The Epiphany: the Christian celebration that recalls the first public manifestation of the Lord, with the homage that was paid to him by the three Magi in the Bethlehem manger. After the Saviour come into the world, which is celebrated on 25th December, the Epiphany prepares the celebration of the baptism of Christ which concludes, on Sunday 8th January, the Christmas period. In the Gregorian calendar, this festivity falls on 6th January, the same day on which the Julian calendar […]
Every year, KolHaMusica, the national radio station of the State of Israel which all the experts and aficionados of classical music in the country listen to, organizes a competition to find the young talents who will be the future big names on the musical scene. Directed by the legendary Professor Alexander Tamir of the Academy of Jerusalem, students from the most important and best known conservatoires in Israel take part in the competition, called “Looking to the future”. Held with […]
On the promontory of Jaffa, the sanctuary of St Peter acts as a watershed between Tel Aviv and the coastal cities of the south: Ashdod, Ashkelon and Zikim, coming up to the Gaza Strip. A community of seven Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land lives here, and two others are detached to the convent of St Anthony, a few hundred yards away, the seat of the Latin parish. The life of the parish According to the New Testament, […]
