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The Feast of the Annunciation in Nazareth

2017-03-29T15:17:06+00:00March 29th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

Last weekend, Nazareth celebrated its main festival: the Annunciation to Mary by the Angel. Saturday, March 25, Nazareth celebrated its most important holiday: the Annunciation. A celebration full of traditions, meditation, joy, faith and prayer. During the vigil, on Friday 24, representatives of the Christian community gathered in the Grotto of the Annunciation, to welcome the [...]

Terra Sancta Organ Festival in lebanon and syria: music beyond emergency situations

2017-03-27T14:30:13+00:00March 27th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

The Terra Sancta Organ Festival is the international organ music festival organized by the Custody of the Holy Land in every country where it operates. In the Middle East, the organ is perceived as a purely Christian instrument, since most organs are found almost exclusively in churches. The festival thus becomes an opportunity to come together, [...]

Journeying with Jesus in Gethsemane, Pilgrimage

2017-03-24T15:29:42+00:00March 24th, 2017|Categories: News from the Holy Land|

The second Lenten pilgrimage took place in Gethsemane: Journeying with Jesus in the sanctuaries of passion in Jerusalem. The second Lenten pilgrimage, Journeying with Jesus in the sanctuaries of passion in Jerusalem made stops at Gethsemane. The evangelists Matthew and Mark denote Gethsemane as the place where the drama of the Passion of the Lord truly [...]