Holy Wednesday was celebrated in Jerusalem with two important liturgical moments which took place first at Gethsemane and then in the Chapel of the Apparition in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. In the early morning of 5th April, in the Basilica of the Agony, the hymn Vexilla Regis marked the start of the Eucharistic celebration, presided by the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, fr. Ibrahim Faltas. The solemn hymn of the Holy Cross introduced the day of […]
From the Bronze Age to the Roman period, from the Crusades to modern times: the Terra Sancta Museum of Nazareth tells the story of all the periods of the area where the present-day Marian shrine stands. The archaeological museum, established after the excavations of the 1950s in the Basilica of the Annunciation and in the church of St Joseph, is a stop that the many pilgrims who visit Nazareth every day cannot miss. “I have been working as custodian of […]
The day after Christmas, in the early morning, the Custos of the Holy Land, fra Francesco Patton, and some young friars visited the elderly and ill friars in the infirmary on the top floor of St Saviour’s convent in Jerusalem, and together they celebrated Mass in the room opposite the chapel. Christian life from Christmas to Easter The intimate ceremony – about fifty people in all - was very well prepared and attended. The white vestments of Christmas were replaced by the […]
