Jesus is taken down from the cross. According to tradition, the body of Jesus was laid on this stone after removed from the cross. As per John 19: 40: "Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury".
The Chapel of the Finding of the Cross is found within the Holy Sepulchre and is the traditional spot in which St. Helen discovered the True Cross of Christ in the 4th century. The left side is owned by the Catholics, whose altar features a life-sized statue of St. Helen holding a cross. The Greeks have the right side of the chapel.
