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Old Christ Church
> Three rectors (reverends) of the Church were buried beneath the church
> during the 1800s. During later renovation work, their graves were dug up
> and the three were hastily reburied just outside the church in unmarked
> graves. Even later, an extention of the church was built over their graves
> and it was only in 1988 during an archeological dig to find the missing
> bodies were they found.
>
> The three bodies were then reburied beneath the church in an elaborate
> ceremony. There are two accounts of three men wearing white robes, carrying
> a black book and were barefoot also attending the ceremony.
>
> The three rectors were buried in white robes, barefoot and each had a Bible
> placed with them in their grave.
>
We then went across the street to Old Christ Church. We couldn't go inside as
there was a wedding in progress (it seems that the church is rather popular
for weddings). Bob told us that the church, throughout its history, has been
a church, hospital, abandoned, a library and finally a church again. Both the
State of Florida and the City of Pensacola funded a restoration effort a few
years ago and it was re-dedicated as a church.
Bob, again against the regulations of his post, told us about the story
behind the ghosts but it wasn't much we didn't already know about and
furthermore, since a wedding was in progress we couldn't investigate the
inside of the building.
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