ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. January 2000. Pilgrims follow Franciscan ceremony lead by candles. Pilgrims participated in services within the church which houses the stone on which he rose from the dead. It was visited by hundreds of thousands of christian pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, Syrian Orthodox and Roman Catholic faiths for the millenium Christmas celebrated on January 7. The Church is shared by several denominations and orders. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium.