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The first phase of the project to restore the Church of Gethsemane has been made possible through the support of ATS pro Terra Sancta, with financing from the Italian consulate PMS (Palestinian Municipalities Support) Program that provides for collaboration between an Italian municipality and a Palestinian entity. In this case, Rovereto is the Italian municipality […]

The unloading of the last seven containers of porphyry paving stones coming from the Trentino region in Italy, provided through a donation from the Province of Trento and with the participation of the Consortium of Stone Quarriers and Layers of Albiano (in the Province of Trent), was completed during the torrid heat of August. The […]

With our sincere thanks for the gesture of solidarity offered by this couple of friends of the Holy Land, we reproduce below their own words: “Since the time of our engagement we have made many trips together, and even a few with our first two children when they were young. Then three more children came, […]

The XXXIII edition of the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples at Rimini, entitled “By Nature, Man is Related to the Infinite”, opened today. Among the numerous stands at the meeting is one for ATS pro Terra Sancta. Four volunteers are giving their time, until the end of the event on the 25th of August, to […]

“I hope that you will be able to fruitfully make use of what you have learned, in this short course, to welcome and communicate with visitors who come to Sabastiya”: these were the words the teacher of the Italian course – a collaborator with ATS pro Terra Sancta – directed to the young people who […]

Come to their fourth month in the Holy Land, the Italian boys involved in the Civil Service year thanks to an arrangement between ATS pro Terra Sancta and the University of Bari tell their stories, the activities they carried on and their impression on life in Jerusalem. Following is the story of Davide, involved in […]

Also known as Lake Tiberias, this large lake in the north of the Holy Land saw the beginning of Jesus’ public life. Around the lake, or scattered among the neighboring hills, are found Capernaum, Tiberias, Tabgha, Cana, Mount Tabor and the Mount of Beatitudes… all places where Jesus spent a large part of his life, […]

The Grotto of Conon is located alongside that of the Annunciation, inside the Church of the Annunciation. Here, following an earlier cleaning project that took place in 2010, a new project to study and restore a 4th-5th century fresco is now under way. The work is being carried out by two restorers from Rome, Tiziana […]

ATS pro Terra Sancta has been supporting the Christian presence on the troubled island of Cyprus for a few years. The painful and problematic divide between Greek-Cypriot Christians and Turkish-Cypriot Muslims, in addition to creating suffering among the local people, has a devastating effect on the immense cultural Christian heritage in the occupied Northern area. […]

Summer comes but solidarity doesn’t go on holiday. Many are the initiatives, small and big ones, to show togetherness to the living stones of the Holy Land. Here are some messages that we received in this last period: “Dear friends, we are four twenty years old youngsters from Udine and this year we decided to save some […]

On 6 June of this year the Department of Humanities of the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” organized the last – the first of the summer break – of the Ph.D. Research meetings on Classical Antiquities and their Riches: Archaeology, Philology, History. As part of the Study Day entitled “Israel in Ancient Times: New Research on […]

There were in fact 43 volunteers who, between the end of April and the middle of July, answered the call to come help out in moving St. Saviour’s Library from its old site to the new one. Divided into five sub-missions, each lasting two weeks, this resulted in a continuous presence of volunteers over a […]

“A book that presents the facts and tells the story of the Christian presence in the Holy Land, today the land of Israel and Palestine. A topical subject that will help us to dream of a better, more beautiful tomorrow, where finally we can call this land the Land of God. Jews, Muslims, Christians: and […]

After 16 months the unrest in Syria continues and the crisis is worsening at an alarming rate. In this emergency, according to Syrian Red Crescent, around one million and a half people have been affected, with thousands killed or injured. The violence has spread across the country, reaching areas that had, as yet, remained untouched. […]

Several days ago saw the beginning of the second phase of the project “Housing and social emergency in the Old City of Jerusalem East”, financed by the Office of Italian Development Cooperation in Jerusalem as part of the “Emergency initiative in support of the vulnerable Palestinian population”. The project, carried out by the Technical Office […]