Tag: Orient and the Holy Land
Bkennaya: 2025 Custodial Spiritual Retreat
From Sunday evening, August 31, 2025, to Friday afternoon, September 5, the friars of the Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land –...
Priestly Ordination of Friar Moses FIDELIS
On Saturday, May 3, 2025, Friar Moses Johnmaria FIDELIS was ordained to the priesthood amidst great joy and deep gratitude to God. The ordination...
Oxford: Doctoral Thesis on the Syriac Cult of the Virgin Mary
On March 20, 2025, Friar Andrew Jeylan HOCHSTEDLER, of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land, successfully defended his doctoral thesis,...
Orient and Holy Land: Spiritual Retreat and Extraordinary Custodial Chapter
On November 8-13, 2024, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land gathered for their annual spiritual retreat. For...
Istanbul: Diaconal Ordination
On Friday, August 30, 2024, Friars Moses Johnmaria FIDELIS, Naim TOUMA and Andrè Vahid RAHBARGHANAAT, all members of the Provincial Custody of the Orient...
Karşıyaka – Izmir: Conventual Franciscans Return to the Parish of St....
Sunday, April 14, 2024, was a day of great significance for the faithful in the Karşıyaka District of Izmir, Turkey. It was the day...
Attack on the Church in Büyükdere – Witness Testimony
On Sunday, January 28, 2024, an act of violence took place at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady, located in the Büyükdere...
Istanbul: Mass of Reparation
On Thursday, February 1, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., a Mass of Reparation will be celebrated at the Church of the Nativity of Our Lady,...
Conventual Franciscan Mission Presences around the World – XXXI
Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land (Turkey and Lebanon)
Mother Province: Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania
Today’s Provincial...
Orient and Holy Land: Three Friars Profess Solemn Vows
The Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land recently celebrated the solemn profession of three of its friars.
Friar André Marie GHANAAT RAHBAR...
Official Visit of Pope Leo XIV to the Quirinale: Dialogue on Peace, Human Dignity,...
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., Pope Leo XIV paid an official visit to the President of the Italian Republic, His Excellency...
Poland: 100,000ᵗʰ Set of Rosary Beads Containing Relics of the Pariacoto Martyrs Displayed at...
On Monday, October 13, 2025, at 9:00 p.m., the Conventual Franciscan friars displayed their one hundred thousandth set of rosary beads containing relics of...
Cyprus: Pastoral Visit and OFS National Elective Chapter
Despite the country’s difficult history, Cyprus has almost exclusively been ministered to by Franciscans. Pastoral care of the Roman Catholic faithful in Cyprus has...
Poland: Te Deum laudamus for the 250ᵗʰ Anniversary of the Parish Church in Horyniec
Domenica 12 ottobre 2025, a Horyniec-Zdrój, nella regione di Roztocze in Polonia orientale, è stato cantato solennemente l’inno paleocristiano Te Deum laudamus per la...
Germany: Young Franciscans Gather in Walldürn for a Meeting on Hope
On October 10-12, 2025, the Conventual Franciscan Friary of St. George in Walldürn, Germany, conducted its 37th annual Meeting for Young Franciscans. This meeting...