The River Jordan is the destination that every year welcomes the Franciscan pilgrimage with the participation of pilgrims and Christians who come here from every corner of the Holy Land. Remembering the Baptism of Jesus and renewing the baptismal promises: this is what the site of Qasr Al-Yahudrepresents for the faithful; this way, over the centuries this place has become passage, liberation, regeneration, and lavacrum, with this feast-day bringing the Christmas period to an end. The Custos of the Holy […]
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. […]
