Holy Land of Israel
For many, journeying to the Holy Land of Israel is a life-changing experience. There is no better place on earth to fell the divine presence with a source of holiness along with inner peace. A pilgrimage experience is an opportunity for believers to explore the diversity of Christian heritage throughout the land of Israel documented in the Holy Bible.
Gather your valid travel documents. Today, your pilgrimage begins boarding your flight to Israel. Meals and drinks are served aloft.
Safe Travels!
Upon arrival at Ben Gurion airport, Tel Aviv, go through customs and meet our guide-escort who will accompany you throughout your pilgrimage. Board your coach bus for the trip to your hotel for accommodation.
Welcome to Israel: Dinner and overnight will be at your hotel.
Hotel in Netanya:
After breakfast, we will have a tour of the city of Tel Aviv, including the old town of Jaffa with its market, and or a walk on the west beach. (at your choice)
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel.
Hotel in Netanya:
Breakfast + Dinner
After breakfast, continue to Caesarea Marittima, to take a glimpse of the ancient remains of Herod’s. afterward. visit Mount Tabor, scene of the transfiguration.
Cana, the site of Jesus’ first miracle. Here couples may renew their wedding vows. the basilica of the annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church, Mary’s well, and the old market. There to the hotel in Tiberias.
Welcome to your hotel for accommodation.
Hotel:
Evening: Dinner and overnight
Breakfast + Dinner
After breakfast today, we start at Capernaum where Jesus lived and started His ministry. We will visit the Mount of Beatitudes, the location of the sermon on the mount.
Tabgha, the site where the miracle of the multiplication of the fishes and loaves took place. Of to a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee as was done in the time of Jesus. back to the hotel.
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel in Tiberias.
Hotel:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Today after breakfast, checkout (with luggage). We will visit Bethany, the site where Lazarus lived with his sisters Martha and Maria. After visiting Lazarus church, continue to the Jordan River to renew our baptismal vows. Drive down the Jordan valley and stop at the oasis town of Jericho, visit the excavations of the oldest city in the world. we view the mt. of temptation where Jesus fasted and was tempted by satan. we will visit the excavations of Qumran where the dead sea scrolls were uncovered. On the way back, there is time for a swim (or rather a float!) in the mineral-rich waters of the dead sea, renowned for its healing properties.
Welcome to the Dead Sea
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel.
Hotel:
Meals: Breakfast + Dinner
After breakfast, check out (with luggage). Early in the morning, we will go to visit Masada an ancient fortification in the Judean desert, overlooking the dead sea. Herod the Great, built two palaces for himself on the mountain and fortified Masada. From here, we continue to Bethlehem, where visit the shepherd’s fields, the church of the nativity, that stands upon the site where Jesus was born. Ein Karem, the birthplace of St. John the baptist and to the church of the visitation, where the virgin mary visited her cousin, Elizabeth. From here to Jerusalem.
Welcome to Jerusalem
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel.
Hotel:
Meals: Breakfast + Dinner
In Jerusalem, after breakfast, today we visit the Mt. of Olives and the paternoster where Jesus taught the lord’s prayer to his disciples. we walk the Palm Sunday route stopping at dominus flevit, where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. In the garden of Gethsemane, we see the rock of agony where Jesus prayed his last prayer before his arrest. (Mass will be at the church of all nations. This afternoon, we drive to the hill of mount zion, the highest point in ancient Jerusalem. It is dominated by the church of the dormition, identified in Christian tradition as the place where the Virgin Mary died or felt asleep, our day ends at St. Peter in Gallicantu, where Peter denied Jesus three times. Return to your hotel in Jerusalem.
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel.
Hotel:
Meals: Breakfast + Dinner
Today: we retrace the last steps of Jesus, as we walk along the Via Dolorosa (way of sorrow), through the markets of the old city praying the stations of the cross. We reflect on the greatness of his sacrifice. finally, we arrive at the church of the Holy sepulcher to celebrate mass at St. Anne’s church, the home of the virgin Mary and her parent’s saints Joachim and Anne, we will stop for a short prayer. We pass the ecce home where Pilate proclaimed “Behold the man”. From here to the Western Wall, the holiest place for the jews. Take the rest of the day free. You can visit other holy sites, shopping, or resting at your hotel.
Evening: Dinner and overnight accommodations will be at your hotel.
Hotel:
Meals: Breakfast + Dinner
After breakfast, check out (with luggage) At the appropriate time this morning we will be transferred to Ben Gurion international airport. Assistance by our representatives. End of our services in the Holy Land. Shalom!
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