by communication | Aug 14, 2023 | Latest News
Shalom! Shalom! Let me tell you there’s no better way to experience the Holy Land than during the weeks I have spent at the Saxum Visitor Center. I arrived at the start of Holy Week and was able to join the crowds on Palm Sunday and witness thousands of locals and...
by communication | Jul 13, 2023 | Latest News
The most important building in Jerusalem during the times of Jesus was its temple. The building, having been expanded by Herod, was built on an elevated surface, of near rectangular shape, more than five hundred meters in length and three hundred meters in width. That...
by communication | Jul 13, 2023 | Latest News
We continue with the series of articles about the Sea of Galilee. In the first article, we analyzed “The Sea of Galilee and its Climate” and in the second “The Winds at the Sea of Galilee”. The strongest winds often bring storms, and as the...
by communication | Jul 13, 2023 | Latest News
One wonders why John the Baptist’s clothing would interest Matthew so that he takes time to describe it. “Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey” (3:4). Returning...
by communication | Jun 21, 2023 | Latest News
By the end of the Middle Ages, illuminations in the books of hours depicted the Visitation scene following very conventional models. The Virgin Mary is cloaked in a sky-blue mantle; her cousin Elizabeth in a purple robe or mantle, with a white veil. The encounter...
by communication | Jun 19, 2023 | Latest News
St. Mark narrates, “He sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you; follow him, and wherever he enters, say to the householder, ‘The Teacher says, ‘Where is my guest room, where I am to eat the...
