“Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany” (John 12,1). This year again the Franciscan friars went to Bethany, to bless the perfumed unguents that will be used on Good Friday during the funeral rite of Christ, celebrated by the Jerusalem parishes at the Holy Sepulchre. The unction for Jesus “It is a very picturesque and important celebration. It is a celebration that has at its centre the gesture of the perfumed unction by Mary. I would therefore like to […]
The exhibition “Royal treasures. Masterpieces from the Terra Sancta Museum” was inaugurated at the Museum of the Centro Gaiás of the City of Culture of Santiago on Thursday, 21 March The exhibition The exhibition – open from 22 March to 4 August, with entrance free of charge - is made up of a total of 108 pieces from Jerusalem, Lisbon and different museums in Galicia. These include the Museum of the Holy Land of Santiago de Compostela, which lent to […]
The procession of the palms in Jerusalem is one of the most picturesque moments which brings together the whole Christian community of the Holy Land. On Sunday 13 April, a long winding procession of palms raised to the sky came down from the Mount of Olives, following the same steps as Jesus when he entered Jerusalem. After having gathered around the Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, for the celebration of Palm Sunday at the Holy Sepulchre, the Christians of the Holy […]
The exhibition “Madaba, the city of mosaics” was inaugurated on 18 Juneat the Assisi branch of the University of Perugia (Italy). The exhibition, under the patronage of the Custody of the Holy Land and part of the project of sustainable tourism “DiscoverMadaba”, financed by the Italian Agency for Cooperation for Development (Aics) and implemented by the University of Perugia, also contains a part dedicated to Franciscan archaeology and an accessible reproduction on a 1:1 scale of the mosaic floor of […]
