The procession and the solemn mass of Palm Sunday in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem marked the start of Holy Week 2023. The liturgical celebration, completely focused on the memory of the Passion of Jesus, was presided by the Latin Patriarch, His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa and more than 170 concelebrants took part, as well as numerous faithful, pilgrims and religious whose presence made the most moving parts of the solemnity even more intense. In the edicule of […]
From January 9th, 2020, a new catalog published by Edizioni Terra Sancta is available for purchase. The volume, Selected Works, is a compendium of some pieces from the archaeological and art-history collections of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land, selected under the supervision of Dr. Sara Cibin, historian of Italian art and project manager of the Terra Sancta Museum. “The idea was born from the desire to make public the best of the collection and to have a way […]
On 22 December, just before Christmas, the penitential liturgy organized by the parish priest fr. Amjad Sabbara and the parish community on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the “Christmas of Greccio” was held in the church of St Saviour in Jerusalem. The Holy Father has granted an extraordinary plenary indulgence linked to the important anniversary of the Franciscan community, for all those who, until 2 February 2024 – according to what the Apostolic Penitentiary established – go to visit the […]
