Palestine with Jerusalem constitutes the centre of the world. In this most important and vigorous in all that belongs to her, from the colours of the east rising and west setting sun, to the people and the esteemed locale it exists and radiates through the centuries an authentic composite presence of the Greek byzantine tradition. The Church of the Resurrection, the holiest monument of Christiandom constitutes the dream of every pious Christian to sometime be able to visit the Holy Land. In reality the most famous church of the Christian religion where Christ was crucified and resurrected, is not a single building but a complex of many and different buildings which are joined together. The interior area of the Church complex includes churches, chapels, shrines, bedrooms, corridors, first aid places etc. The same architectural irregularity is maintained even in the interior of the church, despite that the monuments maintain their self containment both in their interior and in their exterior.

The interior décor is varied with byzantine frescoes, icons and statues, with copper engravings of renaissance, together with mosaic walls. Within the Church of the Resurrection there are over ten holy places and shrines, connected with the Passion of Christ, the Crucifixion, the death, the burial and the Resurrection. The most important are:

1. The Holy Apocathelosis  (removal of the body from the Cross)
2. The place where the holy women stood during the crucifixion.
3. The holy Edicule of the tomb of Christ and the Holy Stone.
4. The Golgotha
5. The Chapel of Adam
6. The Chapel of the Crown of Thorns
7. The place of the discovery of the Holy Cross
8. The Chapel of the Centurion Loginnus
9. The Chapel of the “Diemerisanto” (the dividing of Christ’s clothes)
10. The Chapel of the “Clapon” (Foot pillory box) in the jail of Christ.
11. The Column of flogging
12. The Chapel of Mary Magdalene

Some of the shrines, like Golgotha and the tomb of Christ have biblical, topographical and historical authenticity. However, like the Apokathelosis, the “Do not touch Me”, the Tomb of Joseph have been fixed near the area of Golgotha as relevant with the events of the Crucifixion and of the Burial. Others are dedicated to some person or event, like the chapel of Loginnus, the Column of flogging and the Chapel of the Klapon. However all the shrines of the Church are connected in the same building complex and are under the same historical event, the Passion and Martyrdom of Christ.