The faithful around the world celebrate Holy Saturday on April 8, 2023. Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into ...

Salome (right) and the midwife "Emea" (left), bathing the infant Jesus, are common figures in Orthodox icons of the Nativity of Jesus; here in a 12th-century fresco from Cappadocia. (photo: Public ...

The tomb of Jesus Christ, with the rotunda, is seen in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images) ...

Supporting this is that experts claim the site shows more signs of being a family tomb for a wealthy Judean family. Jesus Christ, meanwhile, is said to have hailed from a poor family from Nazareth.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the Christian faith and one of the most powerful proclamations of hope in history. At the heart of this event is the empty tomb, not merely a ...

JERUSALEM — In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it … ...

A grave estate from 2000 years ago, has been uncovered these days in the Saloma (Sholomit). Popular traditions attribute the cave to the burial place of Saloma, the midwife of Jesus. The Tomb ...