An October agreement between the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land, the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate and the Armenian Orthodox Patriarchate entrusted the Custody of the Holy Land with undertaking the current pavement restoration project.
Franciscan custos hopes Holy Sepulcher cooperation can serve as example
Christian leaders to reopen Church of the Holy Sepulcher Feb. 28
Christian leaders in the Holy Land announced they would reopen the Church of the Holy Sepulcher Feb. 28 after the Israeli government has set up a negotiating team to resolve a municipal dispute over property taxes.
Muslims (literally) hold key to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Jerusalem’s most famous Christian church, shared by three denominations, is unlocked each morning by a Muslim.
Mideast Christian leaders shut Church of Holy Sepulcher to protest taxes
Protesting several recent actions they described as a “systematic campaign … against the churches and the Christian community in the Holy Land,” the heads of Christian churches announced Feb. 25 they were closing of the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for an undisclosed period of time.
Trump arrives in Holy Land, visits Holy Sepulcher, Western Wall
Under tight security and led by the traditional kawas honor guard announcing the way with the thumping of their ornamental staffs, President Donald Trump made his way by foot through the Old City’s alleyways to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher May 22.
Muslim restorers feel history in work on mosaics above Jesus’ burial site
JERUSALEM (CNS) — It’s quiet and dark in the cavernous gallery above Jesus’ burial place in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Raed Khalil and his […]