As per tradition in the Holy Land, the feast of Saints Cleopas and Simeon, the two disciples who met Jesus after the Resurrection, on the road to Emmaus, was celebrated on Sunday 29th September. The peregrination, on the Sunday immediately following the day shown by the Gregorian calendar, is one of the two official moments of the visit to the Shrine and the site of El-Qubeibe (“small dome” from the Arabic). The Shrine, called of the Manifestation of the Lord, […]
After a year of interruption due to the pandemic, the different confessions of Christian faith came one after the other to the Custody of the Holy Land on Thursday 8 April for the Easter greetings. In line with tradition, the delegations were met by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, the Custodial Vicar Fr. Dobromir Jasztal and a delegation of Franciscan friars who live at the convent of St Saviour. Greetings were exchanged with a succession of […]
