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The joy of the Palms at the Holy Sepulchre
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem begins in front of the Empty Tomb ... the branches blessed by the Latin Patriarch are shaken while [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-24
Beginning of Holy Week in Jerusalem
Devotions that have survived through the centuries and that have remained unchanged over time. Holy Week in Jerusalem is about to begin…
Publish Date: 2013-03-21
Saint Joseph, the custodian
The discreet and humble custody of St. Joseph gathers many Christians in the Basilica of Nazareth. After the mass, the faithful followed the icon [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-20
Lent goes on at Gethsemane
Second Franciscan Lenten pilgrimages. The mass at Gethsemane presided by Father Giorgio Kraj guided the faithful in the meditation of Jesus’ saddest hours.
Publish Date: 2013-03-07
Lent: Franciscan celebrations
In the sanctuary of Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept watching Jerusalem, began the journey of the Lenten pilgrimages led by the Franciscans. Every Saturday [...]
Publish Date: 2013-02-28
In Cana: the first miracle and the meaning of marriage
Cana of Galilee is celebrating…on the day when we remember Jesus’ first miracle, many couples renew their wedding vows in front of the Custos [...]
Publish Date: 2013-01-22
Epiphany in Bethlehem
On January 6, Bethlehem celebrated once again the Solemnity of the Epiphany. At Saint Catherine’s church, the Custos of the Holy Land presided over [...]
Publish Date: 2013-01-06
Bethlehem’s Night
"We celebrate the night that brought us the Good News of Salvation." On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem is gathered around the place where Jesus was [...]
Publish Date: 2012-12-25
CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM
Bethlehem is astonishing on Christmas Eve. Since the morning of Dec. 24, tourists have been processing in incessantly, waiting in line, from the main [...]
Publish Date: 2012-12-24
Every day … Bethlehem live
Every morning, the Mass is broadcast live from the Milk Grotto. An event that is repeated this year during Advent, bringing Bethlehem into everyone's [...]
Publish Date: 2012-11-29
Bethlehem: the start of the most long-awaited time of the year. Waiting for the pilgrims’ return.
Even without the joyous atmosphere of past years, in Bethelehem the entrance of the Custos of the Holy Land for the feast of Saint [...]
Publish Date: 2012-11-27
Capernaum, the Town of Jesus
The presence of Jesus, his preaching and the signs: with their pilgrimage, the Franciscans of the Holy Land Custody celebrate Capernaum, the Town [...]
Publish Date: 2012-10-16
Cleopas and Simeon, the disciples of Emmaus
At Emmaus with the Franciscans for the feast of Cleopas and Simeon, the two disciples to whom Jesus appared after his resurrection.
Publish Date: 2012-10-01
The Pope in the Middle East on the day of the Cross
As Benedict XVI lands in Beirut, on Calvary the Church of Jerusalem celebrates the solemnity of the Cross, the symbol of suffering and hope
Publish Date: 2012-09-14
Mary's Birthday
In the Medieval sanctuary of Saint Anne on 8 September the Franciscan friars commemorate the birth of Mary. They keep alive an ancient tradition [...]
Publish Date: 2012-09-11
At the Tomb of the Virgin
On 15th August, the Feast of the Assumption of Mary, at the tomb of the Virgin in Jerusalem, the Franciscans and the faithful stop [...]
Publish Date: 2012-08-16
Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, a Festival of Light
Mount Tabor, 5th and 6th August: we report on the night of the vigil and the day of the Feast of the Transfiguration, with [...]
Publish Date: 2012-08-08
6th August live from Mt.Tabor
6th August, 2012 The Feast of the Lord’s Transfiguration live from the Franciscan Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor Holy [...]
Publish Date: 2012-07-31
The Feast at Sepphoris
At Sepphoris, in Galilee, the Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anna was celebrated with a Mass in the newly restored Sanctuary.
Publish Date: 2012-07-27
The Feast of the dedication of the Holy Sepulchre
A mass in front of the Edicule to celebrate the Dedication of the Holy Sepulchre. Father Artemio Vitores presided over the liturgy that recalls [...]
Publish Date: 2012-07-16
The Feast of Saint John
In Ein Karen in memory of the birth of John the Baptist, a feast celebrated between the sancturay where Jesus Christ’s predecessor was born [...]
Publish Date: 2012-06-25
Corpus Domini at the Holy Sepulchre
'A feast that in particular speaks of God's Presence with us". In this way, on Thursday, at the Holy Sepulchre, the Patriarchal Vicar [...]
Publish Date: 2012-06-07
Feast of the Visitation
Feast of the Visitation at the Franciscan Sanctuary of Ein Karem, a village on the mounts, a few kilometers from Jerusalem, where -according to [...]
Publish Date: 2012-05-31
Pentecost in the Cenacle
” Exactly in this place the Apostles gathered fifty days after Easter. And exactly here, in this same place, we commemorate the descent [...]
Publish Date: 2012-05-28
From here he rose to heaven …
A night in prayer precedes the Feast of the Ascension in Jerusalem. The Franciscan community has set up tents and, in a series of [...]
Publish Date: 2012-05-17
Mass at the Holy Sepulchre with Fr. Carballo
Mass at Holy Sepulchre to gather the Franciscan family. The minister general of the order, Fr. Carballo, celebrated with the Custos of the Holy [...]
Publish Date: 2012-05-10
Inventio crucis
On May 7, Jerusalem remembers the finding of the cross... with the celebration of the Franciscans with pilgrims and local Christians in the place [...]
Publish Date: 2012-05-08
Easter Monday in Emmaus
At Emmaus Qubeybeh for Easter Monday: the Franciscan friars, parishioners of Jerusalem and many pilgrims attended the Mass presided over by the Custos in [...]
Publish Date: 2012-04-10