Golgotha: Upon This Rock

Receiving Communion atop the hateful stone where Jesus of Nazareth was sacrificed

(I posted something on my TAC blog about my first day in Jerusalem. Look for that here if you missed it the first time. )

This morning I woke up and made my way to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, one that uses bread and wine consecrated the previous Sunday (Orthodox do not celebrate the Divine Liturgy during w…