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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 […]

August: in the middle of summer, when the activities take a rest and the games in the sand begin, close to water and beach umbrellas, the liturgical calendar does not stop and indeed, reminds us of one of the most important and beautiful feasts of the Christian-Catholic religion It is the Assumption of the Blessed […]

Father Gabriel Romanelli, of the religious family of the Incarnate Word, is the only Catholic parish priest in the entire Gaza Strip. His parish, dedicated to the Holy Family, is located in Gaza City, and has 134 souls, according to the latest available data. A small but vital community, which Father Gabriel leads with passion, […]

On the occasion of the feast of the Transfiguration, which will be solemnly celebrated tomorrow, August 6, here is the interview with Father Ricardo Bustos, guardian of the Shrine of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the top of Mount Tabor. In his sixties, Father Ricardo is smiling and serene. His habit sways […]

“A center of Oriental Studies on Christianity. That’s what we want to work on today”. To speak in this way, with satisfaction, is Father William Faltas, Franciscan of the Custody of the Holy Land and guardian father of the Muski convent, in the capital of Cairo. Father William speaks of the Franciscan Center for Oriental […]

Have you ever wondered why the land of Egypt is considered the Holy Land? We find a first answer in the Gospel of Matthew to the following passage: “They (the Magi) had just departed, when an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said to him: “Arise, take the child and […]