HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE 2008
PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND
Hosted by
The Reverend George F. Woodward
St. Edmund’s Church
Monday, June 30—Saturday, July 12-2008
SUN, JUN 29, DAY 1 :
DEPART U.S.A
We are on our way to the Holy Land.
MON, JUNE 30, DAY 2:
ARRIVE TEL AVIV / TRANSFER TO JERUSALEM
05:25 On Arrival you will be met by your guide and proceed to Saint George’s College in Jerusalem.
Walk down to the Damascus Gate to get the feel for the distance and our surrounding.
19:00 Dinner at Papa Andrea
Overnight at Saint George’s Guest House
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TUE, JULY 1, DAY 3:
MT. OF SCOPUS / MT. OF OLIVES / GETHSEMANE
CITY OF DAVID / ST. PETER IN GALLICANTU
07:00 Breakfast
08:15 We begin with a panoramic view from Mt. Scopus and the Mount of Olives, then we walk the Palm Sunday road down the Mt. Of Olives to the Garden of Gethsemane with it ancient olive trees and the Church of all Nations, view the City of David , Hezekiah had a tunnel built through solid rock to carry waters from the Gihon Spring to the Pool of Siloam. Jesus healed a blind man who was washed in this pool (John 9:7-11).Drive around the old city of Jerusalem.
13:00 Lunch at the Pasha Restaurant
14:30 Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu. This church was built over the palace of the High Priest Caiaphas, where Peter denied Jesus three times.
19:00 Dinner with Bishop Suhail Dawani
WED, JULY 2, DAY 4:
OLD CITY / WESTERN WALL / EL-AKSA MOSQUE SHRINE OF THE BOOK / SECOND TEMPLE MODEL
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Today begins with a walking tour of the Old City of
Jerusalem, starting at the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) where the faithful Jews cry their petitions to God. We continue to the Temple Area of Mt. Moriah. We visit the El Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock which is built on the ancient site of Solomon’s Temple (Genesis 22:9-14) and over the Rock of Sacrifice where Abraham offered Issac (Genesis 22) .Visit to St. Anne’s Church and the pools of Bethesda (John 5).
13:00 Lunch
14:30 we go to the Israeli Museum and the Shrine of the Book, where the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed, will also visit a scale model of the Old City of Jerusalem, describing the city more as it would have been during Jesus’ time.
19:00 Dinner and overnight at Saint George’s Guest House
Guest Speaker: Contemporary Issues— An Israeli Perspective
THU, JULY 3, DAY 5:
SHEPHERD’S FIELD / BETHLEHEM
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 This morning we start by visiting the Shepherd’s Field ‘ And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night (Luke 2.8)
09:30 we depart for Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity. The Church of the Nativity is located in Manger Square. The Church contains a room where Jerome worked on the Latin Vulgate Bible.
12:00 Lunch at the Bethlehem University.
Return to Jerusalem
19:00 Dinner and overnight at Saint George’s Guest House
20:00 Guest speaker: Contemporary Issues—A Palestinian
Perspective .
FRI, JULY 4, DAY 6:
WAHAT AL-SALAAM / MT. CARMEL / CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION
08:30 Depart Jerusalem for Wahat Al-Salaam , (Oasis of Peace)
A unique community in which Jews and Arabs have
chosen to live side –by-side in a reality of peaceful
co-existence.
13:00 Lunch at Neve Shalom
14:00 Depart to Muhraqa where the Carmelite Monastery of St. Elijah marks the site of this holy prophet’s triumph over the false prophets of Ba’al (1 Kings 18).
17:00 Church of the Annunciation, the traditional site of the Angel Gabriel’s appearance to Mary, telling her she would conceive Jesus, the Emmanuel.
19:00 Dinner and Overnight at the Sisters of Nazareth
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SAT, JULY 5, DAY 7:
MT. ARBEL / JORDAN RIVER / BOAT RIDE / MT. OF
BEATITUDES / CAPERNUM
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Depart to Mt. Arbel for a great view over looking the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights, also we will have a close look at Wadi Hammam most probably the way Jesus would have walked from Nazareth to Capernaum.
10:00 Visit the Jordan River at Yardenit
‘ In those days Jesus came down from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John at the Jordan (Mark 1.9)
11:00 Boat ride on the Sea of Galilee—Lake Kinnereth
Visit the Ancient Boat at Kibbutz Ginnossar
13:00 Lunch (Tanureen Restaurant)
14:00 Mount of Beatitudes, where we read and meditate on the Sermon on the Mount. (Mathew 5)
15:00 Capernaum where Jesus lived during his Galilean
ministry. [Matt. 4:13].
16:00 Eucharist at Dalmanutha
19:00 Dinner at Saint Margaret’s with Episcopal Clergy and youth.
Overnight at the Sisters of Nazareth
SUN, JULY 6, DAY 8:
ST.PAUL’S CHURCH / SHEFA-AMR / DRUZE
COMMUNITY / EXPERIENCE THE CO-EXISTANCE OF THE THREE RELIGIONS
07:00 Breakfast
08:00 Depart for Shfar-Amr
09:30 Eucharist at St. Paul’s Church in Shefar-Amr
12:30 Lunch in Shefa-Amr
14:00 Explore the excavated site of Sephoris and its beautifully preserved mosais, once the center of Roman administration and Jewish scholarship in the 1st century A.D.
19:00 Dinner and overnight at the Sisters of Nazareth
MON, JULY 7, DAY 9:
MT. TABOR / JERICHO / JUDEAN DESERT
07:30 Breakfast
08:30 Depart for Mt. Tabor
09:00 Mt. Tabor and the Basilica of the Transfiguration
‘And he was transfigured before them and his garments became glistering …’ (Mark 9.2)
13:00 Lunch (Al-Rawda Restaurant) Jericho
14:00 Wadi Kelt to View the spectacular hanging Monastery of St. George of Kosiba. St George’s Monastery is a living reminder of the 5th and 6th centuries when the Judean Desert was home to 20,000 monks and nuns over 200 monasteries.
19:00 Dinner and overnight at Saint George’s Guest House.
TUE, JULY 8, DAY 10:
RAMALLAH / TAYBEH
07:00 Breakfast
08:30 We depart to Ramallah (Visit St. Andrew’s Church,
Evangelical school, vocational school, housing projest0
Meeting with the Mayor (Janet …..)
13:00 Lunch in Taybeh (Kan Zaman Restaurant)
15:00 Visit the Brewery in the West Bank, also the ceramic factory that makes the Peace dove.
Meet Fr. Raed Abu-Sahleyah
19:00 Dinner
WED, JULY 9, DAY 11:
FREE DAY IN JERUSALEM
08-09 Late Breakfast
Option 1.
A free day , shop, re-visit favorite sites in Jerusalem or to visit the dramatic desert site of Masada, a fortified palace of Herod the Great which saw heavy fighting between Jewish rebels and Roman soldiers in 73 A.D. You may also wish to visit Yad Vashem site of the Holocaust Memorial, David’s Citadel and David’s Tower.
Option 2.
Join your guide on a walk to the Armenian quarter wherewe will be able to observe the Armenian Vespers.
19:00 Dinner and overnight at Saint George’s Guest House
THU, JULY 10, DAY 12:
THE WAY OF SORROWS (VIA DOLOROSA)
05:30 Breakfast
06:15 Way of the Cross
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “ Eloi, Eloi, Lama sabahtani “ which means “ My God My God Why have you forsaken me” (Mark 15.34)
Silent Reflection at the Empty Tomb
FREE AFTERNOON
19:00 Dinner at Saint George’s Guest House
Overnight at Saint George’s College
FRI, JULY 11, DAY 13:
EMMAUS / ABU-GHOSH
08:00 Breakfast
09:30 Depart for Abu Gosh
10:00 Eucharist at Abu Ghosh in the Crusader Church
FREE AFTERNOON
17:30 Farewell dinner (Christmas Hotel)
19:00 Transfer to Ben Gurion Airport
SAT, JULY 12, DAY 14:
RETURN TO USA
