Tag: Orient and the Holy Land
Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land: Towards a...
On July 7-14, 2023, a commission met at the St. Maria Kilisesi Friary in the Büyükdere neighborhood of Istanbul, Turkey, to discuss requests made...
Turkey: Course on Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue
On October 17-29, 2022, the 16th annual course on ecumenical and interreligious dialogue was held in Istanbul, Turkey.
This traditional event was organized by the...
Turkey: Joint Definitory Session
On October 12-13, 2022, the Definitors of the Province of St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. in Romania and the Definitors of the Provincial...
Retreat in Lebanon – JPIC: Franciscan DNA
In early September, 2022, I was fortunate to be able to make my annual retreat in Lebanon with the friars of the Custody of...
Lebanon: Priestly Ordination in Beirut
On September 3, 2022, Friar Nicolas ABOU ANNY, a member of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land, was ordained to...
Orient and the Holy Land: Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part II
On April 25-29, 2022, the second part of the Ordinary Chapter of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land took place...
Consecration of the Altar and Blessing of the Church in Zahlé,...
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land, living in Lebanon and Turkey, joyfully...
Orient and the Holy Land: Ordinary Custodial Chapter – Part I
On March 14-18, 2022, the friars of Lebanon and Turkey gathered at Adonis-Jbeil, Lebanon, to celebrate the first part of the Ordinary Custodial Chapter...
Orient and the Holy Land: Canonical Visitation
In November and December of 2021, the friars of the Provincial Custody of the Orient and the Holy Land hosted the three “magi,” namely...
Istanbul: Anniversary of the Sent Antuan Basilica
On November 16, 1913, the Most Reverend Vincenzo SARDI, Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople, Turkey consecrated a church dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua in...
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...