ad the passage given below carefully: (12)
1. For four days, I walked through the narrow lanes of the old city, enjoying the romanceof being in a city where
history stil lives - in its cobbiestone streets and in its people riding asses, carying vine leaves and paim as
they once did during the time of Christ.
2. This is Jerusalem, home to the sacred sites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. This is the place that houses
tne church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place whereJesus was finally lald to rest. This is also the site of Christ's
crucifixion, burial and resurrection. 3. 5uit by the Roman Emperor Constantine at the site of an earller temple to Aphrodite, it is the most venerated
Christian shrine in the world. And justifiabily so. Here, within the church, are the last five statons.of the cross,
the 10th station where Jesus was stripped of his clothes, the 11th where he was nalled to the cross, the 12th
wnere neOled on une cross, the 13th where the body was removed from the cross, and the 14th, his tomb.
4. Forall this weighty tradition, the approach and entrance to the church is nondescript. You have to ask for
directions. Even to the devout Chrnistan pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa-The Way of Sorrow first nine stations
look clueless. Then a courtyard appears, hemmed in by other buildings and a doorway to one side. This leads
to a vast area of huge stone architecture. 5 Immadiately inside the entrance is your first stop It's the stone of anointing: this is the place, according to
Greek tradition, where Christ was removed from the cross. The Roman Catholics, however, believe it to be the
spot where Jesus body was prepared for burial by Joseph.
6. What happened next? Jesus was buried. He was taken to a place outside the city of Jerusalem where other
graves existed and there, he was buried in a cave. However, all that is long gone, destroyed by continued
attacks and rebuilding; what remains is the massive-and impressive - Rotunda (a round building witha
dome) that Emperor Constantine built. Under this, and right in the centre of the Rotunda, is the structure that
contains the Holy Sepulchre.
7. "How do you know that this is Jesus tomb?"l asked one of the pilgrims standing next to me. He was clueless,
more interested, like the rest of them, in the novelty of ft all and in photographing it, than in its history or
traditon.
8 At the start of the first century, the place was a disused quarry outside the city walls. According to the gospels,
Jesus crucifixion occurred at a place, outside the city walls with graves nearby.." Archaeologists have
discovered tombs from that era, so the site is compatible with the Biblical period
9. The structure at the site is a marble tomb built over the original burial chamber. It has two rooms, and you
enter four at a time into the first of these, the Chapel of the Angel. Here the angle is supposed to have sat on a
stone to recount Christ's resurrection. A low door made of whlte marble, party worn away by pilgrims hands,
leads to a smaller chamber inside. This is the "room of the tomb, the place where Jesus was buried.
10. We entered in single file. On my right was a large marble slab that covered the original rock bench on which
the body of Jesus was laid. A woman knelt and prayed. Her eyes were wet with tears. She pressed her face
against the slab to hide them, but it only made it worse.
I. On the basis of your understanding of this passage answer the following questions with the help of given options:"
(a) How does Jerusalem still retain the charm of ancient era?
) There are narrow lanes.
(ili) People can be seen riding assess.
(i) Roads are paved with cobblestones.
(iv) All of the above.
(b) Holy Sepulchre is sacred to-
() Christianity (ii) Islam. (ii) Judaism. (iv) Both (i) and (ii).
(c) Why does one have to constantly ask for directions to the church?
(0) ts lanes are narrow.
(i) People are not tourist-friendly. ( Entrance to the church is nondescript.
(VEveryone is lost in enjoying the romance of the place. ) Where was Jesus buried ?
( in a cave. (iy) In the Holy Sepulchre (iv) Both () and (i) (0) At a place outside the city.
I. Answer the following questions briefly: (e) What is the Greek belief about the 'stone of anointing' ?
why did Emperor Constantine bulld the Rotunda?
(9) What is the general attitude of the pllgrims (h) How is the site compatible with the Biblical period?
() Why did the pilgrims enter the room of the tomb in a single file?
G) Why did a woman try to hide her tears?
k) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
) A large grave (para 3)
(ii) Having no interesting features/dul (para 4)
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. For four days, I walked through the narrow lanes of the old city, enjoying the romanceof being in a city where
history stil lives - in its cobbiestone streets and in its people riding asses, carying vine leaves and paim as
they once did during the time of Christ.
2. This is Jerusalem, home to the sacred sites of Christianity, Islam and Judaism. This is the place that houses
tne church of the Holy Sepulchre, the place whereJesus was finally lald to rest. This is also the site of Christ's
crucifixion, burial and resurrection. 3. 5uit by the Roman Emperor Constantine at the site of an earller temple to Aphrodite, it is the most venerated
Christian shrine in the world. And justifiabily so. Here, within the church, are the last five statons.of the cross,
the 10th station where Jesus was stripped of his clothes, the 11th where he was nalled to the cross, the 12th
wnere neOled on une cross, the 13th where the body was removed from the cross, and the 14th, his tomb.
4. Forall this weighty tradition, the approach and entrance to the church is nondescript. You have to ask for
directions. Even to the devout Chrnistan pilgrims walking along the Via Dolorosa-The Way of Sorrow first nine stations
look clueless. Then a courtyard appears, hemmed in by other buildings and a doorway to one side. This leads
to a vast area of huge stone architecture. 5 Immadiately inside the entrance is your first stop It's the stone of anointing: this is the place, according to
Greek tradition, where Christ was removed from the cross. The Roman Catholics, however, believe it to be the
spot where Jesus body was prepared for burial by Joseph.
6. What happened next? Jesus was buried. He was taken to a place outside the city of Jerusalem where other
graves existed and there, he was buried in a cave. However, all that is long gone, destroyed by continued
attacks and rebuilding; what remains is the massive-and impressive - Rotunda (a round building witha
dome) that Emperor Constantine built. Under this, and right in the centre of the Rotunda, is the structure that
contains the Holy Sepulchre.
7. "How do you know that this is Jesus tomb?"l asked one of the pilgrims standing next to me. He was clueless,
more interested, like the rest of them, in the novelty of ft all and in photographing it, than in its history or
traditon.
8 At the start of the first century, the place was a disused quarry outside the city walls. According to the gospels,
Jesus crucifixion occurred at a place, outside the city walls with graves nearby.." Archaeologists have
discovered tombs from that era, so the site is compatible with the Biblical period
9. The structure at the site is a marble tomb built over the original burial chamber. It has two rooms, and you
enter four at a time into the first of these, the Chapel of the Angel. Here the angle is supposed to have sat on a
stone to recount Christ's resurrection. A low door made of whlte marble, party worn away by pilgrims hands,
leads to a smaller chamber inside. This is the "room of the tomb, the place where Jesus was buried.
10. We entered in single file. On my right was a large marble slab that covered the original rock bench on which
the body of Jesus was laid. A woman knelt and prayed. Her eyes were wet with tears. She pressed her face
against the slab to hide them, but it only made it worse.
I. On the basis of your understanding of this passage answer the following questions with the help of given options:"
(a) How does Jerusalem still retain the charm of ancient era?
) There are narrow lanes.
(ili) People can be seen riding assess.
(i) Roads are paved with cobblestones.
(iv) All of the above.
(b) Holy Sepulchre is sacred to-
() Christianity (ii) Islam. (ii) Judaism. (iv) Both (i) and (ii).
(c) Why does one have to constantly ask for directions to the church?
(0) ts lanes are narrow.
(i) People are not tourist-friendly. ( Entrance to the church is nondescript.
(VEveryone is lost in enjoying the romance of the place. ) Where was Jesus buried ?
( in a cave. (iy) In the Holy Sepulchre (iv) Both () and (i) (0) At a place outside the city.
I. Answer the following questions briefly: (e) What is the Greek belief about the 'stone of anointing' ?
why did Emperor Constantine bulld the Rotunda?
(9) What is the general attitude of the pllgrims (h) How is the site compatible with the Biblical period?
() Why did the pilgrims enter the room of the tomb in a single file?
G) Why did a woman try to hide her tears?
k) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
) A large grave (para 3)