Mary's Tomb
Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also Tomb of the Virgin Mary refers to a Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley, at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem, Israel believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus .
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