The day of the Invention of the Holy Cross is celebrated on 7th May and is one of the traditional feast-days that is still celebrated in the Holy Land even after the change in the Liturgical Calendar in 1969. The invention (or “finding”) of the Holy Cross by St Helena, the mother of the Emperor Constantine, took place in Jerusalem in 327 in a place not very far from Calvary. Although the liturgical reform of 1969 suppressed some feast-days for […]
Acceptance, hospitality and prayer: this is what pilgrims find in the hostels run by Franciscan friars. Located very close to the Holy Places, they represent an excellent accommodation for many visitors. Br IBRAHIM FALTAS, ofm Director Casa Nova - Jerusalem "Casanova, the house for pilgrims. Casa nova is the favorite place of all pilgrims who come to visit the Holy Land, the Holy Places. We have Casae Novae in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Tiberias, on Mount Tabor, in Ein Karem: all […]
