A group of Israeli students from the Department of Religious Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem visited the Custody of the Holy Land (the convent of St. Saviour in Jerusalem) on Friday 24th April. These students are taking ppart in a special course of the University on the religious communities of Jerusalem and in particular the Christian communities and institutions operating in the city. This course is held by Dr. Amnon Ramon. The students met Fr. Oscar Marzo who spoke to them about the history of the Custody and its activities in the Holy Land. After the meeting, the students visited some premises of the new Curia of the Custody and in particular the exhibition on the Scrovegni Chapel. After that, the students also visited the Church of St. Saviour and then continued with a visit of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.
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