Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Catholicon

It is the Greek Orthodox cathedral in Holy Sepulcher. In the middle of the church is the navel/centre of the earth that symbolizes the spiritual centre of the earth (Ezekiel 38:12). Today this is marked by a marble vessel in the west end of the Catholicon (see 2p). It also has, on the left the throne of the Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and on the right that of the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.

No comments: