JUL 27 (TUESDAY) We will go now to El Muhraka, a Carmelite Chapel, an alter made of twelve stones which We will start the day by visiting The Mount Of Beati- JUL 19 to JUL 29, 2021 tudes refers to the hill in Northern where Jesus stand at the center of the Chapel from the delivered the Sermon on the Mount The Church of the platform of the Carmelite Monastery on multiplication of the loaves and fish is a Roman Catholic where you can see the sea and the brook Church located in Tabgha, on the Northwest shore of Kishon, which runs at the bottom of the hill the Sea of Galilee. The Church of the Primacy of St. Peter is a Franciscan Church located in Tabgha, Israel in the Jezreel Valley. is the largest city on the northwest shore of the sea of Galilee. in northern Israel and the third largest city in It commemorates Jesus’ reinstatement of Peter, as Israel. A mixed city, 90% are Jews, more than chief, among The Apostles. Capernaum (the town of Jesus Christ) was a fishing village in the time of the a quarter of whom are immigrants from the Hasmneans located on the northern shore of the Sea of former Soviet Union, while 10% are Arabs, Galilee. We will drive back to Tiberias to Ron Beach mostly of the Christian Faith. It is also home Hotel for the night. of the Baha’s World Center. The Stella Ma- ris Monastery in Haifa is a 19th century JUL 28 (WEDNESDAY) Carmelite Monastery located on the slopes

After breakfast we drive to Mount Tabor on the lower of , Israel. The Monastery part of Galilee on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, to a serves as a center of Carmelite spirituality church which is the home of Saint Peter. We then will throughout the world. Caesarea Maritima take a boat ride in the lake and later proceed to Cana Of from 133 ad was a city and harbor built by Galilee, which is the place according to the fourth Gos- pel, where Jesus performed his first public miracle, Herod the Great about 25-13 BC. Japho is an which is the turning of a large quantity of water into ancient port city believed to be one of the old- wine, where the wine provided by the bridegroom had est in the world. The New Testament account run out. After that, we will go to Yardenite, a Baptis- mal site on the Jordan River where pilgrims have the of Saint PETER’S resurrection of the window opportunity to renew their baptism. We will go into of Tabitha takes place in Jaffa. Saint Peter this water too for our blessing. We then go to lunch and later had a vision here, in which God told Him later back to the hotel and dinner at Ron Beach Hotel. not to distinguish between Jews and Gentiles as told. We will then take a cable car ride to

the ocean. Lunch in Haifa, we will go to St. George church in “EL Led” then visit Tel JUL 29 (THURSDAY) Aviv, later we will have a farewell dinner at a restaurant and go to the airport for our flight Unfortunately this is the last day of our jour- back home. ney to the Holy Land so we will take all our luggage and leave it in the bus for the depar- Contact: ture later on the evening. MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A SAFE TRIP FOR YOUR JOURNEY BACK Ray Mishriki HOME. 626-824-1245 909-902-5812

Of Temptation, an Orthodox Christian Monastery JUL 26 (MONDAY) JUL 19 (MONDAY) located along a cliff, overlooking the city of Jericho Depart from Los Angeles airport to Israel and the Jordan Valley. It is built upon the summit of After breakfast, we will leave GRAND COURT Hotel the Mount of Temptation, rising 350 meters above sea and we will go to TIBERIAS so take all your luggage JUL 20 (TUESDAY) level. We will take a cable car to go half way, then with you and make sure you leave nothing behind as Arrive at and transfer to the hotel the rest of the way climbing uphill. Then we will go to we are not coming back to this HOTEL and will spend and overnight at GRAND COURT HOTEL Qumran, which is an archeological site in the West the next 3 nights in TIBERIAS. We will go to Samaria, Bank. It is located on a dry plateau about a mile inland the name is derived of an ancient city with the same from the north western shore of the Dead Sea since the name, near the South of Samaria and was the capital JUL 21 (WEDNESDAY) discovery of the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947. of Israel. In the New Testament, the city is described After breakfast, leave the hotel to Ein Karem (Spring of Khirbert Qumran has garnered a prized as the childhood home of Jesus. According to the Gos- the Vineyard), an ancient village in the southwest of Position at the center of the scroll studies. pel of Luke, Nazareth was the home of Joseph and Jerusalem. John the Baptist was born in Ein Karem. The Dead Sea is the lowest point on Earth and is rich of Mary and the site of ANNUNCIATION (when Mary Then visit the ancient church across the village to the minerals & salt. We will stop at its shores for a swim in was told by the Angel Gabriel that she would have southwest from St. John’s. The site is also attributed to the rich mineral waters of the Dead Sea and take ad- Jesus as her son) in the Gospel of Matthew. Joseph his parental summer house, where Our Lady visited vantage of the mud-rich ingredients. Then to GRAND and Mary resettle in Nazareth after fleeing to Egypt them. We will then go to the church of Visitation, COURT HOTEL. from their home in Bethlehem, associated in religious Bethlehem and the Shepherds Field. Back to the hotel tradition with Jacoub for roughly two millennia. Naza- for dinner at GRAND COURT HOTEL. reth is the largest city in the north district of Israel JUL 24 (SATURDAY) known as Christian. Then we will go for dinner and stay at Ron Beach Hotel. JUL 22 (THURSDAY) We will go and visit the Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu, which is a Roman Catholic Church located After breakfast, leave the hotel to visit The Mount of in the eastern slope of Mount Zion. Olives, which is a mountain in Eastern Jerusalem, The Church takes its name from the Latin word with three peaks running from north to south. The Gallicantu, meaning “cockcrow.” This is in commemo- Mount of Olives, frequently mentioned in the New ration of Peter’s triple rejection of Jesus. This spot is Testament, as the route from Jerusalem to Bethany also believed to be the location of the Highest Priest and the place where Jesus stood when He wept over Caiaphas Palace. Back to the Hotel for dinner at Grand Jerusalem and said to have spent time on the mount Court Hotel. teaching. Also coming there on the night of His betrayal, at the foot of the Mount of Olives lives the Garden of Gethsemane, the Rock of Agony, where Jesus uttered JUL 25 (SUNDAY) His last prayer. Then walk on Palm Sunday Road to the Church of Dominus Flevit. Jesus ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives. Back to the hotel for We will visit The Pools of Bethesda on the path of dinner at GRAND COURT HOTEL. Beth Zeta Valleys. Today we will walk in the old city to the 14 stations of the Cross, called Via Dolorosa, through the markets of the old city, praying at all 14 JUL 23 (FRIDAY) stations until we reach the Holy Sepulchre, also called Church of The Holy Resurrection, built by St. Helena. We will leave the hotel to visit EL AZZAR PLACE, Then we will visit Dome of The Rock (AL AQSA JERICHO (ARRIHA) IS located near the Jordan River, Mosque) and the Western Wall. Back to the hotel for in the west Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is situ- dinner at the Grand Court Hotel. ated well below sea level. Jericho is the lowest perma- nently inhabited city on earth. It is also believed to be the oldest contentiously inhabited city in the world. We will visit the Monastery