The blaze is the most significant Israel has seen in the past decade.

Wildfires continued to burn on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Thursday (May 1) where fire lines were formed by firefighting ...

By Ashlie Miller My grandparents had a print of the painting “Road to Emmaus” by Robert Zünd hanging in their living room for as long as I can remember. You may be familiar with this painting, which I ...

Jerusalemite painter Chana Goldberg’s post-cataclysm pieces in the wake of October 7 and the Israel-Hamas War.

Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in Jerusalem's Old City ...

The Room of the Last Supper, also known as the Cenacle, is located on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The hall was built by the Crusaders in the 12th century, though pilgrims have venerated the site as ...

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That has drawn protests from church leaders, who have accused it of upsetting the delicate, unwritten arrangements around Jerusalem’s holy sites known as the status quo. More on World More ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit ...

The Holy Light (or Holy Fire) is described by many faithful Orthodox Christians as a miracle that occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, or Holy Saturday ...

Thousands of pilgrims normally flock to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher—the traditional location for Jesus’ crucifixion, burial, and resurrection—to witness the ‘miracle’ of Holy Fire. The ...

The capital of the State of Israel houses a Christian temple on the site where Christ was crucified and buried: the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites in Christianity.