Holy Wednesday was celebrated in Jerusalem with two important liturgical moments which took place first at Gethsemane and then in the Chapel of the Apparition in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. In the early morning of 5th April, in the Basilica of the Agony, the hymn Vexilla Regis marked the start of the Eucharistic celebration, presided by the Vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, fr. Ibrahim Faltas. The solemn hymn of the Holy Cross introduced the day of […]
The multimedia exhibition entitled "The experience of Resurrection" has at last been inaugurated at the Christian Information Center (CIC) in Jerusalem. After a six-year wait, on Saturday 2 July, the exhibition opened its doors to the public and, in particular, to the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, who cut the inaugural ribbon and blessed the exhibition area. In addition to the Father Custos and the head of the CIC, Fr. Tomasz Dubiel, ofm, a groupof friars, religious. Journalists […]
After many years of work, the new edition of the 53 liturgical booklets for the prayers of the Franciscan community of the Holy Sepulchre has been completed. They are all available and free for download in the section of the Liturgy (Resources for the Liturgy at the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre) on the website of the Custody. The President of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, fra Stéphane Milovitch completed the long operation of revising and updating the sung liturgies. […]
From Poland, an ecumenical pilgrimage organized by Mons. Grzegorz Rys, the Bishop of Lodz, who visited the Holy Land a few days ago, took place. Many participants composed of clergy and faithful from the Catholic, Orthodox, Polish-Catholic, Evangelical-Ausburga, Evangelical-Reformed, Evangelical-Methodist and Baptist churches were present. “We want to go there,” said F.r Semko Koroza, the president of the Lodz branch of the Polish Ecumenical Council “to visit these places connected to our faith and to pray together.” It was a […]
