After a year of restrictions due to the pandemic of Covid-19 which had prevented them reaching the shrine of Emmaus Al-Qubeibeh, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land returned in pilgrimage to celebrate the solemnity of Saints Cleopas and Simeon. On 26 December, in the Basilica of the Manifestation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the disciples of Emmaus, the Custos of the Holy Land Fr. Francesco Patton presided Holy Mass. In addition to the inter-obedential Franciscan […]
After two years of silence due to the pandemic, the concerts organized by the Terra Sancta Organ Festival, which here is called the ORGAN & MUSIC FESTIVAL RHODES (4th – 9th October 2022), have started again. Since the 1980s, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have hosted organ concerts in their church of St Francis on the island of Rhodes, which has the largest church organ in Greece. These concerts have been part of the Terra Sancta […]
