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When the Crusaders arrived in Jerusalem they found in ruins the area of Sion where only the two storey chapel of the Cenacle had survived. It is here that Raymond of Tolouse put camp to protect the area from the intruding enemy.

Pokój i Dobro! 28.06.2009 W poniedziałek 29 czerwca zakończy się oficjalna celebracja roku św. Pawła. Ojciec Święty Benedykt XVI mianował kard. Waltera Kaspera, przewodniczącego Papieskiej Rady do spraw Popierania Jedności Chrześcijan, swoim specjalnym delegatem na uroczyste zakończenie roku Apostoła Narodów w Ziemi Świętej. W programie celebracji, w liturgiczne wspomnienie świętych Piotra i Pawła, przewidziane sąuroczyste […]

The places sanctified by the life, the miracles and the death of Jesus of Nazareth are the sacred patrimony of Christianity and they form the legitimate inheritance of all the followers of the Gospel.

Bethlehem
Leaving the hectic Jerusalem area towards the southern part of Judea you admire the countryside with olive trees and other vegetation. You notice the crawling in of buildings eating slowly even the desert which from the outskirts of the city spreads down towards the Dead Sea. Bethlehem is a town inspiring tenderness and its beauty is a remarkable blend between the Eastern and Western cultures.

In una pacifica valle tra montagne e colline, circondata dalla bellezza di boschetti naturali, si trova uno dei quartieri piu pittoreschi di Gerusalemme – Ein Kerem. Come un’isola nel mare della verde foresta a sud-ovest di Gerusalemme, Ein Kerem ha affascinanti case di pietra decorate con archi, chiese le cui campane brillano nel cielo limpido e bei sentieri pavimentati di pietra.