no depictions of people and animals of the out of the fourth century church what we see are pillars and this floor and that s about it. in the late sixing century, a roman emperorrusa rebuilt the church. crusaders expanded it andgs used it for the coronation of their kings.ho others fought at this holy place. the persians, the turks, most recently in april of 2002 when palestinian militants wanted by the israeli defense force built refuge here for 39 days. priests carried bodies ofed ten palestinians who were killed when the church came under fire during the siege. beautiful. it is beautiful. we re walking up to the main altar area of this church from the greek ogt docks tradition greek orthodox tradition. it is decorated in a way unfamiliar to us in the west.