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Samaritan Museum: A Trip Back in Time

2017-11-27T19:01:40+00:00November 27th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

It is the first museum dedicated to the Samaritans. It stands on Mount Gerizim, which is considered to be the sacred place where the temple stood: a place that reveals history and traditions of the ancient biblical people. The oldest people in the world came directly from Adam to the 163th generation. To date, they have [...]

The Feast of St. Elizabeth of Hungary with the Volunteers of the Custody in Jerusalem

2017-11-24T15:36:58+00:00November 24th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

“ A young, wife, mother [and] widow consecrated to the Lord when she was just 24 years old”: With these words, the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, described the figure of St. Elizabeth of Hungary during the small celebration held in Jerusalem on November 17. In the chapel of the house Maria Bmabina, [...]

The Custody of the Holy Land Today: Fr Carlos from the Philippines to Tel Aviv

2017-11-22T18:37:50+00:00November 22nd, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

800 years have gone by since the friars arrived in the Middle East, and many things have changed since the beginning of this adventure. However, the commitment and dedication with which, for 800 years, the friars have guarded the holy places and have worked to serve the local people have not changed. For this reason, in [...]

A Book to Support the Children of Bethlehem

2017-11-21T15:49:43+00:00November 21st, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

A book to support the children of the Boy’s Home in Bethlehem: this is an initiative of Edizioni Terra Santa, the Custody’s publishing. My Father’s Creche is a collection of Christmas stories, which ETS presented in Milan on November 16, in collaboration with Avvenire, the daily newspaper of the CEI (the Italian Bishops’ Conference) and the [...]