Study
2012 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land & Petra (TBA)
w/ Rev. Dr. Christopher Flesoras, leader & guide
Patriarchal & Orthodox Christian Guides
Included:
• r/t Air Sacramento to Tel Aviv – Tel Aviv to Sacramento
• 7 nights Grand Court Hotel, Jerusalem
• 3 nights Ron Beach Hotel, Tiberias
• 2 nights Landmark Hotel, Amman, Jordan
• 1 night, Intercontinental Hotel, Jericho
• All sightseeing and entrance fees
• Half board in Jerusalem
• Taxes and tips for portage, drivers, and hotel staffs
For more information as we look to 2012, please contact Presvytera Eleutheria Dogias, 916.972.8602.
Leave Sacramento & Arrive in Tel Aviv on Monday, October 17
Arrive in Tel Aviv
Boat-ride on the Sea of Galilee, Visit the Mount of Beatitudes (site of the Sermon on the Mount), Tabgha (the site of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes), Capernaum (where our Lord began His public ministry) and the Jordan River for the Service of the Blessing of the Waters.
Celebrate Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, and visit the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth and Canna of Galilee.
Celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Gerasimos “Iordanites” by the Dead Sea, visit the Church of the Prophet Elisha and the Mount of Temptation where our Lord fasted for forty days and nights and the House of Ss. Martha and Mary. Depart for Jerusalem.
Visit the Shepherd’s Field and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the Monastery of the Prophet Elias, the Tomb of St. Symeon the God-bearer, the Monastery of the Holy Cross, and “Ein Karem,” the birthplace of St. John the Baptist. Visit the Monasteries of St. Theodosius and St. Savvas the Sanctified in the Kendron Valley.
Celebrate Liturgy at the Tomb of the Theotokos in the Garden of Gesthemane, visit the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Church of All Nations, the Garden of Agony, the Monastery of St. Stephen the First Martyr the attend Great Vespers at the Russian Orthodox Monastery of St. Mary Magdalene. Midnight Liturgy at the Holy Sepulcher.
Visit the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the Old City, the Prison of St. Peter, the Church of St. Anna, the Pool of Bethesda, the House of Ss. Joachim and Anna, the Praetorium, walk the Way of the Cross to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Visit Jacob’s Well in Samaria, visit Bethany and the Tomb of St. Lazarus. Return to Jerusalem to visit the Western Wall, the Temple Mount, the Room of the Last Supper and the Tomb of the Prophet/King David.
Travel to Lydda visiting the Church and tomb of St. George, the ancient port and the Monastery and Church of the Archangels in Joppa, and Mount Carmel in Haifa.
Visit Madaba-Mount Nivon and the Baptismal Site on the Jordanian side of the River Jordan. Overnight in Amman, Jordan
Visit the Red Rose City of Petra, Jordan.
Travel from Jordan to bathe in the Dead Sea.
Depart for Sacramento.
