Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial place ...

More than half a century ago, LIFE dispatched photographer Dmitri Kessel to Jerusalem to observe the rituals that took place there as Christians of all stripes gathered to celebrate Easter and ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Seen from the air, the fragility of humanity as it must have been in the Holy Land in centuries past is plain to see - ancient monasteries clinging to precipices, tiny fishing ...

“Holy Week is a small pilgrimage to the Holy Land,” said Fr. Juan María Solana, LC, director of the Magdala Center in St. Mary Magdalene’s hometown of Migdal, Israel. “It’s accompanying Jesus more or ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL – APRIL 01: A woman lights candles during rituals to celebrate Easter Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City on April 1, 2018 in Jerusalem, Israel. Thousands of ...

Every year, Christians from across the world visit Jerusalem for Easter week, walking the Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus is said to have walked on the way to his crucifixion over 2,000 years ago. Easter ...