A celebration to mark the sense of listening and friendship. Bethany, also known as al-Azariyeh (“the place of Lazarus”), is where the Gospel provides one of the most intimate images of the life of Jesus. Here, on the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives, Christ had His place of refuge: the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus. A place where friendship and a sense of human warmth reigned. The home of a family far from the clamor and intensity […]
Celebrating the Franciscan Centenary does not only mean remembering a saint who lived eight centuries ago, but celebrating a figure who brings to light what is truly essential. Among Christians, but also among non-believers. A man who lived in the past but is still relevant today. An existence that, as recalled by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, was "first and foremost, an encounter with Christ." This is one of the messages launched during the interreligious meeting […]
Faith and research. Study and testimony. Archaeological finds and "living stones" of the Christian community. The great project of restoration and archaeological research of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre does not stop. On Tuesday, September 8, inside the San Salvatore complex in Jerusalem, the leaders of the three guardian Communities — the Greek Orthodox Patriarch, His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Ielpo, and the representatives of the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude […]
As every year, from noon on August 1st until midnight on August 2nd, the Franciscan family celebrates the Pardon of Assisi. For the Order of Friars Minor, it is one of the deepest and most symbolic expressions of the spirituality of St. Francis. And it certainly is in the Holy Land as well, where the Custody is visible proof of the commitment of the Poverello of Assisi, who reached these Places in 1219. The History According to tradition, in 1216, […]
