On the feast-day of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, at the height of summer, a delegation from the Custody of the Holy Land makes a peregrination to the church which commemorates their presence in Bethany. The Eucharistic Celebration started with the singing of the Morning Lauds. The small group of Friars Minor and pilgrims joined together to sing for the Feast-day in the house of Friendship. It was exactly on this bond of friendship between Jesus, Martha, Mary and Lazarus […]
In October the Custody of the Holy Land officially took possession of the Church of St. John the Baptist, located in the area of Qasr Al-Yahud on the banks of the Jordan River, by Israeli authorities: the monastery was closed during the war of 1967, when the entire area became a minefield and was turned into a fenced military zone. HALO Trust is a British organisation specialising in mine clearance that has been working around the world and has initiated […]
