Church
St. James Cathedral Church
Twelfth-century Crusader-era cathedral guarding a relic said to be an apostle's head, lit only by oil lamps.
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About this audio guide
This guide to St. James Cathedral Church in Jerusalem centers on a chapel that opens to visitors only once a day, and a red marble slab that Armenian tradition marks as the execution site of James, son of Zebedee, ordered by King Herod Agrippa the First around the year 44. It follows the apostle's story after his death, from a head reportedly buried on the spot to a body tradition says later reached the shrine of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Look up at the painted ceramic eggs hanging from ancient chains, ordered centuries ago from the Turkish city of Kutahya.
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