The "Piccirillo Handicraft Center", in the city of Bethlehem, is a project carried out by the John Paul II Foundation together with the Custody of the Holy Land in 2014 to meet the economic and social needs of the city's population, especially those with special needs and disabilities. Diala: can't wait. I've wanted to go to [...]
From January 9th, 2020, a new catalog published by Edizioni Terra Sancta is available for purchase. The volume, Selected Works, is a compendium of some pieces from the archaeological and art-history collections of the Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land, selected under the supervision of Dr. Sara Cibin, historian of Italian art and project manager of [...]
The "stone by stone" mapping of the floor of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre has begun. Every day hundreds of pilgrims visit the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. Over the centuries, millions of people from all over the world have walked on these stones. Arch. Andrea Caligaris Caligaris architects "I'm an architect and right now I'm [...]
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began in Jerusalem on Saturday 25th January in the Chapel of the Calvary. This important annual rendezvous of the thirteen Christian confessions of the Holy Land took place, as usual, a few days after the official date, to allow the Armenians to celebrate Epiphany. “They showed us unusual kindness [...]