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The Ascension: point of contact between Heaven and Earth
The Christians of the Holy Land kept vigil for the Ascension of Jesus: on the Mount of Olives, among the tents that will welcome [...]
Publish Date: 2013-05-09
Feast of the finding of the Cross
In the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where Saint Helen found the Cross of Christ, recalls how every year this event ... [...]
Publish Date: 2013-05-07
8 April 2013, Annunciation of the Lord
Nazareth, where the Word was made flesh
Publish Date: 2013-04-08
On their way, like the two disciples
The walk on Easter Monday to Emmaus-Nicopolis that each year a group of pilgrims and religious make in the footsteps of the two disciples [...]
Publish Date: 2013-04-03
Monday of the Angel at Emmaus Qubeybeh
The day after Easter of the Resurrection, hundreds of Christians met at Emmaus Qubeybeh. The difficulty of getting through the checkpoint was well worth [...]
Publish Date: 2013-04-02
Easter morning: boundless hope
"May the Risen Christ renew all of our lives." This is the wish of the Custos of the Holy Land ... on Easter morning [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-31
The triumph of light, before the Empty Tomb
The Mother of all vigils celebrated in Jerusalem, at the Basilica of the Resurrection, before the Empty Tomb. A triumph of light on Holy [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-30
The Day of the Cross
On Calvary, and along the Via Dolorosa, the day of the Cross in Jerusalem, all eyes are turned towards the Passion and death of [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-29
From Gethsemane to Gallicantu... Holy Thursday evening
Silence falls during the traditional Holy Thursday prayer vigil at the Garden of Olives. The faithful identify themselves with Jesus to retrace his steps [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-29
The gift of the Eucharist on Holy Thursday
At the place where the Last Supper, the memory of the Eucharist, the washing of the feet and the institution of the priesthood took [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-28
The Coena Domini at the Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem's Easter Triduum begins at the Basilica of the Resurrection. It is at this very place, according to the rules of the Status Quo, [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-28
Veneration of the Column
On the Wednesday before Easter, we celebrate the liturgy of the Column at the Holy Sepulcher. Franciscan pilgrims venerate the relic that a certain [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-27
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem
ABSTRACT Palm Sunday in the Holy Land: from Bethphage, along the road that led to Jesus to Jerusalem, thousands of celebrating pilgrims reached St. [...]
Publish Date: 2013-03-24
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