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View on city of Ramla from the figure window of White Mosque - ancient Umayyad mosque. Israel

View on city of Ramla from the figure window of White Mosque Lerner Vadim - Shutterstock

Ramla: A Living Crossroads on the Way to Jerusalem

StoriesJune 9, 2025

Discover Ramla, a vibrant crossroads on the Way to Jerusalem—where history, faith, and cultures meet in one of the Holy Land’s most authentic pilgrimage stops

Orthodox Christian pilgrims commemorate the path Jesus carried his cross on the day of his crucifixion along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem on Good Friday

Orthodox Christian pilgrims commemorate the path Jesus carried his cross on the day of his crucifixion along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem on Good Friday Ryan Rodrick Beiler - Shutterstock

Places of the Passion: Memory, Transformation, and Pilgrimage

TrailsApril 17, 2025

For early pilgrims, traveling to Jerusalem was not simply geographic movement. It was a symbolic act of solidarity with suffering and a ritual of interior renewal

José y María camino de Belén

Nativity scenes echo that challenging journey to Bethlehem Jose AS Reyes - Shutterstock

The Journey of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem: A Probable Route

TrailsDecember 26, 2024

What route did Jesus and pregnant Mary take from Nazareth to Bethlehem? The Gospels don’t say, so we can only conjecture.

Basílica Anunciación Nazaret

Basilica of the Annunciation

SitesMay 15, 2024

One of the three great places related with the life of Jesus is the place where Archangel Gabriel announced his birth

Via Dolorosa

Walk the Via Dolorosa, Jesus’ way to death

TrailsMarch 28, 2024

The places where, according to tradition, Jesus walked from the moment of his condemnation to his burial

Holy Sepulchre

The Immovable Ladder: A tangled history at the Holy Sepulchre

StoriesMarch 26, 2024

The seemingly illogical presence of the ladder underscores the unique power dynamics at the Holy Sepulchre.

Santo Sepulcro

Church of the Holy Sepulchre

SitesMarch 26, 2024

The most important Christian church in the Holy Land over the Golgotha and the Tomb of Christ

Via Dolorosa

Queen Helen Coptic Orthodox Church

SitesMarch 26, 2024

Site of the third fall of Jesus with the cross, today it is a Coptic monastery dedicated to St. Helena.

via dolorosa

Eighth Station of the Cross

SitesMarch 26, 2024

A place on the wall recalls the lament of the women of Jerusalem over the death of Jesus