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Franciscan pilgrimage to the Jordan

Qasr al-Yahud, the Jordan River, near Jericho · January 10, 2027

On the first Sunday after Epiphany the friars of the Custody set out from Jericho and celebrate an open-air Mass on the bank of the river, a pilgrimage kept since at least 1641.

Dates may change — check the organizer’s page. Dates worked out on October 22, 2026.