PILGRIMAGE TO HOLY LAND

Israel, 2023

Meeting in front of the church with the priest and group attendant from the agency.
We will travel by bus to the airport for customs formalities. Departure to Tel Aviv. We will land at Ben Gurion Airport.
After checking the documents, we will board a bus that will wait for us in front of the airport and we will go to the city of Tiberias for accommodation.
Dinner and a short walk around the hotel.

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TIBERIAS – NAZARETH – CANA – MOUNT TABOR – TABGHA – BETHLEEM
After breakfast, we will clear the rooms and leave for Nazareth, the holy place of the Good News and the childhood of Jesus.
We will visit the Basilica of the Good News (the largest modern church in the Middle East)
Next is the church of Saint Joseph or of the Holy Family. The church was built above the grotto known as “Joseph’s Workshop”
We will head to Cana Galilei village where Jesus has performed the miracle of transforming water into wine.
Taxi ride on Mount Tabor. Here was the Change of the Face of Jesus. Nearby we will also see the Mountain of the Blessings where we will visit the church that was built on the place where Jesus kept preaching about happiness.
We continue the itinerary with the town of Tobgha and we will visit the Church of the Multiplication of Bread and Fish.
The last church we will see on this day will be the church of St. Peter built on a rock on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
At the end of the day we will arrive at Bethleem for a well deserved dinner and accommodation.

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BETHLEEM – JORDAN RIVER – DEAD SEA – JERICHO
Breakfast. The first visit from this day will be made at the Church of the Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Next is the church of Saint Catherine and the cave of Milk.
We will travel to the Jordan River in the place called Qasr-a-Jahud, the place of the Lord’s baptism.
Holy liturgy.
We continue our journey and we will pass near QUMRAM, the historical place where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Here you can take a bath (a unique experience in life) and you can buy different creams with minerals extracted from the Dead Sea.
We continue on our way to Jericho, the oldest city in the world and we admire a panoramic view of the monastery erected on the Mount of Temptation of Jesus.
Dinner and accommodation in Bethlem.

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BETHLEM – OLIVES MOUNTAIN – MOUNT ZION – JERUSALEM

Breakfast. We are leaving for Jerusalem.With great excitement we start today in the HOLY CITY.
Carmelite Monastery “Pater Noster”, a place where, according to the tradition, Jesus taught his “disciples” the “Our Father” prayer.
We will then visit the Franciscan church Dominus Flevit, built in the form of a tear, on the place where Jesus wept for the repentance of those in the HOLY CITY and also wept for the fate he was about to have in Jerusalem.
Holy Mass.
We will then visit Ghetimani Garden and the Church of Nations where the original stone and the place of the Lord’s capture are.
We continue our journey with Mount Zion to visit: “Foisorul Cina cea de Taina”, the place where the first Christian church was erected.
The tomb of King David, the Benedictine church and the Assumption of the Virgin Mary church.
Dinner and overnight stay in Bethlehem.

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BETHLEM – BET SAHOUR – JERUSALEM

Breakfast. We will go to the Pastors Camp where we will visit the Franciscan church.
Holy liturgy.
We continue the itinerary with the old city of Jerusalem; we enter the Lion Gate, we visit the church of Saint Ana, the Betesda scaldator, we will follow the path of VIA DOLOROSA, with the 14 stops of Jesus, the church of the whipping, the condemnation chapel, the ECCE HOMO LITOSTROTOS church, the church of the Holy Sepulcher, GOLGOTA, the place of the crucifixion and the Holy Tomb.
We’re going back to Bethlem.
Dinner and accommodation.

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BETHLEM – TEL AVIV – LONDON

Holy Mass followed by breakfast. Release of rooms. Shopping time. We will then head to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
After the security check we will board the plane that will take us to London. Here we will wait for a bus that will take us to the church where we left.

PRICE: £ 775.00 per person

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR TRIPS SCHEDULED ON 12-18 SEPTEMBER / 10-16 OCTOBER / 7-13 NOVEMBER 2023: 30 JUNE 2023

Services included in the price:
Air plane tickets: London-Tel Aviv-London
Bus fares: London-airport and back
Bus fares in Israel
Airport taxes
6 nights accommodation in Israel in double or triple rooms
6 Breakfast & dinner
Group attendant from the agency throughout the pilgrimage
A Romanian or English translator/guide throughout the pilgrimage
Pilgrim brochure with daily and hourly schedule

Services not included in the price:
TIPS for agency representative in Israel. It is paid on the spot. 25 pounds per person.
Entry fees to the objectives we will visit.
Taxi fares to Mount Tabor (for those who want).
Alcoholic beverages at the table or refreshments
Lunch (for those who want)
Other services than those mentoned in the schedule

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OFFER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Required documents :
Passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of departure for the pilgrimage.

Registration conditions:
When registering, the travel document (valid passport) is required to conclude the contract with the pilgrim.
Payment will be made as follows:
50% upon registration
The remaining 50%, minimum 30 days before departure.

Price is calculated for a group of minimum 40 persons.

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