Christmas Campaign

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The idea

It is a special grace and joy to celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land. We monks are very happy that we can share this wonderful experience every year with many guests and visitors. – Meanwhile, for us to celebrate Christmas in the Holy Land is not only a gift and a grace but also a pleasant duty: Many people know that after our midnight liturgy at the Dormition Basilica we make our way to Bethlehem, to the place of the birth of our Lord and Redeemer. Just as the shepherds did it! Everyone who joins us in this nocturnal pilgrimage has people and prayer requests in his heart and mind: People you would like to pray for in this special night and at this special place in the grottos of Bethlehem.

Therefore, we offer to collect the names of the people who are “going to Bethlehem”: People can send us names, we write them on a big and long scroll.

From there, the title of our Christmas campaign is:

„I carry your Name
to Bethlehem
in the Holy Night“

The “Name Campaign”

Names play an important role in the Bible. They are more than just a label, they designate the person itself. This is also true for God when we baptize and bless to this day “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”.

But it is also true for man: “Fear not, for I have provoked thee, I have called thee by name, thou art mine” (Isa 43: 1), God addresses the people of Israel. - To approach somebody with his name already creates a personal relationship. We need such relationships so that we can truly live. We need exhortation and correction, encouragement and consolation. This does not work anonymously, without names.

To call someone by name is to accept him or her as a person – with his or her individuality, weaknesses and strengths. When we write your names on a long scroll in the Holy Night, we take with your names also yourselves with us to Bethlehem: in our walking and praying, and in our joy for the newborn child in the crib and in our hope for salvation and peace.

The Charity Campaign

The child of Bethlehem, the newborn baby boy of the Holy Night, still has many siblings in Bethlehem: girls and boys, who are a promise for the future of this little town, but who also need to be given care and support. This is especially true for children with disabilities.

Therefore, alongside with our “name campaign”, we also have the good practice of inviting you to join our charity campaign. The donations, on one hand, benefit our community in its various services. But above all, we support social projects and institutions in Bethlehem, such as schools for children with disabilities, nursing homes, day-care programs, workshops and training places for young people with disabilities, and family projects. On our website, you can find more information about the institutions we want to support with the donations from this year‘s Christmas campaign.

We thank you in advance for your kind gift.

Join our prayer community!

There are different ways for you how you and your families and friends can join us on our way to Bethlehem in the Holy Night:

With the online application on this site, with a letter, or an email.

Application with email:

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Our Charity Campaign

If you would also like to join our charity campaign to support Christian institutions in Bethlehem, you can use the online form:

Donate now

Or you may use the following bank details with the keyword „Weihnachtsaktion“:

Any amounts received after the Christmas campaign has ended will be used for next year's campaign, where they will be recorded and passed on accordingly.

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Press Photos (Holy Night 2024)

Feedback from past years

Here we have collected some reactions, requests, and wishes that have reached us over the past years:

Christmas campaign 2023