Three days after Christmas, the Custody of the Holy Land remembers the Holy Innocents in the grotto of Bethlehem dedicated to them, with the Eucharistic celebration and the first Vespers presided over by the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, fr. Ibrahim Faltas. On the solemnity of 28 December, the Church remembers the massacre of the children ordered by King Herod in the attempt to kill Jesus, as narrated in the Gospel according to Matthew (2,1-16), without parallel […]
This year again, from the month of May, the Magnificat Institute of music of the Custody of the Holy Land welcomed spring with a musical event which came to an end on 17 June. "The events of the AYYAR (May, in Arabic) Festival are conceived to promote the school with those who do not know it,” commented its Director Fr. Alberto Pari, "this is why usually the teachers and students of the more advanced courses perform.” The Magnificat Institute in […]
On Tuesday 7 May, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, led by the Vicar of the Custody Fra Ibrahim Faltas, made the traditional visits to the Patriarchs of the Orthodox Churches which celebrated Easter two days ago, on 5 May, following the Julian calendar. These events are invaluable occasions for the representatives of the Churches to meet and exchange greetings in a climate of fraternity which makes the bonds of affection between the different Christian communities in […]
