Arts & Events

‘Jesus Risen’ statue going up in Jerusalem

Click banner for more info Originally published in The Jerusalem Post In 2023, Father Ibrahim Faltas opened the first swimming pool in Jerusalem’s Old City after four years of herculanean excavation and construction. Now the 60-year-old Franciscan monk who was born in Alexandria, Egypt, has another towering ambition – to […]

World’s oldest Christian liturgical book sold for over R72m

Click banner for more info Originally published in Christian Daily The earliest known Christian liturgical book with the earliest complete texts of 1 Peter and Jonah was sold to an unnamed bidder on Tuesday at Christie’s auction house in London for £3.065 million (R72.125 million), according to reports. Called the Crosby-Schøyen Codex, the […]