SPIRIT OF QUEST FILLS QUIET DARKNESS DURING NIGHT AT CHRISTIAN SACRED SITE.(Getaways)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: April 9, 1998 | Copyright information

With final chants still echoing off stone walls, the heavy wooden doors swing slowly shut. The lock creaks as an ancient metal key turns.

Between now and dawn, there's no leaving the cavernous church, its dim recesses lit only by lamps and candles.

During the day, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's walled Old City - held by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection - is a beehive of activity.

Tour guides and chanting monks raise their voices in a competing cacophony. Sightseers snap photographs and read aloud from guidebooks. ...

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