Holy places

The most beautiful images of the holy sites accompanied by historical-archaeological explanations and quotes from Sacred Scripture... to help you experience the Fifth Gospel - the Holy Land. Also visit the most important santuaries of the Holy Land, through the new websites of the Custody of the Holy Land: Capernaum, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Gethsemane, Holy Sepulchre.

On pilgrimage through the sites of St. John the Baptist (Part 1)

22 June 2017

On June 24, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist. In order to get to know the one who announced the coming of Jesus, we will walk through the places that were important in his life.

We begin this pilgrimage from Jerusalem ... One day while Zechariah prayed in the Temple, the Archangel Gabriel appeared to him announcing that he and his wife Elisabeth, who were already advanced in years, would have a son whose name would be John! Six months after this great announcement, Elizabeth and Zechariah received an important visit here, at Ain Karem, where they lived... that of the Virgin Mary, who, after receiving the Annunciation of the Angel about her being the mother of Jesus, hurried to this mountain region. Fr. DIMAS SOLDA, fmm Student of the Sacred Scriptures/ Studium [...]