Holyland Program – 07 Days

Day 2

Breakfast, Drive to visit the Wedding Church in Cana where Jesus turned the water into wine at the Wedding (John 2) Then we will continue to Nazareth, Jesus' boyhood home (Matthew 2:23), visit church of Annunciation, Drive towards Tiberias to visit Mt. Tabor, site of the Transfiguration of Jesus , Lunch is St. Peter's fish along the Sea of Galilee. Boat ride at the Sea of Galilee , Back to the Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 3

Breakfast, we begin with a visit to the Mt. of the Beatitudes where Jesus preached the sermon of the Mount (Matthew 5-7) We will visit Tabgha which is the traditional location for the calling of the disciples and the feeding of the 5000 and the location of the church of the multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes (Luke 9:10-17), We will visit Capernaum where Jesus began preaching and we will visit the synagogue that stands on the site where Jesus taught, We will reflect on his teaching and preaching on the gospels (Matthew 4:13, 23), proceed to the Yard nit the Baptism site of Jesus, Transfer to Bethlehem hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 4

Breakfast, Drive to visit the Church of Nativity the traditional site of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2). it is also the oldest continuosly functioning church in the world. visit Shepherd's field, the place where the angel carried the good news to the Shepherd's and after lunch, drive to visit The Old City of Jerusalem, enter from St, Stephen's gate where St, Stephen the first Christian Martyr was stoned to death, we continue to the church of St, Anne, marking the place where the parents of the Blessed Mother lived, we will visit near by pools of Bethseda, where Jesus healed the paralytic. then followed the Via Dolorosa the way of the cross walked by our Lord on the way to his crucifixion, passing the Ecce Homo Arch the site where Pontius Pilate presented our Lord to the crowds. Next we will visit the Western Wall of the temple and the third Temple museum before stopping at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Lunch proceed to the Garden tomb for Communion Services. Back to the Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 5

Breakfast, Drive to visit the The Tomb of the Patriarch's in Hebron (Tomb of Abraham and his son Isaac and Jacob and their wives), Then transfer to Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, where we will encounter a panoramic view for our Introduction to the Old City. We will walk the Palm Sunday Trail to the Church of Pater Noster built on the traditional site where Jesus taught the Lord's Prayer. We will continue to the Church of Dominus Flevit, the place where Jesus wept over Jerusalem. Then we continue to the Church of All Nations built over the rock on which Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified. We end with time in the Garden of Gethsemane. After Lunch, we will travel to Mt. Zion to visit the Upper room, Domitian Abbey and the Tomb of David, We will go to St.Peter of Gallicantu to see the Pit where Jesus was jailed after praying in Gethsemane, Back to the Hotel for Dinner and Overnight.

Day 6

Breakfast, Drive to Jericho the oldest city in the world. Panoramic View of Mt of Temptation where Jesus was attempt several times by the Devil, visit Sycamore tree, proceed to the lowest point of the earth 435M below the sea level, Enjoy the Floating Dead Sea, Lunch, Visit of Qumran the Dead Sea Scrolls, then proceed to Bethany to Visit Lazarus and Martha Tomb.

Day 7

Jaffa Tel Aviv to visit St Peter's Chruch, House of Simon the Tanner, Panoramic view of Tel Aviv City by the mediterranean Sea, Then proceed to Tel Aviv Airport.