A Closer Walk with Thee: A Journey to the Holy Land

October 1-14, 2019 A Pilgrimage led by The Reverend Peter Walsh of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in New Canaan, Connecticut and Local Guide Canon Iyad Qumri

Walk where walked. (where the angel Gabriel was said to have appeared Pray where Jesus prayed. to Mary). We will walk the shores of the Sea of Galilee Experience Jesus’ teachings and visit Capernaum (the site of St. Peter’s house), the firsthand. Mount of Beatitudes (where Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount) and then Tabgha (where the miracle of From the early centuries, prayerful pilgrims have made the loaves and fishes is said to have occurred). We will their way to the sacred places where Jesus lived and visit the Mount of Temptation in the Judean desert near died and appeared after his Resurrection. Join us for and walk the Old Roman Road. Then it is back this unforgettable journey. to where we will visit the Mount of Olives (the place from which Jesus ascended to heaven), walk the Highlights of the trip include, beginning in Jerusalem, Palm Sunday Road, and experience for ourselves prayer visits to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher (the site at the Garden of Gethsemane. We’ll see the Church of venerated as Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified), the St. Peter (where Peter denied Jesus three times), walk famous Western Wall (the most holy site in Judaism, the the Via Delarosa (Stations of the Cross), and pause for Dome of the Rock and the Shrine of the Book (where silent reflection at the empty tomb. We then proceed to the Dead Sea Scrolls are housed). We will visit Bethlehem Amman, Jordan, where we will visit the place of Jesus’ and the Church of the Nativity in Manger Square (the baptism by John the Baptist on the Jordan River. We oldest church in Christendom), as well as Shepherds’ will also witness the Episcopal Ministry of the Holy Land Field and the Herodium (King Herod’s palace). The group Institute for the Deaf and Blind and visit Mount Nebo. will travel to the town of Ramallah, and then (There is also the potential for a side trip to the ancient visit the Churches of the Annunciation in Nazareth city of Petra, for those who are interested.)