(Photos)Jesus Christ's tomb opened for first time in 500 years to reveal miraculous discovery inside

The shrine which contained the tomb where Jesus Christ ’s body lay for three days after his crucifixion has been opened.

The tomb has been sealed in marble since at least 1555 to protect it from pilgrims who kept stealing pieces as holy relics.But over the centuries the church had been destroyed and rebuilt so many times there were doubts about what it contained.

Now the tomb’s marble lid has been removed for the first time in five centuries – revealing a miraculous discovery.

It was opened in the presence of leaders from the Greek and Armenian Orthodox churches and the Franciscan monks, who share responsibility for the church.

Fredrik adds: 

“They let the patriarchs of the three churches go in first. They came out with big smiles on their face. Then the monks went in and they were all smiling.
“We were all getting really curious. Then we went in, looked into the tomb, and saw a lot of rubble. So it wasn’t empty, even though there were no artefacts or bones.”

Culled from UK Mirror