A composed line of faithful receive the ashes on their heads, in front of the empty tomb: thus begins, early in the morning, Lent in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Mgr VINCENZO PERONI Custody of Holy Land "The period of Lent is a strong invitation to allow ourselves to be immersed in this mystery of Passion, Death and Resurrection. After all, the fundamental dimension of Lent is the baptismal dimension, which is precisely that of being immersed […]
It is now a consolidated habit for the calendar. This year again, for the Custody of the Holy Land, 27 December was a day dedicated to the exchange of greetings for the Latin Christmas that has just passed. As per tradition, the welcome and the exchange took place in the room of the Diwan, in St Saviour’s Convent in the Old City of Jerusalem. The first were the Greek Orthodox, present with a vast representation led by the Patriarch Theophilos […]
