For the solemnity of the Epiphany, the City of Bethlehem again welcomed a large number of pilgrims who came to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings. The liturgies of the day were led by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, and by many friars of the Custody. As per tradition, on January 5 at the Church of St. Savior, the Custos welcomed representatives of the parish of St. Savior in Jerusalem led by the Moukthar, who […]
What unites Croatia and the Custody of the Holy Land is a very close bond, which was born with the story of St. Nicholas Tavelić - of Croatian origin, precisely - and his three companions, the first Franciscan martyrs of the Custody of the Holy Land. In 1391 they lived in Jerusalem in the convent - destroyed 150 years later - built on Mount Zion around the Cenacle, and public evangelization - then forbidden - led the group to martyrdom. […]
