This year again, on 6th and 7th May, the celebrations for the feast-day of the Finding of the Cross of Christ took place in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. The heart of the solemnity is the chapel of St Helena, in the ancient stone quarry on the lower level of the Basilica, where the inventio (“finding”) of the Holy Cross by the mother of the Emperor Constantine in 326, is remembered. Jerusalem is the only place in the world […]
The new digital exhibition entitled "The Printer’s Small Library. Books, Reference Works, and Handbooks on the Shelf of the Franciscan Printing Press in Jerusalem" will be online on the site of the Custodial Library from19th May 2020. Curated byPierfilippoSaviotti, the exhibition is part of the initiatives of the "Books Bridges of Peace” project of the C.R.E.L.E.B. (European Research Centre for the Book, Publishing, and Libraries) and the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan (Italy), in collaboration with the NGO Pro Terra Sancta and […]
On the morning of Tuesday 9 January, the Franciscan friars guided by the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, Fra Ibrahim Faltas, were welcomed by the 3 Orthodox Patriarchates in Jerusalem, the Greek Orthodox one, the Coptic one and the Syriac one, to extend their Christmas greetings as the Orthodox Churches celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord on Sunday 7 January. The friar’s visit of greetings traditionally follows the heads of the Orthodox Churches being […]
