#pilgrimage

This article presents the life and martyrdom of the Great Martyr Christina (Cristina) of Bolsena, who was martyred in the year 295 AD, tracing the spread of her cult throughout Italy and Europe, from the mosaics of Ravenna to the Roman basilicas, with reference to hagiographic sources such as the Passio Sanctae Cristinae and the Oxyrhynchos papyrus, published by Lorenzo Cammelli in 1911.

The article describes Jericho, the oldest city in the world, from a biblical, archaeological and historical perspective, focusing on sites such as Mount Carantania, the Valley of Hozah and Hisham’s Palace, as well as the Romanian presence: the Samoilă family, the Hieromonk Juvenalie Străinul, the Nun Galinia Gheorghițan and Saint John Jacob of Hozeva, whose lives and contributions led to the founding of the Romanian Orthodox Settlement in Jericho.

Nazareth, the city of the Annunciation, is presented as the site of the Incarnation of the Son of God, with references to the Spring of the Mother of God, to the life of the Virgin Mary as described by Saints Athanasius, Ambrose, Ephrem the Syrian and Epiphanius, as well as to the two basilicas of the Annunciation: the Greek Orthodox Basilica of Saint Gabriel the Archangel and the Roman Catholic Cathedral designed by Giovanni Muzio.