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Show I I ; flND FOVNDATIOM OF ;. I Sra CUVlTCH BV1LTIN EARLY 0 1 " I i CHRISTIAN DAYS Tins Greek Catliolle monks, who are In possession fif tho rhlef portions of tho rliurch of I'm Holy Bepulcher. re ts-iw going to build a bazaar opini rite tt. where pllgrlma niuy piirclmie. aotivenlrs of their visit to Jerusalem. During Ibe process of clearing the site ihe foundations of an old mediaeval mediae-val rlnin h, forty meters long ami thirty wlila. -with three apses, Mere (llscin-ertHl. A number of fine eapi j tala. frngmeiila nf basalt pillars and bas n-lli-fM, with syiuholle animals, were finiiid. all these remains having duubileiia.ls'longwd to a.ie choir. of the (-.Lurch. Last year a valuulilii silver fllirlne contiilnltig a piece of Hut holy iTosa and xellcs f run Aunntlea I'eter end l'aill a. ciu-iling. l least, In tin liiacrlpliona m them was found al the aumu pla. 4 The pntrlnn b uf icruaaJem. .It la aald. la koeping otlwr tllNciM-nrle se-rrcuL se-rrcuL TlKiae menllonrd above are all the more Iniimnanl as It can be ascertained ascer-tained to avhat cliarca they belonged. According lu the aualeinenl of a nieduievaj traveler tbe Jiusple anil the numastery which (he rltlretis of Amsltl liinii.li.. I alien the year Ftn. ni a refuge fur western pllgrlmn, wer sliusli'il due Miutb of ha holy aepul i her. about n i-iiine'a throw away. Tie first church was I. Hill In honor of 81. Mnr) ile I ailuls and Hie second. Ine rulr.k of hIiicii huve now bei'li foiiud In h.'i.i.r of 81. John Hi- Itaiillsl. The rr.-ii.'h monk llernani. who lived ilierr lo X7.i. highly ruised the bos-liltalny bos-liltalny sml Hi., iniuu lihrury of t ie lne.nl. i'. A Mohai'imeilnn historian says II v.a.1 il. slioyed by the Kballf llnki- n a. id n-liulli aiorily afterward, alille iiri onllug lo another accoiint II pioiin iul ilov.ii lo Hie time of King ll,ili!ln of Jerusiileni. liiiin lllsl lo lllli. vh.il the two cotlllliilllllies of Hi Murvuud hi. John adopted the latter lat-ter ai llinr Jolul proieciur. This was tlie on i. In of Hie Knlghls of HI. John. The r.'mulii, i,w iliscovered. thero-fnre. thero-fnre. ars t hm trains or Hie cradlu of this oi.I.t It it moil iitiCiirliniatH Iliat tlie pn mi v hi Inn of ihei very Inter estlm remain i,,', iu liupuaslhie, ii-lug ii-lug In Ha in fei llng V.I1I1-I1 exists be-ne.n be-ne.n the lireeka ami Human rntho lb s hi .I.Ti.sHlem. |