The second peregrination of Lent was to the Church of the Nations, the Basilica of Gethsemane, on the centenary of the start of its building. Tradition has it that here the agony and the prayer of the Lord in preparation for his passion are commemorated. The acquisition of the land of Gethsemane by the Custody of the Holy Land dates back to 1438, but already from the first centuries, this place was recognized as holy to Christians. Eusebius of Caesarea, […]
“I was in the rooms of our convent, above the church of Beirut when I heard a very loud noise, like a plane. I went upstairs, I looked outside and the great wave caused by the explosion arrived.” These are the words used by Fr. Roger Saad, a Lebanese friar of the Custody of the Holy Land, who has been in service in Beirut for four years as bursar of the convent, to describe the catastrophe that yesterday befell the […]
