27/02/2019
EXPERIENCE THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT WITH THIS HISTORICAL TRIP TO HOLYLAND!
10NIGHTS Holyland Pilgrimage
$2688
Includes:
Airfare
Airport Transfers
5star and 4star Hotel Accommodation
Tipping
PH Tax
Terminal Fee
Travel Insurance
Tours
Required Deposit: $300
Travel Date: May 1-13 2019
Via Saudia Airlines
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DAY 1 Departure MNL/RUH/CAI
On board Meal
DAY 2 ARRIVE CAIRO, EGYPT (LD)
Arrive in Cairo. Start sightseeing to Old Cairo. Visit the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary
or the “Hanging Church” built in the 4th BC. There were apparitions of the Virgin Mary
here. Proceed to hotel for dinner and accommodation
DAY 3 CAIRO (BLD)
Start the day with a visit to a Wonder of the World, the Pyramids of Giza and the
nearby Sphinx. Then to the Egyptian Museum housing the gold treasures of
Tutankhamen, an exciting first encounter with the splendor of three millennia of
Egyptian civilization. This is one of the richest and remarkable museums in the
world. In between you will visit a Papyrus Museum and a perfumery. End the day
with a visit to the huge El Khalili Bazaars to shop for souvenirs. Feel the time of
Cleopatra as you take on a Nile River cruise with a folkloric dinner show.
DAY 4 CAIRO/ST. CATHERINE (BLD)
Drive to Sinai Desert passing by the Suez Canal and Moses’ Spring.
Overnight in St. Catherine.
DAY 5 ST. CATHERINE/JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BLD)
You may join an early dawn excursion to Mount Sinai, where the Ten Commandments were
given to Moses. It will be an ethereal feeling. Enjoy the breathtaking view of sunrise from the
peak. Visit the Monastery to see the Burning Bush. Leave Taba border and get into Israel. Drive
through the Arava Desert with their rocksand mountains in red, gray, yellow and white, and the
next minute you are at the Gulf of Eilat on the shores of the Red Sea. This was where the Queen
of Sheba arrived onher historic visit to King Solomon. Continue to Jericho, a flourishing oasis in
the Judean Desert at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Archaeological research has confirmed
Jericho as being the oldest city in the world. Jericho was the first city conquered by Joshua in
the Promised Land and it appears as the background for many incidents in the New Testament.
View the Mount of Temptation. Drive to your hotel for dinner and overnight .
Day 6 Jesus The Bethlehem (BLD)
On to Mount lives with its church built in memory of Jesus’ ascension to heaven and a view of
the Old City of Jerusalem, the Judean Desert, Moab Mountains and Dead Sea. Visit the Pater
Noster Church, Dominus Flevit Church where Jesus wept.Then to the Church of All Nations, the Rock of Agony and the Garden of Gethsemane. Remember the Agony in the Garden? To Mount Zion, to visit the Room of the Last Supper where also the Holy
Spirit descended upon the apostles. Nearbyis the Dormition Abbey from where the Blessed Mary went up to heaven. Visit St. Peter in Gallicantu (Caiphas House),the Apostle’s Jail, the Sacred Stairway and view the Potter’s Field.On to Mount Moriah to visit the Western Wall (Wailing Wall). This is the holiest place of the Jewish faith.
Continue to BETHLEHEM, birthplace of Jesus. Meditate on the glory of the Birth of Our Savior
at the Church of the Nativity. Sing Christmas hymns! Celebrate! What a glorious feeling! Drive to
the Shepherd’s Field and Cave Chapel, a recent Byzantine excavation and past Ruth the Moabite’s Fields to the Judean Wilderness. Drive to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 7 Tiberias Jerusalem (BLD)
Pray the Stations of the Cross along the Via Dolorosa. You’ll feel how much you’ve
contributed to Christ’s sufferings, with this unforgettable experience. The way ends at
the most venerated Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of the Calvary. Visit the scale
model of Jerusalem of the Second Temple period in the days of Christ.
Drive through the Jordan Valley , down to the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth.
Swim or test itshealing waters. Available are many products good for skin ailments.
Continue to Qumran. Learn about the Dead Sea Scrolls (part foundation of the Holy Bible)
which were discovered in the Qumran caves. Drive to you hotel for dinner &overnight.
DAY 8 JERUSALEM/TIBERIAS – Nazareth (BLD)
Drive to Ein Kerem, birthplace of John the Baptist. Walk through the picturesque old
village to visit the Basilica of Visitation and the Church of St. John the Baptist.
Continue to Caesarea, built by Herod the Great , meant to be a Roman bastion of
might. Here is where Peter baptized the centurion Cornelius. See the Ampitheater,
a reminder of the Roman, Herodian and Crusader periods. Up to Haifa , Israel’s
third largest city, to visit Mount Carmel of the prophet Elijah. Pray at the Church, the
biggest of the Carmelite Order. See the breathtaking view of the city and take photos
of the world center of the Bahai faith. Renew baptismal vows in Yardenit, site of the
baptism of Jesus by St. John the Baptist. Up to Mount Tabor to visit the Church of
Tr a n s f i g u r a t i o n . Dri v e to y o u h o te l fo r Di n n e r &Ov e r n i g h t
DAY 9 TIBERIAS – Nazareth (BLD)
Begin at the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus proclaimed the Eight Beatitudes.
Remember, “Blessed are the pure in spirit for they will see God”. Meditation here.
Pray at the St. Peter’s Primacy Church on the Sea of Galilee shore. Follow Jesus’
path to Tabgha, where he fed the multitudes with five loaves and two fishes. Walk
along the shores of Capernaum; visit St. Peter’s house, where Jesus preached and
healed Peter’s mother-in-law. Take an exhilarating ferry boat ride across the Sea
of Galilee. It’s a time for celebration. Remember when Jesus calmed its stormy waters?
Drive to Cana to the Church of the Wedding, where the first miracle happened.
Eucharistic Celebration and renewal of marriage vows. Here’s where the first miracle
happened. Drive to you hotel for Dinner &Overnight
DAY 10 Nazareth /PETRA, Jordan (BLD)
On to Nazareth, city chosen by God for the annunciation of the birth of His Son.
Here Jesus grew to manhood. Visit the Basilica of Annunciation and St. Joseph’s
workshop. Continue to the border to Jordan. Arrive at the fabled rose city of Petra,
the 2,000 year old Nabatean capital accidentally rediscovered in 1812.
Day 11 Petra Amman (BLD)Ride by horse to the Siq, a half mile long unforgettable gorge. Experience the “Indiana
Jones” film. At last you stand in awe in front of the Treasury, a Wonder of the World now
declared the new “7th Wonder of the World”, a rose colored monumental building artfully
carved out of sheer rock. Continue on to see the other temples and tombs carved into
the mountainside. This used to be the capital of the Nabatean civilization. Travel to
Amman for the night.
DAY 12 AMMAN/DEPARTURE (B
Stand at Mt. Nebo marked by a simple chapel. It is here where Moses viewed Canaan of
Israel. God did not allow him to enter and live out his life together with Joshua and the
masses he led out of Egypt. Rest of the day is at leisure until transfer to the airport for
your flight back home.
DAY 13 ARIVAL MANILA
