At the Holy Sepulcher, the Ash Wednesday Mass was celebrated by Father Fergus Clarke and concelebrated by the Franciscans, custodians of the shrines of the land of Jesus.

"Christ is risen from the dead, now every thing is full of light." With these words, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch greeted the representatives of the churches of the Holy Land, who gathered together for the traditional Easter greetings.

With different rites and traditions, the Orthodox Churches celebrated Easter in Jerusalem.

All the churches in Ramallah celebrated together Palm Sunday on April 24, according to the Eastern calendar.

On April 23, the local community and the Orthodox pilgrims celebrated Lazarus Saturday in Bethany, the village that preserves the tomb of Jesus's friend. Thus began the Orthodox Holy Week.

Easter greetings to the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. As every year, the authorities of various Christian denominations came together for the greetings on the occasion of the Latin Easter.

Music and images of Holy Week in Jerusalem to retrace and remember the events that occurred 2000 year ago and that live on today.

"The Lord is risen from this tomb." In Jerusalem, hundreds of faithful, priests and religious celebrated Easter Mass on Sunday, March 27, in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher.

In Jerusalem, the big announcement of the Resurrection of Christ echoed in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher. Saturday morning, the Holy City announced Easter, along with hundreds of pilgrims and worshipers.

A crowd in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher ... is the funeral procession: they are singing the biblical texts on Jesus’ death and burial.

A crowd of pilgrims, local Christians and religious, retraced the footsteps of Jesus on Good Friday: the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross.

The Holy Hour took place in Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. Many believers, both local and foreign, commemorated the prayer Jesus said shortly before being captured and handed over to the authorities.

A silent procession from St. Savior Church up to the Upper Room: the faithful and the Franciscan community commemorated the Last Supper and Jesus’ washing of the feet with the apostles.

Holy Thursday in Jerusalem began very early. ‘In Coena Domini’ Mass, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, was celebrated in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher.

With the traditional Good Friday collection, the Church throughout the world supports the Christian communities and the Middle East through the Custody of the Franciscan Friars.

Palm Sunday: in the morning, a Mass at the Holy Sepulchre, the prelude to the Passion of the Lord. In the afternoon, the procession from Bethpage to St. Anne’s church, accompanied by songs and prayers.

The Franciscan Community and the faithful are preparing for Holy Week, in a Mass celebrated in Lithostrotos, in the Convent of the Flagellation.

“An 'old' duty that the history of recent years has made even more urgent”. In his letter, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri invites all Catholics to support the Land of God.

The Franciscans begin, in the Dominus Flevit Sanctuary, the journey of the Lenten pilgrimage to the Holy Places that recall the stages of the Passion of the Lord.

Ash Wednesday in the shrines of Jerusalem, with Mass at the Holy Sepulcher; the celebration of the Latin Patriarchate and Gethsemane for the World Day of the Sick.

Orthodox Christian Easter rituals brought faithful from around the world to Jerusalem. The rite of the Holy Fire is always spectacular.

In a festive atmosphere, the friars of the Custody of the Holy Land and the faithful of Jerusalem came together at Emmaus Qubeybeh.


Mt 28,5-6 “Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said.”

At the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, the Easter Vigil takes place on the morning of Holy Saturday: the first Easter proclamation spreads from Jerusalem to the whole world!