Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Fresco of Pilate Washing Hands
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Issue Date
5/24/2023
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Jerusalem , Old City , Church of the Holy Sepulchre , Greek Orthodox , Fresco , Golgotha , Via Dolorosa , Stations of the Cross , Pontius Pilate , Turkey , Ottoman Empire
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In the Greek Orthodox chapel of Golgotha on the second story for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a fresco painged in 1824 depicts Jesus, in Gold, with his back to Pontius Pilate, who is washing his hands. Oppoents of Jesus (a solderi in blue) is wearing garb reimincent of the Turkish Ottoman Empire.