Tales of a City - Holy Sepulcher Church, before Dawn

From: The Jerusalem Report | Date: October 4, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

In Somerset, deep in southwest rural England, there is a village called Mells, which boasts a Norman-period church, known for both its architecture and its stained glass, but more than anything for its bells. The Bells of Mells have pealed their chimes for more than eight centuries, and for this they have been immortalized in many folk songs of Old England. It is claimed by the parishioners of Mells, members of the Church of England, that their bells inspired many of the peals of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher here in Jerusalem - held by Orthodox Christians as the place of Jesus' ...

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