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Stone of Anointing 2
ID: IJNTHSIP21 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2006

Stone of Anointing 2

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View of a Christian praying at the stone of anointing at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Tradition maintains that this is the spot where Jesus’ body was anointed for burial after the crucifixion. Note the Greek inscription.