Jerusalem, Israel - December 12, 2010: A nun lights a candle by the Edicula, place believed to be the tomb of Christ in Holy Sepulchre

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Jerusalem, Israel - December 12, 2010: A nun lights a candle by the Edicula, place believed to be the tomb of Christ in Holy Sepulchre during a Greek Orthodox night mass. Greek mass starts at midnight. All privileges and duties, such as the mass, of all Christian denominations present in the church are arranged by over 160 years old rules and regulation decree - so called Status Quo.

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Location: Jerusalem
Photo credit: © Dominika Zarzycka / Alamy / Afripics
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