The chapel is entirely built of marble, and belongs to the Roman Catholics; but the Greeks have the right of celebrating mass alternately with them.
At the farther end of the chapel the Copts have a little mean- looking altar of wood, surrounded by walls of lath.

All round the chapel are niches belonging to the different religious sects.
In this church I was also shewn the subterranean niche in which Jesus is said to have been a prisoner; also the niche where the soldiers cast lots for our Saviour's garments, and the chapel containing the grave of St.Nicodemus.

Not far from this chapel is the little Roman Catholic church.

A flight of twenty-seven steps leads downwards to the chapel of St.Helena, where the holy woman sat continually and prayed, while she caused search to be made for the true cross.

A few steps more lead us down to the spot where the cross was found.