Holy Week in Jerusalem started with the two solemn liturgical appointments of Palm Sunday, on 24 March. In the very early morning, the procession around the edicule and the solemn Mass took place in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. In the afternoon, there was the procession on foot to Bethphage towards St Anne’s church. The procession and the solemn Mass In the first part of the solemn liturgy, the Latin Patriarch His Beatitude Pierbattista Card. Pizzaballa blessed, […]
Two thousand years later, Jesus returns, on a cinema screen, to the shores of the Sea of Galilee, where he lived and was active during his earthly existence. On Thursday 26 May, in the evocative archaeological area of Capharnaum, the Custody of the Holy Land hosted the screening of the film, “The Gospel according to Matthew,” a refined work by the famous Italian intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. The event was organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Haifa (IIC) […]
On 15 July, in the area of the shrine of Mount Tabor, the House of the Carmelite Sisters of the Institute of Our Lady of Carmen was officially opened. At the service of the shrine Three Indian religious, guided by the superior Sr. Mercy Karalickal, will perform some services in the Convent and the Shrine, particularly in the sacristy, assisting the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land in welcoming pilgrims and visiting priests. Some religious of this order […]
