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Jewish ritual bath dating to time of Jesus found in Garden of Gethsemane
- Dec 23, 2020
A ritual bath dating to the time of Jesus has been uncovered on the Mount of Olives at the site tradition says is the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus experienced the Agony in the Garden before his arrest, trial, and crucifixion.
Palestinian Catholic brings ‘miracle of Santa’ to Jerusalem’s Old City
- Dec 9, 2020
For three years, Palestinian Catholic and well-known former basketball player Issa Kassissieh has been dressing up as the Jerusalem Santa and decorating his family’s traditional 14th-century home at the junction of St. Peter Street and Latin Patriarchate Road.
Israeli police arrest man for throwing firebomb inside Catholic church
- Dec 4, 2020
Israeli police arrested a Jewish man after he allegedly threw a firebomb inside the Basilica of All Nations at Gethsemane Church on the Mount of Olives Dec. 4.
Pandemic leaves streets empty, shops shuttered in Jerusalem’s Old City
- Oct 12, 2020
During all the years he has worked as an assistant to the Franciscan Fathers at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jeries Majlaton has never seen the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem so deserted.
Jerusalem offers a grim model for a post-annexation future
- Jul 7, 2020
It’s hard to say what exactly will change in the West Bank if Israel follows through on its plans to annex parts of the occupied territory, but east Jerusalem, which was annexed more than a half-century ago, may provide some answers.
Amid joy as Bethlehem reopens, Christians have uncertainty about future
- May 28, 2020
Bethlehem residents returned to the Church of the Nativity as the holy site opened to visitors May 26 after being closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But amid the joy was a feeling of uncertainty about their economic future, as pilgrims and tourists are not yet able to return.
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