Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher has reopened to visitors after a two-month closure because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The church, situated in Jerusalem’s Old City, is the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, entombed and resurrected.
The Christian authorities managing the site closed it to visitors in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus but clerics maintained prayers inside the shuttered church throughout its closure.
On Sunday, church authorities limited entrance to 50 people at a time, and required that those entering the cavernous site maintain social distance and avoid touching any of the church’s stones, icons or other religious items.
Read the article in The Canberra Times (AAP).