SOLD OUT - 12 Day Pilgrimage of Discovery to the Holy Land From Pittsburgh, PA (PIT), April 17 - 28, 2023 Led by Pastor Doug Marshall

Day 1: Departure

• Depart for your overnight flights to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.

Day 2: Arrive in Tel Aviv.

• Arrive in Tel Aviv 
• Drive to the hotel in Tel Aviv,
• Dinner and overnight at a hotel in Tel Aviv.

Day 3: Coastal Plains, Nazareth.

• Visit Jaffa.
• Caesarea Maritima.
• Megiddo.
• Nazareth, visiting Mount of Precipice, the Basilica of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 4: Sea of Galilee.

• Visit Mount Tabor.
• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves, Communion at Capernaum,
• The Mount of Beatitudes, hike to St. Peter’s Primacy.
• Enjoy a boat ride and a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” on the Sea of Galilee.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 5: Golan Heights.

• Visit Golan Heights, Tel Dan, Caesarea Philippi.
• Visit Kursi.
• Nof Ginosar – (Sea of Galilee), Mt Arbel.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tiberius.

Day 6: Nablus, Jericho.

• Check out; depart Galilee for Jericho via Jordan Valley.
• Burquin, The Ten Lepers Church.
• Nablus, Jacob’s Well.
• Visit Jericho, view the Mount of Temptation,
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Jericho.

Day 7: Dead Sea Area.

• Visit Masada. Ein Gedi.
• Qumran, the site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Floating in the Dead Sea.
• Worship at the hotel.
• Dinner and overnight at hotel in Jericho.

Day 8: Jerusalem, Mount of Olives, Mount Zion.

• Check out, depart Jericho for Jerusalem.
• Wadi Qelt, St George’s Monastery.
• Bethany, Lazarus Tomb.
• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• The Church of the Nativity, St. Catherine church, the Grotto of St. Jerome.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Jerusalem, Old City

• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Walk down the Palm Sunday Path, visit Dominus Flevit
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations. (Basilica of Agony)
• Mt. Zion and the Cenacle (Upper Room).
• St. Peter in Gallicantu.
• Closing with communion at a private garden of Gethsemane.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Jerusalem.

• The Western Wall and the Temple Mount, view of the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque.
• Visit St. Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
• Visit Yad Vashem.
• Israeli Museum (model of Jerusalem, Shrine of the Book).
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Bethlehem.

• Free time in the Old City.
• Garden Tomb (Communion).
• Closing lunch at the Grotto.
• Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 12: Departure.

• Check out and depart to the airport.