This year again, the Transfiguration of Jesus was celebrated on Thursday 6th August at the shrine which commemorates this event, on the summit of Mount Tabor. The major celebration, which attracted local Christians and pilgrims from the previous evening to camp on the Mount, has undergone the limitations due to coronavirus, which has forced the friars of the Custody to keep the celebration restricted only to the participation of the friars of the community that lives on Mount Tabor and […]
Its foundations date back to almost to thousand years ago and its walls have seen centuries of history of the Holy City flow by. The complex of Dar al-Consul, in the heart of the Old City of Jerusalem, shines once again, after years of work. The inauguration of the ancient arched rooms and of the new restored spaces was held on Tuesday 9 November, coordinated by the Custody of the Holy Land, which owns the building and coordinated the works. […]
