Even after the end of the Crusader era, pilgrims carried the image of the Jerusalem Cross, connecting their own faith journeys to the passion of Our Lord and the desire to see the Holy City.

What began as a schoolboy’s hunt for edible plants in Jerusalem ended with an extraordinary discovery: a Christian mosaic ...

The cross remains the main insignia of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem—the Latin Catholic diocese for the Holy Land. After the end of the crusader era, pilgrims carried an image of the ...

uses the Jerusalem cross prominently as an emblem of his office. It can be found at Christian holy sites in modern-day Israel ...

No medieval Christian in Jerusalem could remember ... by Martin Luther). But some pilgrims went simply to meditate on the sacrifice of Christ at the cross, his victory over death in the grave ...

because of attacks by the Samaritans on the Jews as they traveled to Jerusalem. An eastern route, preferred by some, avoided Samaria and took five to seven days. Pilgrims would cross the Jordan ...

It is also understood that the Transjordanians have indicated that they will prevent pilgrims from proceeding from the Old City to Jewish Jerusalem. The Arab action follows closely upon the ...

The procession was the only sign of life in a Jerusalem emptied of tourists and pilgrims and patrolled by ... Land returned to pray the Way of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem.