Shroud of Turin Replica on Display in Region

It is about a one-and-a-half hour ride from Pottstown, but it may be the closest you'll ever be to the burial cloth of Jesus, or at least its replica. If you can't make the trip, the photos are here on Patch.

A replica of the Shroud of Turin — believed by many to be the burial cloth of Jesus — was displayed recently at St. Michael's Ukranian Catholic Church in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County.

St. Michael's is the oldest Greek Catholic or Eastern Rite church in America.

The replica is one of nine such reproductions authorized by the Vatican. Visitors were able to touch the cloth replica.

The Shroud of Turin is a centuries-old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man.

Pope Benedict, in one of his last official acts before stepping, authorized a television showing of the actual Shroud on March 30 (Holy Saturday) for about one hour.