After Epiphany and Baptism, which are the two feasts of Jesus' manifestation to the world, the Church of the Holy Land gathers in Cana of Galilee to commemorate the first miracle performed by Jesus at the beginning of his public life: at a wedding banquet, he turned water into wine. Br HAITHAM HANO, ofm Latin priest of Cana "To this church, on this feast day when we remember the wedding feast of Cana, come the faithful from all over the […]
On the afternoon of Wednesday January 16, 2019, the Custody of the Holy Land opened its doors to the students and professors of the Winter School of the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies organized by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The lectures were by Profs. Edoardo Barbieri and Alessandro Tedesco, Ph.D. For the occasion, the books chosen for the exhibit, “The Bible on the move: traditions and translations of the Holy Scriptures,” which was introduced last November at the General […]
The Commemoration of all the faithful departed takes place this year in the Holy Land with a special thought for the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas. In Jerusalem, the friars of the Custody of the Holy land, as every year, gathered on 2 November in St Saviour’s church for the celebration of the Mass, followed by the visit to the cemeteries of the friars and the parish on Mount Zion and the blessing of the tombs. The […]
