Editing Church of the Holy Sepulchre (section)

===Catholicon===
[[File:Greek Orthodox Catholicon in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.jpg|thumb|upright|East end of the Greek Orthodox [[:commons:Category:catholicon|catholicon]], with [[:commons:Category:iconostasis of the catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre|its iconostasis]]]]

In the central [[nave]] of the Crusader-era church, just east of the larger rotunda,{{sfn|DK|2016|pp=94–97}} is the Crusader structure housing the main altar of the Church, today the Greek Orthodox ''[[Katholikon|catholicon]]''. Its dome is {{convert|19.8|m|ft}} in diameter,<ref name=cruise/> and is set directly over the centre of the [[crossing (architecture)|transept crossing]] of the [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] where the ''compas'' is situated, an [[omphalos]] ("navel") stone once thought to be the center of the world and still venerated as such by Orthodox Christians (associated with the site of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection).

Since 1996 this dome is topped by the monumental Golgotha Crucifix, which the Greek Patriarch [[Diodoros I]] of Jerusalem consecrated. It was at the initiative of Israeli professor Gustav Kühnel to erect a new crucifix at the church that would not only be worthy of the singularity of the site, but that would also become a symbol of the efforts of unity in the community of Christian faith.<ref name=hammers>{{cite web| title=The Cross of Golgotha| url=http://www.michaelhammers.com/en/projects/golgotha-cross-holy-sepulcher-jerusalem| publisher=Michael Hammers| date=24 June 2014| access-date=19 September 2014| archive-date=14 July 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222147/http://www.michaelhammers.com/en/projects/golgotha-cross-holy-sepulcher-jerusalem| url-status=live}}</ref>

The catholicon's [[iconostasis]] demarcates the Orthodox sanctuary behind it, to its east.<ref>{{cite book |last=Pierotti |first=Ermete |author-link=Ermete Pierotti |title=Jerusalem Explored |date=1864 |publisher=Bell and Daldy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66JOAQAAMAAJ |quote=On the east is the Iconostasis, dividing the 'Holy of Holies' from the rest of the church. |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108060804/https://books.google.com/books?id=66JOAQAAMAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The iconostasis is flanked to the front by two episcopal thrones: the southern seat ([[cathedra]]) is the patriarchal throne of the [[Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem]], and the northern seat is for an archbishop or bishop.<ref name=Dowling>{{cite book |last=Dowling |first=Theodore Edward |title=The Orthodox Greek Patriarchate of Jerusalem |date=1913 |publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=as1UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA62 |quote=The Patriarch's Seat is on the south-east end, and the corresponding one, immediately opposite, is occupied by one of the Archbishops of this Patriarchate, when required. This north-east Seat is popularly understood to be the throne of the Patriarch of Antioch. Even Dr. C. Schick […] and Baedeker […] make this misstatement. |access-date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108060804/https://books.google.com/books?id=as1UAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Wright>{{cite journal |last=Wright |first=J. Robert |title=An Historical and Ecumenical Survey of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, with Notes on Its Significance for Anglicans |journal=Anglican and Episcopal History |date=1995 |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=482–504 |jstor=42611737 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42611737 |issn=0896-8039 |quote=It contains two episcopal thrones: the one on the right (south), which is the official “cathedra” of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the one on the left (north), where any other Orthodox bishop whom he designates may sit and preside if he is absent. |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921162552/https://www.jstor.org/stable/42611737 |url-status=live }}</ref> (There is also a popular claim that both are patriarchal thrones, with the northern one being for the [[patriarch of Antioch]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Bedlam. St. Mary of Bethlehem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-e3AAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32 |first=Terry |last=Trainor |date=2012 |page=32 |publisher=Lulu.com |access-date=24 October 2018 |isbn=9781471714283 |archive-date=8 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231108061304/https://books.google.com/books?id=-e3AAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT32#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> – which has been described as a misstatement, however.)<ref name=Dowling/>

{{gallery
|File:Jerusalem Holy Sepulchre BW 15.JPG|The [[Christ Pantocrator]] mosaic inside the catholicon dome
|File:Golgotha Crucifix.jpg|Cross over the catholicon
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