Holy Land

A Lenten journey to the Land of the Holy One

Perspective February 20, 2025

Let Light Shine: the Canadian Campaign for St. George’s is offering an online Lenten program for use in parishes or for individual study. River Through ...

Palestinian student visits and shares experiences in Jerusalem

Leigh Anne Williams January 20, 2025

Let Light Shine: The Canadian campaign for St. George’s College Jerusalem that aims to raise $250,000 to support the college during the current war is ...

Archbishop of Jerusalem sends greetings and asks for prayers for the Holy Land

Leigh Anne Williams December 26, 2024

Archbishop Hosam Naoum of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem sent a video greeting to Synod, wishing “everyone a blessed time and a time with the ...

Archbishop Hosam Naoum and Bishop Shane Parker in Jerusalem. Photo; Contributed

An appeal from our partners in Jerusalem

Bishop Shane Parker December 26, 2024

The Old City of Jerusalem has eight gateways, each one offering a distinctive portal into the place where many generations of pilgrims remember the death ...

Church of the Agony in the Kidron Valley, Israel. Photo: Dean Richard Sewell

Advent and Christmas in a time of war: the Four Last Things

Dean Richard Sewell November 20, 2024

The ancient city of Jerusalem is bordered by two valleys, Gehenna and Kidron. The latter is also known as the Jehosophat Valley in the Old ...

Doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza operate on a patient’s leg

PWRDF health care and education support benefitting people in Gaza and the West Bank

September 23, 2024

The current conflict in the Holy Land began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched attacks in Israel. In response to the ensuing violence, the ...

A crowd of Christians gather at Parliament Hill holding up signs from participating communities.

Walking, praying and advocating for peace in the Holy Land

Leigh Anne Williams, Debbie Grisdale August 22, 2024

Christians and church leaders from multiple denominations came together in Ottawa on May 22 to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and for ...

Na’mat allah wa salamoh Ma’akom!

Perspective May 20, 2024

Bishop Shane Parker sent a video greeting to Archbishop Hosam Naoum and Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem assuring them that they are being upheld by their ...

St. John the Evangelist parishioners holding candles at the outdoor peace vigil in downtown Ottawa on March 6.

Praying for peace

Leigh Anne Williams March 25, 2024

As news of starvation mixed with already overwhelming levels of destruction and death in Gaza, Anglicans were among Christians from diverse denominations gathered at Knox ...