Towards evening they got up, and went to midnight Mass at the great Church of the Resurrection, where the Lordâs Sepulchre is. The pilgrim kept close to EfĂm and went with him everywhere. They came to the Church; a great many pilgrims were there; some Russians and some of other nationalities: Greeks, Armenians, Turks, and Syrians. EfĂm entered the Holy Gates with the crowd. A monk led them past the Turkish sentinels, to the place where the Saviour was taken down from the cross and anointed, and where candles were burning in nine great candlesticks. The monk showed and explained everything. EfĂm offered a candle there. Then the monk led EfĂm to the right, up the steps to Golgotha, to the place where the cross had stood. EfĂm prayed there. Then they showed him the cleft where the ground had been rent asunder to its nethermost depths; then the place where Christâs hands and feet were nailed to the cross; then Adamâs tomb, where the blood of Christ had dripped on to Adamâs bones. Then they showed him the stone on which Christ sat when the crown of thorns was placed on His head; then the post to which Christ was bound when He was scourged. Then EfĂm saw the stone with two holes for Christâs feet.
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