CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGES TO HOLY LAND
11 days pilgrimage tour
In the Footsteps of Jesus Christ
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OCTOBER 9 - 19, 2010
JOIN US ON 11 DAYS TO HOLY LAND
ITINERARY
Departure will be from your gateway city/airport. Flight is overnight to Israel to Tel Aviv. Meals served on board the plane.
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Day 2 ARRIVAL TO HOLY LAND
Upon arrival at “Ben Gurion” Tel Aviv airport, group will meet with the guide and drive north along the Mediterranean Sea on the way to the Crusader port city of Caesarea and the Roman Capital of Israel. Here, we will see the archaeological ruins of the Roman amphitheatre from the days of King Herod. Our next stop is in Haifa, and on to Mount Carmel. We will visit Carmelite Monastery, Chapel of the Holy Family and Elijah’s cave. After lunch break you will leave to Nazareth, the basilica of the Annunciation. Continue to Tiberias, free time before dinner and first overnight in Holy land.
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Day 3 CAPERNAUM – MT. OF BEATITUDES – TABGHA
Today we will literally follow the "Footsteps of Jesus". We drive to Mt. Of Beatitudes where the Lord Jesus preached Sermon on the Mountain celebrate the mass here and continue to Tabgha the site of the Multiplication of the loaves and fishes and the church of St. Peter's Primacy. We will visit Capernaum where Jesus spent most of His preaching; new church built at the site of the Home of St. Peter, ruins of the synagogue that had being built in the time of Jesus. Through story of our guide we will get to know more of the Life of Jesus in Capernaum. We will enjoy a boat ride on Sea of Galilee. Dinner at our hotel in Tiberias.
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Day 4 MT TABOR - CANA - NAZARETH 
This morning to beat the afternoon crowd we will drive to Mt Tabor. We will take a short taxi drive up to the mountain to visit the Church of Transfiguration and celebrate holy mass here. After visit we will head down to Cana, the site of Jesus' first miracle. In this little town we will have the Renewal of the Marriage Vows and blessing of families. Same afternoon tour will continue to Nazareth, the boyhood home of Jesus and the place where He spent the first 30 years of His life. We will pray in the churches of St. Joseph and the Annunciation where the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that She would be the Mother of God. A short walk through old Nazareth brings us to see the Well where Mary went for water, visit Orthodox church there. Return to our hotel for dinner and over night.
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Day 5 DAN - CAESAREA PHILIPPI - JORDAN BAPTISMAL SITE
Today we will ascend to the Upper Galilee and Caesarea Philippi (Banias)to the Dan city laying at the southern base of Mount Hermon and was the northernmost point of the ancient Israelite kingdom: “from Dan to Beersheba” (2 Samuel 3:10). Dan was a Phoenician city, originally named Leshem (Joshua 19:47) or Laish (Judges 18:7), which was conquered by Dan’s tribe when it migrated northward.
Then visit Caesarea Philippi which is also the site of Peter’s Confession. Located on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon near the ancient city of Dan, this city is found at the northern extremity of Palestine. It lies in the Wadi Banias, a beautiful area near the Jordan River. It was called Panion in the second century BC, because the Greek god Pan was worshiped in a cave nearby. It was also the place where the King Antiochus III, of Syria, defeated the Ptolemies of Egypt in a crucial battle in 200 BC. “Panium” was governed by Zenodorus, according to Jewish historian Josephus (Antiquities 15.10.3). Josephus writes its cultic site was: “a very fine cave in a mountain, under which there is a great cavity in the earth, and the cavern is abrupt, and prodigiously deep, and full of a still water; over it hangs a vast mountain, and under the caverns arises the springs of the river Jordan.”
After lunch we visit the Jordan River Baptismal site – renew our baptismal vows in the river Jordan. (Bring a swimsuit.)
Then return to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
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Day 6 TIBERIAS - QUMRAN - MASADA - JERICHO
After breakfast, we depart Tiberias. We will be heading south through the Jordan Valley to Jericho, the oldest known continuously inhabited city in the world. After a stop to tell the story of Zacchaeus and lunch, we drive through Judean Desert, passing by the Mt of Temptation. Same late morning continue to Qumran, the place where Dead Sea Scrolls were found, more than 900 pieces in 30 caves.
In the wilderness of Judea stands the rock fortress of Masada, built in the second century BC and also in the year 40 BC by Herod the Great. There we learn an amazing story of the fortress and people died here during the occupation by Romans. Our last stop is for a dip in the Dead Sea. (Bring a swimsuit.) The high percent of solids will make our swimming in the Dead Sea very “interesting”. Then it is back to Jericho for dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 7 JERICHO - BETHLEHEM - JERUSALEM
In the morning after breakfast we drive to Bethlehem (house of bread in Hebrew), to see the church of Nativity built over the tomb of St. Jerome. In the Grotto under the central altar one can see the Holy Manger, and the Silver Star with the Latin inscription "Hic de Maria Virgine Jesus Christus Natus est". After the visit to a birthplace of Jesus we will head to the Shepherd’s Field where Angels appeared to the shepherds (Luke 2), to announce the Birth of Jesus. Here there is a beautiful view on Mt. Herodian and Judean Hills. Later in the afternoon we are on the way to Jerusalem and visit the Upper Room where the Last Supper took place, and the church of Dormition where the Blessed Virgin Mary fell into Eternal Sleep. Our travel day ends in Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
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Day 8 OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM - "VIA CRUCIS"
After breakfast we start our day with a view of the Holy City from atop the Mount of Olives. We then walk down the Palm Sunday Road, the road Jesus followed on His way to Jerusalem. We stop at the chapel of Dominus Flevit where our Lord wept and shed a tear for the city of Jerusalem (Luke 19: 37- 42). We than proceed to the Garden of Gethsemane 
and pray at the church of All Nations (Church of Gethsemane), where Jesus prayed: "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will but your will be done". As Jerusalem is our destiny, today you will enter the Old City and follow the Stations of the Cross the Via Dolorosa, from Pilate’s fortress to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, site of Crucifixion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jerusalem for dinner and overnight.
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Day 9 JERUSALEM - EIN KAREM
In the morning we will drive towards Ein Karem. We will visit the Church of Visitation the site of the Blessed Virgin Mary's visit with her cousin Elizabeth. This is the place where Our Lady said Her "Magnificat". We will pray the pool of Bethesda where Jesus Christ healed a man who was crippled for 38 years. The Church of St Anne one of the rare churches that was spared from destruction of Moslems because was built over the crypt venerated as a birthplace of Mary and a home of her parents Joachim and Anne. At the end of the day we will visit the Temple Mount area with the Western Wall of Solomon's Temple, with the Al Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock mosque above it. Dinner will be at the hotel.
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Day 10 JERUSALEM - FREE AFTERNOON 
Our final day begins after a good night's rest with a visit to the church of St. Peter Gallicantu, the church built on the site of the house of high priest Caiaphas. This is where Jesus spent night in the dungeon after his arrest. On this site Peter denied Jesus three times and the cock crowed (Gallicantu). We will celebrate Mass here. After Mass we will have time to make our visit to Bethany to the church of St. Lazarus. On last afternoon you will have a chance to spen some time on your own in shopping, lunch or just a tea in one of many cafes in Old Jerusalem. Dinner at the hotel.
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Day 11 ISRAEL - USA
This morning we will leave Jerusalem, transfer to Tel Aviv for flight back home.
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INCLUDES
+ Round trip air fares from your departure city
+ Accommodation in double/twin rooms
+ Superior first class 4* hotels
+ Buffet breakfast and buffet dinner daily
+ Christian guide on the tour in Israel
+ High class air-conditioned coach
+ Entrance fees acording the itinerary
+ Porterage of one piece of luggage in/out hotels
+ Daily Holy Mass arrangements
NOT INCLUDED
+ third meal, souvenirs, personal expenses
+ tips for guides and driver
+ travel insurance
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