Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land

Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land

On Monday, April 25, Saxum Visitor Center will host an event under the title Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land. This conference will discuss how visual journalism tried to explain the most important site for Christianity: the Holy Sepulchre. During the...
Holy Week in Jerusalem: Live It

Holy Week in Jerusalem: Live It

For the last few years, Holy Week in the Holy Land has been different. In 2020, it was celebrated behind closed doors by the religious communities living inside the holy places and by the faithful in their homes. In 2021, the usual celebrations took place, though with...
Pilgrims are back to stay

Pilgrims are back to stay

More than 10,000 kilometers separate Rio de Janeiro from Jerusalem.This is the distance that Raul traveled to make one of those life-changing trips: a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  “Spectacular,” he summarizes. “There are no words to define what a...
Hooked on the Holy Land experience

Hooked on the Holy Land experience

Marion Barot enjoys getting to know new countries and people. For this reason, her first trip to the Holy Land in 2017, of just six days, was not enough for her. She fell in love with the experience and came back again for three weeks. After that, in addition to her...
A trip to read the Gospel with new eyes

A trip to read the Gospel with new eyes

“It’s amazing; everyone should come. You are walking and seeing the Gospel with your own eyes.” Amparo, of Valencia, Spain, is among the first to visit the Holy Land since the pandemic, thanks to the lifting of travel restrictions to the country. With...
Flevit super illam, a portrait of Jerusalem

Flevit super illam, a portrait of Jerusalem

“As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. Indeed, the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up ramparts around...