The Epiphany: the Christian celebration that recalls the first public manifestation of the Lord, with the homage that was paid to him by the three Magi in the Bethlehem manger. After the Saviour come into the world, which is celebrated on 25th December, the Epiphany prepares the celebration of the baptism of Christ which concludes, on Sunday 8th January, the Christmas period. In the Gregorian calendar, this festivity falls on 6th January, the same day on which the Julian calendar […]
On Friday, 25 Marchand on the occasion of the Feast of the Annunciation, the opera “Francis and the Sultan” was performed at the UNESCO building in Beirut. Inspired by the meeting between the saint of Assisi and the Sultan Malek al Kamilin Egypt in 1219, the performance was staged last week and had an unprecedented successful reception by the public, with an audience of over 1,500 people. The Annunciation –as Father QuiricoCalellaofm, who conceived and planned the opera underlined, brings […]
“A holy place dedicated exclusively to prayer” can be read on the plaque next to the gate that opens into the Romitaggio of Gethsemane, in Jerusalem. We are at the beginning of the ascent of the Mount of Olives. Just a little above the Basilica of the Agony, the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have reserved a part of the Olive Grove for prayer in solitude, like that of Jesus on the night of Holy Thursday. More […]
