by webdeveloper | Dec 19, 2024 | Latest News
In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria. So all went to be enrolled, each to his own town. And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of...
by communication | Dec 13, 2024 | Latest News
After the Psalms, the Book of Isaiah is the Old Testament book most frequently in the New Testament. Its prophecies are explicitly mentioned ninety times, and implicit references exceed four hundred. This means that the early Christian preaching regarded this book as...
by communication | Dec 13, 2024 | Latest News
Christmas is approaching and we will once again relive the birth of Jesus. Looking back at the accounts of Saint Matthew and Saint Luke, one particular question proves difficult to understand: Why do the genealogies of Jesus presented by the two evangelists not match?...
by communication | Nov 25, 2024 | Latest News
Hanukkah, in Hebrew, means “dedication” or “inauguration.” The expression “hanukkat-bayt” is used, for example, to refer to a housewarming celebration. For over 2,000 years, Jews have celebrated Hanukkah on the 25th of Kislev a...
by communication | Nov 21, 2024 | Latest News
Can you tell us a bit about your background and how you became known as Santa Claus the ambassador in the Ho Ho Holy Land? Issa Anis Kassissieh: My father used to be our Santa Claus at home every Christmas season to make us happy. I grew up in the Old City of...
by communication | Nov 20, 2024 | Latest News
The word “prophet” comes from the Greek profetes, derived from the verb pro-femi, meaning “to speak forth” or “to speak on behalf of another,” especially on behalf of the divine. This is a faithful translation of the Hebrew term...
