At the square of the Holy Sepulcher and at the Cenacle, all the Christian Churches of the Holy City imitated Jesus' gesture of the washing of the feet. Jesus said to Simon Peter, In Jerusalem, on Thursday, April 13, all the Christian Churches repeated the gesture performed by Jesus toward his disciples. In the morning, at [...]
Holy Thursday is special in Jerusalem ...In the early morning and during the celebration, the Chrism Mass and the Washing of the Feet take place here. During the first morning of Holy Thursday, the Mass of the Lord's Supper initiated the Easter Triduum in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The celebration was presided [...]
Eastern and Western Christians together: this year the Easter holiday is celebrated on the same days also by the Jews. This year, holy week is intense in the holy land where, besides the Eastern and Western Christians, the Jews too, celebrate their Easter. The word Easter, Pesach in Hebrew, means 'passover' and commemorates the end of [...]
ROME (CNS) -- Fifteen Franciscan friars continue to live and work in Syria; two of the friars minister in towns controlled by Islamic State forces. Father Michael Perry, minister general of the Franciscans, visited most of the friars the first week of April, but he could not enter areas controlled by Islamic State or by forces [...]