Only three birthdays are celebrated in the liturgical calendar of the Church: the Nativity of Our Lord, the Nativity of his precursor, John the Baptist, and the Nativity of His Mother. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is important for its fundamental role in the history of salvation and it is commemorated every year on 8 September. In Jerusalem, this important date is traditionally celebrated at the church of St Anne, through a eucharistic celebration. This occasion, as well […]
In the Middle East, organ music is perceived as a specific repertoire of high quality that Christians can offer the culture of the different countries, as organs are present almost exclusively in churches. This is why the Custody of the Holy Land established the Terra Sancta Organ Festival in 2014 in the places where it is present. In Lebanon, the festival is organized together with Notre Dame University and takes the name of the Lebanese Pipe Organ Week, which this […]
The summer oratory in our church, the Latin Parish St. Francis in Aleppo, was inaugurated on 8 June with the title "Here... my place": this year it was a particularly important and heartfelt moment of joy, giving and love, after the terrible earthquake in Syria last February. The situation in Aleppo is tragic; because of the economic crisis in the region, and the devaluation of the Syrian Pound; everything is very expensive. Families do not have the means to buy basic food, […]
