Israel - Jerusalem - Easter at the Holy Sepulchre

Pilgrims at the Chapel of the Mocking or The Chapel of the Derision. It commemorates the mocking of Jesus by the Roman soldiers. Under the alter is a fragment of a column said to be the one Jesus sat on when the crown of thorns was palced on his head, The pilgrims believe that by placing their ears on the alter they are in touch with Christ's pain. The Holy Sepulchre, jerusalem. Israel.