This is the time of the year that so many people are getting ready to celebrate Christmas! It’s a global Holiday with large festivities; as is also celebrated in Israel, by Christians who are living in the country. Whether you are Christians, or simply enjoy the festivity of the Holiday- Happy…
Category: Christianity
A taste of Israel
The Church of Dominus Flevit
The church of Dominus Flevit (“The master cried”) in Jerusalem is a beautiful Catholic-Franciscan church, that had been built on the ruins of a Byzantine church, in 1955; to commemorate Jesus’ crying when he looked at Jerusalem and realized that the city is about to lose itself to hatred, self-destruction…
Christianity
New Year’s day is coming…
Year 2015 is just around the corner… New Year’s Day is the first day of the year, in the Gregorian calendar. In modern times, it is January 1. In most countries, it is a holiday. It is still celebrated as a religious holy day on January 14 by those who…
Christianity
Sylvester; New year’s Eve
New Year's Eve, December 31, in the Gregorian calendar, is also referred to as Saint Sylvester's Day. This holiday is usually celebrated by evening social gatherings, at which most people drink, dance, eat and usually enjoy a fireworks' show that symbolizes the beginning of a new year. Midnight is the…
Central Israel
Merry Christmas
Christmas festivities take place in Israel, every year; in a glamorous style. Major cities of worship are Jerusalem, Nazareth, Haifa and Jaffa. Prayers, celebrations and festivities are exquisite and many non- Christians join the events in awe. Come and join, too. Merry Christmas!
Central Israel
Jesus’ Crucifixion and burial
Jesus’ crucifixion is described in all four gospels. After the trial, Jesus was required to carry his cross; the route is believed to be the Via Dolorosa, in Jerusalem. On the top if the cross an inscription was carved with the words: “Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews”. After…
Christianity
All Saints
It is the veneration of all souls that are in Heaven, even if they are not officially canonized or beatified. Anyone who is in Heaven is a holy person. He or she is in the presence of God, sees God face-to-face, and is entirely pleasing to God. Since it is…
Christianity
Assumption
The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 15 August, has a double object: (1) the happy departure of Mary from this life; (2) the assumption of her body into heaven.Today, the belief in the corporeal assumption of Mary is universal in the east as well as in…
Christianity
Boxing Day
The day after Christmas, the Feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is better known as Boxing Day. The term probably refers to the opening of Church’s poor-boxes on that day; maybe from the earthenware boxes with which boy-apprentices collected money at the doors of their masters’ clients. Nowadays, we…
Christianity
Good Friday
In the days of the early Christian church, only Easter Sunday was celebrated as a holy day. By the fourth century, each day of the week preceding Easter were established as holy days including Good Friday. To most Christians, Good Friday is really a misnomer in that it was…