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Christmas is approaching in Syria and winter is almost upon us. Families prepare for the cold and bad weather, stockpiling dried seasonal vegetables and fruit, clothes and warm clothing and where possible making small repairs to poorly insulated homes. The past winter has left a considerable mark on the minds of Syrian families afflicted by […]

“WIP – Work in Progress”, a vocational training project aimed at all Lebanese who want to enter the world of work and come across entrepreneurial and professional realities, ended in recent days in Beirut. In a collapsing country, WIP wants to offer people with very low incomes the tools to deal with the severe economic […]

The actor Giovanni Scifoni concluded his trip to the Holy Land in Jerusalem, the Holy City. Millions of pilgrims over the years have visited this place, the heart of Christianity that for centuries has guarded the Holy Sepulchre, one of the holiest places for Christians around the world. Work began in March on the raising […]

The exhibition “Witness of the Resurrection”, organized by CRELEB (European Research Center for Book Publishing Library) of the Catholic University and by Pro Terra Sancta as part of the “Books Bridges of Peace” project, will be inaugurated on November 7, within the Custodial Curia of the Convent of San Salvatore in Jerusalem. The event aims […]

“And tell me Jameela, how do you sustain your wretched existence?” “With sushi and mosaics!” In the third video of the TAMAM column shot in Jericho with Giovanni Scifoni you met Jameela, the nice lady who, despite her age, has an agenda full of activities that she carries out with her friends. But in a […]

On the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives, a few kilometers from Jerusalem, stands the city of Bethany, which has become famous for one of the most significant miracles of Jesus: the resurrection of Lazarus. Precisely for this reason, Bethany (in Arabic al-Azariyeh), despite the complex political context, is a fundamental destination for the […]

In the second video of the TAMAM column with Giovanni Scifoni in the Holy Land we took you to Bethany, the small Palestinian town that is just 5 km from the Mount of Olives. Bethany, al-Azariyeh in Arabic, is a very important place for the Christian tradition. It is here that stands the great church […]

The Syrian people are suffering hunger. For a long time, and even longer today. The economic crisis, also due to sanctions, is dramatic, diesel is now nowhere to be found, electricity is available three hours a day and youth unemployment stands at 78%. According to the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations, food […]

In the suggestive Bethlehem, a few steps from the Basilica of the Nativity, stands a place that has long had the ability to attract pilgrims and visitors who have come to the Holy Land: the Milk Grotto. Located close to the Basilica, on the top of the hill, the sanctuary of the Grotta del Latte […]

Samir is the young blue-eyed protagonist you met in the first video with Giovanni Scifoni released yesterday on our channels. The video is set in Bethlehem, the small Palestinian town animated by Samir and the many children who every day, after school, return home to study and then be accompanied by their parents to various […]

In the last days you discovered that the Italian actor Giovanni Scifoni has been with us in the Holy Land! In the month of March a collaboration between Pro Terra Sancta and Scifoni has started in order to discover the Holy Places and the living stones that inhabit this land loved by God. Born in […]

Bethlehem, Jericho, Galilee, Jerusalem, Hebron, Bethany, Samaria. These and many other are the places in the Holy Land that the young group of the Middle East Community Program (MECP) visited for two weeks. The group of eight young people recently returned to Italy after an experience discovering the territory and the Israeli-Palestinian reality. The programme […]

After a year of relative peace, bombs have returned to pound the Gaza Strip, a patch of coastal territory washed by the Mediterranean Sea and bordering Israel and Egypt. The Strip is 40 km long and 10 km wide and is among the most densely populated territories in the world: more than two million people […]

The times when Lebanon was the symbol of excellent and advanced education in the Middle East are long gone. The Land of the Cedars is sadly losing an entire generation of students and professors. Education denied In September, all the boys and girls in the world should finish their last homework, buy cases and diaries, […]

A few steps from the Basilica of the Nativity, the Dar al-Majus Community Home of Pro Terra Sancta has been operational for almost three months. It is a tall white stone building, in perfect harmony with the surrounding architecture of Bethlehem. Dar al-Majus literally means “House of the Magi”, and it is here, as it […]