In the Holy City, Palm Sunday is divided into three parts: the celebration of Holy Mass at Bethphage on the Saturday morning, the celebration and blessing of the Palms at the Holy Sepulchre on the Sunday morning and the important afternoon procession, in the steps of Jesus, from Bethphage to Jerusalem. The first part, in which local Christians and pilgrims, as well as the Indian Catholic community, traditionally take part, marked the end of the peregrinations of Lent. "The readings […]
It is still shown on maps of Jerusalem as “Terra Sancta College”. The impressive building, which is on the corner of Paris Square, (כיכר פריז) has seen the history of the past hundred years go by in Jerusalem. It has even been at the centre of the news in the past few weeks, because it is close to the home of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is just a few yards away, in the Rehavia neighbourhood. Protests and […]
