Franciscan friar Serge Loktionov shows the sword used since the XIII century by the Custos (the chiefs of the Franciscans in the Holy Land) to anoint knights of the Holy Sepulchre at the Saint Saviour Convent, the headquarters of the Franciscans in the Old City of Jerusalem, on January 25, 2018. Dispatched to the city 800 years ago by the Catholic order's founder, Saint Francis of Assisi, the Franciscans have for centuries ensured a permanent Christian presence in the Holy Land. Pilgrims know them primarily as the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, protecting the site where Jesus is believed to have been crucified and buried. / AFP PHOTO / Thomas COEX