Light is the genesis – the creation of ... in all its different appearances in reality: in the sanctity of place (in the Holy of Holies at the Temple), in the sanctity of time (on the Sabbath ...

In the spring of 1189, as a young student, Theodore accompanied his bishop on a crusade to the Holy ... light had appeared in the wooded area outside the walls of Huy. The local people gave the ...

The temple in Jerusalem (destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70) was a particularly holy place: 1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a ...

The church is the temple of the Holy Spirit, the light of the world and the place where all are to be welcomed as God's beloved sons and daughters. [Patricia Sánchez holds a master's degree in ...

It is from here that we draw the light that enlightens ... the edicule of the Holy Sepulcher. Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, places the embers of the newly ...

The Holy Light arrived in Cyprus on a Cyprus Airways flight from Israel at about 6pm on Saturday. It was welcomed at Larnaca airport with a red carpet and a musical serenade from the military band ...

That idea of saints intensifying prayer, or flagging it to the right place, persists in Christianity today. But it wasn’t just the graves of martyrs that became holy; it was anything to do with ...