Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land

Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land

On Monday, April 25, Saxum Visitor Center will host an event under the title Graphics: a way to discover the Holy Land. This conference will discuss how visual journalism tried to explain the most important site for Christianity: the Holy Sepulchre. During the...
Holy Week in Jerusalem: Live It

Holy Week in Jerusalem: Live It

For the last few years, Holy Week in the Holy Land has been different. In 2020, it was celebrated behind closed doors by the religious communities living inside the holy places and by the faithful in their homes. In 2021, the usual celebrations took place, though with...
Pilgrims are back to stay

Pilgrims are back to stay

More than 10,000 kilometers separate Rio de Janeiro from Jerusalem.This is the distance that Raul traveled to make one of those life-changing trips: a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  “Spectacular,” he summarizes. “There are no words to define what a...
Hooked on the Holy Land experience

Hooked on the Holy Land experience

Marion Barot enjoys getting to know new countries and people. For this reason, her first trip to the Holy Land in 2017, of just six days, was not enough for her. She fell in love with the experience and came back again for three weeks. After that, in addition to her...
Martin and Jernej on visiting the Holy Land

Martin and Jernej on visiting the Holy Land

Read the testimonies of Martin and Jernej, two German university students, who talk about what it was like visiting the Holy Land this past August. Their group stopped by Saxum Visitor Center at the end of their trip. Martin, Physics student, University of Heidelberg:...