The Holy Sepulchre: Religious Analysis

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The ability of the church interrelation is evident in the christian denominations of the Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Roman Catholic, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syriac Orthodox churches. Even though the definition of interrelation says that religious spaces are connected to other sites and events, the Church is a site that allows for six different religious spaces under the same roof. Even though they is a lot of conflict in between these denominations, they are still able to relate to each other through their struggle of control of the Holy Sepulchre. “Power is negotiated as meaning is made” (Tweed 121). These changing spaces allow these religions to have a place to feel at home or feel like they are a part of a community.
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Mount Moriah was where Adam was supposedly created and buried, where Abraham was supposed to sacrifice his son, Isaac, where David and Solomon were anointed Kings of Jerusalem. The Holy Sepulchre is considered to be where these events happened as well. So basically the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is where Mount Moriah used to be. The transformations of these sites allows people to connect to the religion as space. The various religions associated with the Sepulchre completely alters the impression of the space, making it feel like your are able to connect to the Holy Sepulchre as well as Mount Moriah as a sacred space. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre makes people recall the former religious site that was there previously, the Temple. Mount Moriah as a religious site is interrelated to the Holy …show more content…

It has changed throughout time. Its ability to persevere throughout time even if it meant to be rebuilt with the ruins of previous torn down sacred buildings that were once standing where the Church is today. The changing histories and traditions and the physical change of the Holy Sepulchre has allowed people to connect to older sacred buildings as well as the ability to change its histories and to accept what is happening at the moment. With so many different communities that occupy the site, it allows for a historical growth of the building. The transformations of these sites allows people to connect to the religion as space. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre has replaced these previous sites as the new temple of

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