From time to time, specialists in particular fields, such as geologists, archaeobotanists, or archaeozoologists from Rome, collaborate with the archaeologists in Jerusalem.

The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, anoints the statue of Jesus on the Stone of Anointing during the ceremony known as the "funeral procession," on Good Friday night, 2024.

Exodus 12 instructs that the Passover lamb be chosen on the tenth day of the first month. By the time of Jesus, only lambs from Bethlehem were considered eligible to serve as Passover lambs. So the ...

Researchers have pieced together the final moments of Jesus, creating a map that they believe shows his journey through Jerusalem leading up to the resurrection.

Jesus was in Jerusalem for a festival when he stopped by the famous Sheep Gate pool. The rumor was that if you could get into the pool when the water stirred, you would be healed. I’ll let John ...

The Fourth Gospel emphasizes that the destiny of Jesus of Nazareth was bound up with the figure of John the Baptist (cf. John 1:15, 26–28, 29–34). By John ...

Archaeologists are working to uncover whether the Upper Room in Jerusalem is the official site of Jesus's Last Supper. It is also believed to be where Jesus reappeared after he died.

This spring, for the first time in three decades, Ramadan, Easter and Purim — holidays in Islam, Christianity and Judaism — all overlapped within a month-long period.

Unframed: 116 by 71cm., 45½ by 28in. Framed: 160 by 113cm., 63 by 44½in. This monumental watercolour affords a fascinating glimpse into the vestibule of Jerusalem’s Golden Gate or Gate of Mercy ...

Catholic leaders in East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank compared Gaza's suffering to the crucifixion of Jesus in an Easter message as Protestant leaders also decried Israel's continuing war.

Palm Sunday marks entry of Jesus into Jerusalem Updated - March 24, 2024 11:36 pm IST . The Hindu Bureau. Copy link ... This is the time of the year when Christians observe fast, ...