns, a large, dramatic entrance gate, winding… …   Wikipedia

• Holy Sepulchre, Fathers of the — • Franciscan Fathers, who with lay brothers keep watch over the Holy Sepulchre and the sanctuaries of the basilica Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Holy Sepulchre, Knights of the — • A secular confraternity which gradually grew up around the most august of the Holy Places Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Holy Week — • The week which precedes the great festival of the Resurrection on Easter Sunday, and which consequently is used to commemorate the Passion of Christ, and the event which immediately led up to it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Holy… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania) — Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a cemetery of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Located at 4001 West Cheltenham Avenue, it abuts the county line separating Cheltenham Township, Montgomery… …   Wikipedia

• Holy Sepulchre, Canonesses Regular of the — • Concerning the foundation there is only a tradition connecting it with St. James the Apostle and representing St. Helena as invested with the habit by St. Macanus, Bishop of Jerusalem Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Holy Trinity the Less — Current photo of site Country United Kingdom Denomination Roman Catholic, Anglican Holy Trinity the Less was a parish church in the City of London, destroyed in the Great Fire of L …   Wikipedia

• sepulchre — also sepulcher, c.1200, tomb, burial place, especially the cave where Jesus was buried outside Jerusalem (Holy Sepulcher or Saint Sepulcher), from O.Fr. sepulcre (11c.), from L. sepulcrum grave, tomb, from root of sepelire to bury, originally to… …   Etymology dictionary