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Thank you for allowing us to present our materials on Christian Travel. We would be honored to serve you. From Genesis to Revelation In the Maranatha Tour Guide you will find itineraries, dates and prices for a few of the tours we have traveling We can take you there! Though The Bible. If after looking at the Tour Guide you find that the dates do not work with your schedule, please let us know. We will then see if we have other tours available that will match your needs. We have The most important decision you will make Maranatha Tours was opened in partnership with travel. They know our wants and yearning to learn regarding a Spiritual tour is choosing the Near East Tourist Agency (NET) in Jerusalem, more of the Bible, and they deliver. groups traveling throughout the year that might be a good fit. company that will arrange the tour for you. You one of the Holy Land’s largest Christian tour We only deal with Christian group travel. Our are responsible to and for your people and must operators. NET has its own hotels, motor coaches staff is trained only in Christian travel as every be sure they receive the best tour for their dollars and management contracts, allowing them full minute of our day is spent dealing with this market Also, we have listed other trips that our Tour Hosts allowed us to show on our website. Please visit spent. We present to you Maranatha Tours, Inc., control of all their services in the Holy Land, and through the years we have developed an and suggest you compare other companies to Jordan, Greece and Italy. expertise that no other company has. maranathatours.com and click Hosted Tours. Look for the dates you would like to go and see if there is space Maranatha before making a commitment. available on your requested tour. Each Tour Host listed is excited about you joining them on their trip of a When a tour host plans a tour, Maranatha Tours Our success is shown by our repeat clients. Many Maranatha Tours specializes in Christian tours gives excellent guidance in determining the very have been traveling with us since 1978. Our tour lifetime. that visit places of the Bible or history that has best tour by becoming familiar with the tour host’s hosts from across the country have traveled with developed our knowledge of the Bible and background and interests. Be assured of a tour us year after year. One of our tour hosts has believes it is a ministry as well as a business. We that will be right for you by utilizing the knowledge traveled with us over twenty times. If you would like to sign up for one of the enclosed tours, simply fill out the reservation form and return it along have established a record of service and growth and understanding of the staff of Maranatha unique in this very competitive market. Tours. We are always available and each tour host will with your deposit to our office. We will then send you additional information regarding the tour. be able to reach us 24 hours a day. When an Maranatha Tours was founded by Richard S. We have set up one of the finest staffs in the emergency arises we will be available to help solve Reilly and Michael S. Reilly to promote Christian travel industry. Our selected agents have years the emergency. Sometimes in travel there are If you are a Tour Host or Clergy: Join us on a ‘Your Tour’ customized to your exact specifications. Tour where group travel. Dick Reilly’s unique background as and years of experience. Our longevity in the weather conditions, etc., that may cause delays. a missionary in India, director of a mission society Christian travel industry shows our strength and I promise we will be there to assist you through and how you like. You can build the cost on a large or small group, with minimal increase for the latter. Other for 16 years, pastor, evangelist and a Youth for integrity. Every one of our agents has been with each and every obstacle. We are committed to Christ leader, brought unusual insight into the the Maranatha team for many years. We have a making sure that each of our passengers has factors such as departure dates, length of tour, additional destinations, classification of hotels, site selection, ways and means of successful group travel. consistency of service in each country where we a life changing spiritual encounter as they stop specific guide requests and special times for study and devotion can be included in the planning of ‘your’ tour. Though Dick Reilly has passed on, his Christian have a group. If you are going to multiple countries, reading the Bible in black and white only, and start philosophy used in establishing Maranatha Tours our staff has to make sure our groups are treated reading it in full color. That is what travel does. lives on. Dick’s son, Michael, as President of the same. Because of our picking caring people Fellowship Tours for 16 years, managed one of in each country, we have accomplished that task. Join us on a life-changing journey. We look forward to hearing from you and serving you on YOUR “Trip of a Lifetime.” the largest tour operations for Christian group travel in the United States and has been President We personally hand pick all our guides and tour of Maranatha since its opening. We are family escorts. We believe that the most important Sincerely Yours, owned and have his son, Greg in sales, daughter ingredient in a tour is your guide. We promise you Jennifer handling all our operations. You will be that you will have one of the best guides each very pleased with our staff’s professionalism and country offers. More than being one of the best, our our concern for each detail. guides will have a full knowledge of both the Old Gregory A. Reilly and New Testaments. Our guides only work with General Director us. Therefore, they are experienced in Christian Dear Jennifer,

I wanted to thank you for everything you did to facilitate our trip to Israel. I personally did enjoy every moment and I know Reba did too. It was good meeting your brother Greg; we enjoyed his company and his help. He did everything to reassure us that we were safe. Now we have a lot of good memories that we will cherish for ever. I can strongly recommend this tour. Thank you again for the part you played; we really appreciate your kindness. God bless. Richard & Ruth Reilly TravelingThruTheBibleShow.com CookingThruTheLandsOfTheBible.com Jacqueline. Maranatha Tours: Bringing the Bible to life since 1974 From Genesis to Revelation, we can take you there! Types of Tours Available WHY TRAVEL WITH MARANATHA TOURS, INC? We have created 2 easy ways you can book a tour. Join us on a Co-Hosted or Fixed Departure Tour. Following is a description of each type of tour. Everyone knows that planning a trip can be stressful and time consuming. It also takes the fun out of an- ticipating your trip. Why put yourself through all of that when you can call Ma-ranatha Tours, experienced and reliable, to plan the most awe-inspiring trip of your life? Co-Hosted Tours Maranatha Tours co-hosts several tours per year, at least two of which go to the Here’s ten reasons why we’re the #1 choice for Christian tours and trip planning! Holy Land. These tours are led by a staff member of Maranatha Tours who as¬- sumes all responsibilities for the details and logistics of the tour. The Maranatha Tours escort traveling with the group is experienced and knowledgeable in travel, tourism in the Holy Land, leading people, and can make a good tour comprised of a variety of people. Dates and itineraries are arranged by Maranatha Tours on all co-hosted programs. 1. MARANATHA TOURS HAS BEEN 4. WE PROVIDE MANY payments when they choose, and we will TRUSTED TO HANDLE CHRISTIAN OPTIONS TO FIT YOUR TRAVELING send all the information and materials needed to be the most prepared they can Fixed Departure Tours TOURS SINCE 1974 NEEDS Join one of our frequently scheduled Fixed Departure Tours, which allows you Since our company was founded, 40 years Want to visit Istanbul before you head be for the trip. to travel at the cost of a large group. The Fixed Departure Tour operates on all ago, we have been successful in providing to Israel? Do you absolutely have to see our Maranatha Pilgrimage Departures. This is a great way to the tour cost the absolute best tours for our clients. We Greece while overseas? We offer pre- and at its lowest, yet travel anytime within the year. The fixed departure tours are hosted and directed by the Maranatha Tours international staff who assume all stand the test of time! post extensions that you can add on to your 8. WE OFFER GUIDED TOURS responsibility for the management of the tour. tour to ensure that you see exactly what OF POPULAR EUROPEAN you want to see! DESTINATIONS 2. WE ARE A FAMILY-OWNED AND From Germany to Scotland to France to Inclusive Tours OPERATED BUSINESS 5. OUR TOUR GUIDES ARE HAND- Ireland, we’ve got you covered! We can All Maranatha Tours include Maranatha Tours was founded by Richard PICKED BY US take you all over ! • Round trip airfare from New York S. Reilly and Michael S. Reilly to promote No surprises here! All of our guides are • Fuel Surcharges Christian group travel. Though Dick Reilly hand-picked by Maranatha and work only 9. WE BRING THE BIBLE FROM • Government Taxes with us. They have full knowledge of the • First Class Hotels has passed on, Maranatha Tours has lives BLACK AND WHITE TO COLOR on and remains family owned and operated. Old and and have years • Deluxe Motor Coaches Our impressive tours, hotels, and amazing • Guides Michael Reilly stands as President, with his and years of guiding experience! sights, mean you’re getting the very • Entrance Fees son, Greg, handling sales, and daughter best experience in the Holy Land! In • Daily Buffet Breakfasts and Dinner Jennifer, handling operations. With the help 6. MARANATHA TOURS PRICES fact, anywhere we go in the Bible is an • All Visa Fees (US Passport holders only) of a few more staff members, Maranatha ARE ALL INCLUSIVE experience that you will never forget! • All Gratuities Tours provides the resources of a big All Maranatha Tours pricing includes round- business with the customer care of a small, trip airfare from New York or L.A., fuel Tours do not include optional travel insurance or daily lunches. family operated agency. surcharges, government taxes, First Class 10. WE CAN ORGANIZE CUSTOM hotels, deluxe motor coaches, tour guide TOURS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR 3. MARANATHA TOURS IS fees, entrance fees, daily buffet breakfasts and dinners, all visa fees, and all gratuities! NEEDS KNOWLEDGEABLE AND Don’t want to join a pre-designed tour? EXPERIENCED IN ALL THINGS With our all inclusive pricing, you can stop worrying about the minor details and start Would you rather explore Israel, Jordan, or TRAVEL RELATED looking forward to your tour! Europe of your own accord? Let us know- We have a strong, respectable background, we can put together the perfect tour to suit and 40 years of experience with the Holy your needs! Land and its surrounding areas! Our tour guides are seasoned experts and you can expect to see some of our staff during the 7. EASY TO SIGN UP, co-hosted tours that take place in March, EASY TO TRAVEL June, October, and November! 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DAY 5 – Saturday: JERUSALEM / MASADA / Arch of Ecce Homo (Behold the Man). We then JERICHO follow the Way of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) through Today we drive to Masada and ascend by cable car to the bazaars as far as the Holy Sepulcher. From the magnificent ruins of the fortress where, from 70 to there we walk from the Christian Quarter along the 73 A.D., Jewish defenders made their last stand in the Arab Souks through the Cardo Maximo and past the Judean revolt against Rome. We see the remains of storehouses, cisterns, and a sixth-century Byzantine Armenian Quarter. Continuing on to Mount Zion we 8 Days in The Holy Land: church. Continuing alongside the Dead Sea, 1300 feet visit the Upper Room and the Tomb of King David, below sea level (the lowest spot on earth), we proceed and then to the grounds of a church called Peter to Ein Gedi where, time permitting, we will walk the in Gallicantu, which affords the best view of early The Footsteps of Jesus path to see the waterfall in the desert. This afternoon Jerusalem from the west. (Here, the Assumptions we continue to Qumran and the caves where the Fathers suggest, was the house where the High were found. We will have a stop for Priest Caiaphas interrogated Jesus). We board our lunch and those that want to swim in the Dead Sea Day 1 – Tuesday: NEW YORK / TEL AVIV bus to the Garden Tomb where we will end our day Tour members are welcomed for our departing may. We travel to Jericho, the world’s oldest city. From with a special visit and the possibility of having a connection flight to Israel via wide-body aircraft the excavated tel atop the ruins of ancient Jericho we arriving the next day. Meals served on board. view the lush green Jordan Valley, Elisha’s Spring, private communion on the grounds outside the city $2299* $2699 $2799 $2899 $3099 $3499 and Qarantal, the Mount of Temptation. We will head walls. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. up to Jerusalem and return to the hotel for dinner. DAY 2 – Wednesday: TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS APR 6 - 13 Today we arrive in Israel where we are met by our DAY 6: Sunday: MT. OF OLIVES / PASSION WALK MAY 11 - 18 / SOUTHERN WALL / BETHLEHEM JULY 6 - 13 guide who will be with us for the time we are in the Holy *JAN 5 - 12 MAR 2 - 9 OCT 12 - 19 Land. Continue past Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel. If you, even you, had only known on this day what 2021 AUG 3 - 10 We proceed to the famous Sea of Galilee where we would bring you peace” (Luke 19:42) Our drive this NOV 2 - 9 check into our hotel for dinner and overnight. morning takes us past the Chapel of Ascension and Paternoster to the Mt. of Olives for an orien- DAY 3 – Thursday: TIBERIAS / SEA OF GALILEE / tation view of Jerusalem and the opportunity of a BET SHEAN / TIBERIAS group photograph overlooking Jerusalem. We then This morning we enjoy a relaxing boat ride on walk the traditional Passion walk. We descend to APR 5 - 12 the Sea of Galilee, landing at Nof Ginosar where the church known as Dominus Flevit (“Our Lord MAY 10 - 17 weeps”). After viewing the Golden Gate, we walk JULY 5 - 12 we will see the New Testament boat found below Jan 4 - 11 *JAN 11 - 18 MAR 8 - 15 OCT 18 - 25 the sea. Continue our morning tour with a visit to downhill to Gethsemane, where we take time to Garden Tomb 2022 AUG 9 - 16 Capernaum, Tabgha, and the Mount of Beatitudes. In meditate on the Gospel text and view the Church of NOV 8 - 15 the afternoon we follow the Rift Valley running parallel All Nations. Enter the Old City and make our way to to the Jordan, along the route Jesus most frequently the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, before we DAY 8 Tuesday: JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV / USA traveled to Jerusalem, to Bet Shean at the foot of proceed to the Jerusalem Archeological Park where We transfer to the airport for our flight home with Mt. Gilboa, where King Saul was slain. Here we see we see the Steps that entered the temple and the unforgettable memories to cherish always. Knowing the evidences of Egyptian, Roman, and Byzantine Southern Wall. It was here that Jesus would have we have walked in the footsteps of Jesus and the occupations, and view the ancient tel, Roman Theater, taught the disciples. See a video that shows the early Christians on such a memorable tour will bring MAY 9 - 16 and church mosaics. Our last stop today will be at the temple as it was at Herod’s (or Jesus’) time new meaning to our Bible reading.a special visit and OCT 17 - 24 JULY 11 - 18 River Jordan where we will have the opportunity to be the possibility of having a private communion on the 2023 JAN 10 - 17 FEB 7 - 14 NOV 7 - 14 AUG 8 - 15 baptized (provided a pastor is traveling on the tour), I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all grounds outside the city walls. Return to the hotel for MAR 14 - 21 NOV 28 - DEC 5 then transfer to the hotel in Tiberias for dinner and the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has dinner and overnight. overnight. been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10- 11). This afternoon we drive to one of the possible sites for Shepherds’ Fields. We continue into Beth- DAY 4. Friday: TIBERIAS / NAZARETH / lehem itself, walking through the restored old town Choose the 9, 10, or 11 day option and expand your 8 Day Holy Land Tour! CAESAREA / JERUSALEM to the Church of the Nativity and visiting the manger “We are going up to Jerusalem.” (Matt. 20:18). We and see the cave of St. Jerome. We drive back to (1) SPECIAL EVENT included: Attend the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Bethlehem. drive west to Nazareth. Traveling through Cana of Jerusalem for dinner and overnight. * January 4 - 11, 2022 Special “Back to Traveling” Departure Galilee where Jesus performed his first Miracle, Join others as we sing carols and pray at this ceremony turning water into wine (John 2). We proceed to DAY 7 – Monday: OLD CITY / Limited Space. New York departure only Nazareth and ascend the Mount of the Precipice at TEMPLE MOUNT/VIA DOLOROSA the brow of Nazareth for a panoramic view of the / GARDEN TOMB Valley of Jezreel, synonymous with Armageddon. “He has risen!” (Mark 16:6) After We then drive through the valley to the mound of breakfast we transfer to the Dung Choose the 9, 10, or 11 day option and expand your 8 Day Holy Land Tour! Megiddo, Har Megiddo in Hebrew, which gave its Gate, where we ascend to the Dome name to Armageddon. We then ascend Mt. Carmel, of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, site of Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal. the third holiest site of Islam, located From there we drive towards the Mediterranean coast traveling south along the coastal highway to Caesarea on the traditional site of the ancient by the Sea. We enter Caesarea Maritima to explore Temple Mount. Here the first and this Roman bridgehead to the east, which became the Christian springboard to the west. After our visit second Temples once stood. Just to this ancient harbor, we board our bus and we head to the north we find the Pools of CO-HOSTED Tours are in RED up the historic Beth Horon road (Joshua 10:10) to Bethesda (John 5) and St. Anne’s the Benjamin Plateau, passing ancient Gibeon and Church. The church is perfectly Maranatha Tours Co-Hosts several tours per year to the Holy Land. Co-Host tours are led by a staff member of Maranatha Tours who, along with continuing on to Jerusalem. Finally, atop Mt. Scopus, preserved from the Crusader we behold majestic Jerusalem. Check in to our hotel the guide, will take care of the details and logistics of the tour for you and will be the point contact should any problems or emergencies. The Ma- for dinner and overnight stay. period – with remarkable acoustics. ranatha Tours escort traveling with the group is experienced and knowledgeable in travel, tourism in the Holy Land and in leading tour comprised Continuing on we see Pilate’s of a variety of people. For individual travelers and those or those who want to just sit back and enjoy the tour worry-free, one of Maranatha Tours’ Judgment Hall, the Chapel of co-hosted programs provides an excellent opportunity. All Maranatha tours have a local guide who greets you upon arrival in Israel and who guide Flagellation, Lithostrotos, and the you through the spiritual aspect of the tour and share their knowledge of His land.

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in Gallicantu, which affords the best view of early DAY 5 – Saturday – BETHLEHEM / Jerusalem from the west. Here, the Assumptions Make this a 10 day tour by adding the Pre Extension to Upper Galillee HERODIUM/ SHEPHERD’S FIELDS Fathers suggest, was the house where the High I bring you good news of great joy Priest Caiaphas interrogated Jesus. Enter the Old that will be for all the people. Today City and make our way to the Western Wall Tunnel DAY 1 – Monday - NEW YORK / ISTANBUL in the town of David a Savior has where we see a model that will demonstrate Tour members are welcomed to New Yorkfor our departing flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft arriving the next day. Meals served on board. been born to you; he is Christ the where we are in location to the Temple in the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11). We begin our time of Christ. Continue along the tunnel as we day with a visit of Bethlehem itself, proceed to the Gateway of the Priests entry to the DAY 2 – Tuesday- ISTANBUL / TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS walking through the restored old Holy of Holies. Next we proceed to the Jerusalem town to the Church of the Nativity Archaeological Park where we see the Steps that This morning we will arrive in Istanbul and transfer to our flight to Israel. Upon arrival in elT Aviv we are met by our guide who will be with us DAY 1 – Tuesday - and visiting the manger and see the entered the temple and the Southern Wall. It was for the time we are in the Holy Land. Continue past Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel, to the famous Sea of Galilee where we check into our NEW YORK / ISTANBUL cave of St. Jerome. We then drive to one of the here that Jesus would have taught the disciples. hotel for dinner and overnight. Tour members are welcomed to New Yorkfor our possible sites for Shepherds’ Fields. Continue See a video that shows the temple as it was at departing flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft on for a hilltop for a view of Bethlehem, noting its Herod’s (or Jesus’) time. Return to the hotel for arriving the next day. Meals served on board. relation to the rest of the central mountain range, dinner and overnight. including Jerusalem, as well as to the desert and DAY 3 – Wednesday- HAZOR/ DAN / CAESAREA PHILIPPI the area of ancient Moab. This is Herodium, the "The Head of all those Kingdoms" (Joshua 11:10) The Sources of the Jordan. This morning our drive takes us to the northern limits of Jesus' DAY 2 – Wednesday - ISTANBUL / TEL AVIV / palace set in a conical mountain built by Herod DAY 8 – Tuesday - OLD CITY / VIA DOLOROSA / travel as we cross the River Hatzbani to Dan. Here we combine a nature walk beside the Upper Jordan with views of the ancient ruins, topped TIBERIAS to mark his tomb. Note the juxtaposition of the GARDEN TOMB by the Israelite high place that supported a golden calf (I Kings 12). Then a short drive to Banias (Caesarea Philippi), dedicated to Pan the This morning we will arrive in Istanbul and two Kings of the Jews. The King Herod buried “He has risen!” (Mark 16:6) After breakfast we Greek god of pastures, flocks and shepherds; here Peter made his great profession of faith, recognition of Christ Jesus (Matthew 16). Driving transfer to our flight to Israel. Upon arrival in Tel in great opulence and the King of the Jews transfer to the Dung Gate, where we ascend to Aviv we are met by our guide who will be with us born in a humble manger in Bethlehem sitting the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, along the foot of Mount Hermon, we ascend onto the Golan Plateau for a magnificent view of upper Israel. On our return we will stop at Choraz- for the time we are in the Holy Land. Continue in the background of the Herodium. Return to considered the third holiest site of Islam, located in and then on our hotel for dinner and overnight. Tonight we join those arriving from the USA who are on the basic tour only. past Tel Aviv, the largest city in Israel, to the Bethlehem where we have time for shopping. on the site of the ancient Temple Mount. Here the famous Sea of Galilee where we check into our This evening return to Manger Square to enjoy first and second Temples once stood. Just to the hotel for dinner and overnight. the Bethlehem Christmas tree and festivities. north we find the Pools of Bethesda (John 5) Dinner and overnight at the hotel. and St. Anne’s Church. The church is perfectly preserved from the Crusader period – with DAY 3 – Thursday - SEA OF GALILEE / remarkable acoustics. Continuing on we see CAPERNAUM /MAGDALA Pilate’s Judgment Hall, the Chapel of Flagellation, This morning we enjoy a relaxing boat ride on DAY 6 – Sunday - BETHLEHEM / MASADA / EIN Lithostrotos, and the Arch of Ecce Homo (Behold the Sea of Galilee, landing at Nof Ginosar where GEDI / JERUSALEM the Man). We then follow the Way of the Cross (Via we will see the New Testament Boat found below This morning we drive to Masada and ascend by Dolorosa) through the bazaars as far as the Holy the sea. Continue our morning tour with a visit to cable car to the magnificent ruins of the fortress Sepulcher. We board our bus to the Garden Tomb 9 Days The Best of Israel Capernaum, Tabgha and the Mount of Beatitudes. where, from 70 to 73 AD, Jewish defenders made where we will end our day with a special visit and their last stand in the Judean revolt against Rome. the possibility of having a private communion on In the afternoon we stop at Magdala, one of the We see the remains of storehouses, cisterns and the grounds outside the city walls. Return to the oldest synagogues dating back to the first century a sixth-century Byzantine church. Continuing hotel for dinner and overnight. $2949 $3199 $3299 $3599 Extension AD. Home of Mary Magdalena and was the fishing alongside the Dead Sea, 1300 ft. below sea level center where Peter would have brought his catch -- the lowest spot on earth -- we stop at Ein Gedi. to be sold or processed. Our last stop today will Here we will have time to walk to the water falls DAY 9 – Wednesday - JERUSALEM / TEL AVIV / Optional be at the Jordan River where we may have the that David would have used while he was fleeing USA NOV 30 - DEC 8 opportunity to be baptized (provided a pastor is from Saul. Next we proceed to Qumran and the We transfer to the Ben Gurion airport for our flight 2021 FEB 2 - 10 SEPT 28-OCT 6 JUNE 22 - 30 Pre Extension traveling on the tour), then return to the hotel in caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. home with unforgettable memories to cherish Tiberias for dinner and overnight. We will have time for those wishing to swim in the always. Knowing we have walked in the footsteps Upper Galilee Dead Sea before we head up to Jerusalem. We of Jesus and the early Christians on such a $299 stop on Mt. Scopus for a panoramic view of the memorable tour will bring new meaning to our DAY 4 – Friday - TIBERIAS / NAZARETH / Golden City before we continue to our hotel for Bible reading. CAESAREA / BETHLEHEM dinner and overnight. SEPT 6 - 14 “We are going up to Jerusalem.” (Matt. 20:18).This 2022 FEB 1 - 9 NOV 29 - DEC 7 JUNE 21 - 29 morning we drive west , traveling through Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first Miracle, DAY 7 – Monday - MT. OF turning water into wine (John 2). We proceed to OLIVES / GARDEN OF Nazareth and ascend the Mount of the Precipice GETHSEMANE / WESTERN at the brow of Nazareth overlooking the Valley of WALL TUNNEL Jezreel, synonymous with Armageddon.We then “If you, even you, had only drive through the valley to the mound of Megiddo, known on this day what APR 18 - 26 Har Megiddo in Hebrew, which gave its name to would bring you peace” (Luke 2023 SEPT 5 - 13 JUNE 13 - 21 Armageddon. We then ascend Mt. Carmel, site of 19:42) Our drive this morning Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal. takes us past the Chapel of Ascension and Paternoster From there we drive towards the Mediterranean to the Mt. of Olives for an coast traveling south along the coastal highway orientation view of Jerusalem to Caesarea by the Sea. We enter Caesarea and the opportunity of a group Maritima to explore this Roman bridgehead to the photograph overlooking Jerusalem. We then east, which became the Christian springboard walk the traditional Passion walk. We descend to Choose the 9, 10, or 11 day option and expand yourCO-HOSTED 8 Day Holy Tours Land are in Tour! RED to the west. After the visit to this ancient harbor, the church known as Dominus Flevit (“Our Lord we board our bus and head south to the city of weeps”). After viewing the Golden Gate, we walk Bethlehem, where we check in to our hotel for downhill to Gethsemane, where we take time to Maranatha Tours Co-Hosts several tours(1) per SPECIALyear to the EVENTHoly Land. included: Co-Host toursAttend are the led Christmas by a staff Treemember Lighting of Maranatha Ceremony Tours inwho, Bethlehem. along with dinner and overnight. meditate on the Gospel text and view the Church the guide, will take care of the details and logistics of the tour for you and will be the point contact should any problems or emergencies. The Ma- of All Nations. Continuing to Mt Zion to visit the ranatha Tours escort traveling with the group is experienced and knowledgeable in travel, tourism in the Holy Land and in leading tour comprised Upper Room and the Tomb of King David and of a variety of people. 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This morning we drive to West DAY 6 - Saturday, THE SOURCES OF JORDAN the best views of early Jerusalem. Next we Ein Gedi, rich in flora and fauna, and walk to a in the Holy Land and Jordan. We then drive up Jerusalem we shall visit the tomb When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea visit the Shrine of the Book, which houses lovely waterfall. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. to the Mt. of Olives to the compound of Augusta of the prophet Samuel and view his Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people hometown Ramah, and Gibeon where say the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Israel Muse- Victoria to witness to active work of the Luther- the Lord appeared to King Solomon John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, um, including the outdoor model of Jerusa- DAY 10 - Wednesday, DAY IN THE OLD CITY an World Federation in health and education. before he built the Temple. Walk to a Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” “But what about lem as the city may have looked in 66 AD. We “He has Risen” (Mark 16:6) Just inside the Dung The rest of the Day is free. We get together for scenic view of the Ajalon Valley where you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon close the day at Yad Vashem – the Holocaust Gate, we will examine the ruins by the Temple our farewell dinner before we transfer to Ben Gu- DAY 1 - Joshua prayed for the sun and moon to Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of Memorial. Dinner and overnight at our hotel. complex, where Jesus taught and He and his rion Airport for our late departure flight back home remain still before driving north through the Biblical the living God.” (Matthew 16:13-16). We proceed Monday, NEW YORK - TEL AVIV disciples walked. Walk to the Western Wall, Ju- Tour members are welcomed for our departing heartland to Nablus (Schechem) and visit the towards the Golan Heights and start with a brief flight to Tel Aviv via wide body aircraft arriving the mound where Joshua renewed the covenant. Stop stop at Hazor, for a view of Mount Hermon and its DAY 9 - Tuesday, THE RIFT VALLEY daism’s holiest site. View the Dome of the Rock DAY 12 - Friday, HOME next day. Meals served on board. I rejoiced with at Jacob’s Well, site of Jesus’ conversation with a surroundings. At Dan, we combine a nature walk “Jesus, full of the , re- and the al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site of We transfer to the airport for our flight home with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of Samaritan woman and drive up to Mt. Gerizim to beside the Upper Jordan with views of ancient turned from the Jordan and was led by Islam, located on the traditional site of the an- unforgettable memories to cherish always. Know- the LORD.” (Psalm 122:1). visit with the local ruins. At the spring of Caesarea Philippi (Banias), the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days cient Temple Mount. Close by are the Pools of ing we have walked in the footsteps of Jesus Samaritans still practicing their faith. Continue north where Peter confessed his recognition of Jesus to Sebastia, where Philip the Deacon preached to as Christ we will visit the stunning remains of a he was tempted by the devil. He ate noth- Bethesda (John 5) and St. Anne’s Church, which and the early Christians on such a memorable DAY 2 - Tuesday, TEL AVIV - EIN KAREM - ing during those days, and at the end of them has been perfectly preserved from the Crusader tour will bring new meaning to our Bible reading. BETHLEHEM such success that soon Peter and John joined him. first-century AD palace belonging to Agrippas This morning we will arrive in Istanbul and transfer Christians have venerated the tombs of St John II. We drive around Mt. Hermon for a glimpse of he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you period. Follow the Way of the Cross (Via Doloro- . to our flight to Tel Aviv. “When Elizabeth heard the Baptist and the prophets Abdias and Elisens, Damascus, and then head back over the Golan are the Son of God, tell this stone to become sa) back as far as the Holy Sepulcher. From there Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, located in this city, since the 4th century. In the Heights to our home on the Sea of Galilee. We end bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man we walk through the Arab Souks, past the Arme- village of Burqin, we find St. George’s Church, our day with an hour on the lake in a wooden boat and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Ina does not live on bread alone.’ (Luke 4:1-4). nian Quarter and exit the Old City through the loud voice she exclaimed, blessed are you among the fifth oldest sacred Christian place in the world, modeled after the ones used in Jesus’ time. women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! And and the third oldest church. According to tradition, Mt Zion Gate to visit the Upper Room and King why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus passed through Drive east to Bethany (the home of Martha and David’s Tomb on the grounds of Mt. Zion. Return should come to me?” (Luke 1: 41-43) Burqin and cured 10 lepers. DAY 7 - Sunday, WE ARE GOING UP TO Lazarus) and into through the Judean desert down once again to the Garden Tomb where we end JERUSALEM into the Jordan Valley and to Jericho (visit the tell our journey tour with a special visit and the pos- After passing through Jenin (the Canaanite village “He will be called the Nazarene” (Matthew 2:23) On After arrival procedures, we will drive up the of this oldest city and view the traditional mountain sibility of having a private service on its grounds. Judean Hills passing Jerusalem en route to of Ein-Ganeem) we come to Harod’s Valley for a our drive to Nazareth, we shall stop where Jesus Bethlehem, stopping briefly at picturesque Ein wonderful view filled with biblical history. Next we performed his first miracle, of Jesus’ temptation). Continue to Qumran on the Kareem village, the birthplace of John the Baptist. visit Beth Shean to climb the tel and survey the the transformation of water into wine. We proceed shores of the Dead Sea to view the cave where DAY 11 - Thursday, LUTHERAN PRESENCE We plan to visit the Church of Visitation (the Church magnificent Roman and Byzantine ruins: theatre, to the top of Mt. the scrolls were found. At Masada take the ca- IN JERUSALEM / USA of the Magnificent - Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-55), bathhouses, ancient rest rooms, market areas, Precipice for a panoramic view of the Jezreel with ble car to the top, visiting Herod’s mountain bun- After a leisurely breakfast we walk to the near- colonnaded streets. Drive north through the Jordan Mt. Tabor in the distance and the Carmel Range in and St. John’s Church before continuing south past ker and the last stronghold of the Jewish revolt by Redeemer church for our own private ser- Rachel’s Tomb to our hotel located in Bethlehem. Valley brings us to the Sea of Galilee where we the west. We shall spend the rest of the morning check into our hotel along the shores of the Sea of getting acquainted with Jesus’ home town, visiting against Rome (66-73 AD). After floating on the vice at the Crusader Chapel. We will have the DAY 3 - Wednesday, BETHELEHEM REGION Galilee for the next 3 nights. its Dead Sea (at minus 1390 feet, as low as you’re opportunity to meet with Bishop Azar to hear “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has spring, where Mary would have done her family’s ever likely to get), we enter the nature reserve of further about the work of the Lutheran Church happened, which the laundry, and walking through the present-day Lord has told us about.” (Luke 2:15). bazaar, over the site of the ancient village, to the After enjoying the wonderful hilltop view of DAY 5 - Friday, A DAY AROUND THE SEA OF Church of the Annunciation. Bethlehem we visit Solomon’s Pools, Jerusalem’s GALILEE main source of water for almost 2,000 years. “They got into a boat, and started across the sea We then drive to the mound of Megiddo, har Passing the of Hortus Conclusus (“the to Capernaum…” (John 6). After landing, “When Megiddo in Hebrew, which gave its name to sealed garden”) in Artas, we continue to one of he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside, Armageddon, and ascend Mt. Carmel, site of 12 Day Lutheran Holy Land the traditional sites of the “Shepherds’ Fields.” and sat down” (Matt. 5:1). Today is dedicated to Elijah’s confrontation with the prophets of Baal. Experience the contrast between shepherds and touring the various important Drive south along the Mediterranean kings when we visit King Herod’s Summer Palace sites around the Sea of coast to Caesarea-by-the Sea. $3699 $3899 $4099 $4199 (Herodium). Back in Bethlehem we will walk Galilee. First we shall drive We enter the ancient harbor of through the old town to the Church of the Nativity to the Mount of Beatitudes Caesarea Marittima (once the Roman and visit the manger and St Jerome’s Grotto. for a visit, a few prayers bridgehead to the East which became and chance for pictures. the Christian springboard to the West). Mar 1 - 12 Then walk through the traditional Souq to the Then drive down to Tabgha Drive up the historic Beth Horon road 2021 Jan 4 - 15 Apr 5 - 16 Oct 11 -22 Lutheran Christmas Church and meet with Pastor where the first feeding of to the Benjamin Plateau, passing Nov 1 - 12 Dr. Mitri Raheb, the acting pastor, acclaimed the multitude took place. ancient Gibeon before reaching writer and director of Dar El Kalima consortium to Continue to Capernaum Jerusalem. Finally, atop Mt. Scopus, discuss the Living Stones. Tour the college and where Franciscan we behold majestic Jerusalem. Dinner the cultural center that he established in an effort archaeologists believe they and overnight at our hotel. to help meet the cultural and educational needs of have uncovered the house of Apr 4 - 15 Oct 17 - 28 Peter. We drive to the northern Jan 10 - 21 the Palestinian community. Dinner and overnight at 2022 Nov 7 - 18 our hotel. end of the Sea of Galilee and DAY 8 - Monday, O JERUSALEM stop at Beth Saida, which “...He saw the city and wept over it...” DAY 4 - Thursday, BIBLICAL HEARLAND is the fishing village of the Gospels, and home to (Luke 19:41). Today we will start on the Mt. of Olives “He answered, “We are on our way from Bethlehem Peter, Andrew, and Philip (John 1:44). It was here with the Old City spread out before us. Descend in Judah to a remote area in the hill country of that Jesus performed most of his miracles. After the traditional Palm Sunday road to Dominus Ephraim where I live. I have been to Bethlehem lunch we follow the eastern banks of the sea to Flevit, remembering Jesus’ entry. At the Garden in Judah and now I am going to the house of the Kursi where the miracle of the swine took place. of Gethsemane we will have some quiet time to Mar 6 - 14 Oct 9 - 17 Passing through Ein Gev we arrive back at the reflect. Continue through the Valley of Jehosafat to Jan 9 - 20 Lord. No one has taken me in for the night. We 2023 Dec 4 - 12 have both straw and fodder for our donkeys and Jordan River and the modern Baptismal site of the Dung Gate where we may descend the slope of the bread and wine for ourselves your servants—me, Yardenit. Here we will have an opportunity to renew first Jerusalem (“City of David”) to the Gihon spring, the woman and the young man with us. We don’t our Baptismal vows before we return to the hotel. and view the knee-high water through Hezekiah’s need anything.” (Judges 19:18) tunnel. . Atop Mt Zion we enjoy

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Travel to the Holy Land 10Days Turkey and easily extend your Egypt Holy Land & Jordan Jordan trip to Petra, Cairo, Beyond the Jordan is a great addition to the Holy Land. See the sites of Jesus and the Red Rock City of Petra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Ephesus, Athens or Rome Starting at $3699

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Italy Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 NEW YORK / AMMAN AMMAN AMMAN / TIBERIAS TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM AMMAN TIBERIAS JERUSALEM Board flight to Arrive Amman Petra Madaba Sea of Galilee Nazareth Masada Jordan Mt Nebo Boat Ride Megiddo Dead Sea Bethany Beyond Tabgha Mt Carmel Qumran the Jordan Mount of Beati- Caesarea by Jericho Cross Israel tudes the Sea Greece Border Bet Shean Jerusalem Greece Tiberias Jordan River

Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 JERUSALEM JERUSALEM TEL AVIV / USA Mt of Olives Old City Board flight to Passion Walk Temple Mount USA Southern Wall Via Dolorosa Biblical Bethlehem Garden Tomb Cruises Co-Hosted Tours in RED - Israel Portion of the tour only I would like to thank you all at Dear Mike, Jenni and Greg: Maranatha Tours for making 10 Days Holy Land & Jordan this a most wonderful and I am sure everyone who were on this memorable time. Everyone has tour will agree this was the tour of all tours. I just wanted to take this $3699 $3899 $3999 $4299 been most helpful and kind. opportunity to thank Maranatha Tours, My body is here in Oz, but my Pastor Gilley and his 3 ABN team for April 4 - 13 Feb 28 - Mar 9 May 9 - 18 heart, soul and mind is still in Jan 3 - 12 July 4 - 13 Europe making this trip most memorable. Oct 10 - 19

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Days Turkey 11 Days Turkey Egypt 12 Egypt Jordan Holy Land & Italy Jordan Peter is quoted as saying “ I must see Rome” From the Sea of Galilee Holy Land, Egypt & Jordan to Rome, this trip will take you there. We visit the Vatican Museum, the Pilgrims have journeyed this route more than any other tour. You see the land of Jesus, the Red Rock city of Petra and the land of the Pharaoh’s. A great one! Sistine Chapel, and Mamertine Prison to mention only a few of the Starting at $4,699 sights we will see today. Starting at $3,999 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Day 1 Day 2 Italy Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 USA / CAIRO CAIRO Italy USA / TEL AVIV TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM Board flight to Arrive Cairo TIBERIAS JERUSALEM Cairo Board flight to Arrive Tel Aviv Sea of Galilee Nazareth Masada Israel Tiberias Boat Ride Megiddo Dead Sea Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Tabgha Mt Carmel Qumran CAIRO CAIRO / AMMAN AMMAN AMMAN / TIBERIAS TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM Mount of Caesarea by the Jericho TIBERIAS JERUSALEM Beatitudes Sea Memphis Egyptian Museum Petra Madaba Sea of Galilee Nazareth Masada Bet Shean Jerusalem Sakkara Felucca Ride on Mt Nebo Boat Ride Megiddo Dead Sea Jordan River Greece Pyramids the Nile Bethany Beyond Tabgha Mt Carmel Qumran Greece Sphinx Old Cairo the Jordan Mount of Caesarea by the Jericho Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Board flight to Cross Israel Beatitudes Sea JERUSALEM JERUSALEM JERUSALEM / ROME ROME ROME / Jordan Border Bet Shean Jerusalem ROME USA Tiberias Jordan River Mt of Olives Old City Board flight to Church of Santa Vatican Museum Board flight home Passion Walk Temple Mount Italy Prisca and Gallery Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Southern Wall Via Dolorosa Catacombs of Sistine Chapel JERUSALEM JERUSALEM TEL AVIV / USA Bethlehem Garden Tomb San Sebastian St. Peter’s Biblical Mt of Olives Old City Board Flight to Biblical Abbey of the Basilica Cruises Passion Walk Temple Mount USA Three Fountains Colosseum Cruises Southern Wall Via Dolorosa Arrival USA St Paul Outside Pantheon Bethlehem Garden Tomb the Walls Co-Hosted Tours in RED - Israel Portion of the tour only Co-Hosted Tours in RED - Israel Portion of the tour only 12 Days12Days Holy Holy Land Land, , Egypt Egypt & & Jordan Jordan 11Days Holy Land & Italy $4699$3899 $4799$4399 $4899$4499 $5299$4699 $3999 $4199 $4699 $4899 June 5 – 16 Oct 9 – 20 Dec 25 – Jan 5, 2016 March 13 - 24 April 2 - 13 July 10 - 21 Jan 1 - 12 Oct 30 – Nov 10 Europe May 7 - 18 Aug 7 – 18 Europe

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Turkey Days Days Turkey Egypt 13 12 Egypt Jordan Holy Land & Turkey Holy Land, Turkey & Greece Jordan Two places of communion not to be miss; Garden Tomb & Ephesus. This trip will Visit the Parthenon & Mars Hill with a tour of the Blue Mosque, St.So- follow the traveles of Paul and visit the 7 Churches of Revelation. phia & Bosphorus Cruise. Your Bible study of Paul’s journeys will come Starting at $4,199 to life on this trip. Starting at $4,199

Italy Italy Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 USA / TEL AVIV TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM USA / TEL AVIV TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS TIBERIAS / JERUSALEM TIBERIAS JERUSALEM TIBERIAS JERUSALEM Board flight to Arrive Tel Aviv Sea of Galilee Nazareth Masada Board flight to Arrive Tel Aviv Sea of Galilee Nazareth Masada Israel Tiberias Boat Ride Megiddo Dead Sea Israel Tiberias Boat Ride Megiddo Dead Sea Tabgha Mt Carmel Qumran Tabgha Mt Carmel Qumran Mount of Caesarea by the Jericho Mount of Caesarea by the Jericho Beatitudes Sea Beatitudes Sea Greece Bet Shean Jerusalem Bet Shean Jerusalem Greece Jordan River Jordan River

Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 JERUSALEM JERUSALEM TEL AVIV / ISTANBUL / BURSA / PAMUKKALE / KUSADASI / JERUSALEM JERUSALEM TEL AVIV / ISTANBUL ISTANBUL / ATHENS ATHENS / ISTANBUL BURSA PAMUKKALE KUSADASI IZMIR ISTANBUL ATHENS USA Mt of Olives Old City Board flight to Topkapi Palace Thyatira Hierapolis Ephesus Mt of Olives Old City Board flight to Topkapi Palace Free time in Acropolis Board flight to Passion Walk Temple Mount Istanbul Nicaea Sardis Laodicea Smyrna Passion Walk Temple Mount Istanbul Spice Bazaar Istanbul Corinth USA BiblicalSouthern Wall Via Dolorosa Blue Mosque Bursa Philadelphia Kusadasi Pergamum Southern Wall Via Dolorosa Blue Mosque Bosphorus Cruise Board flight to Biblical CruisesBethlehem Garden Tomb Basilica of St Pamukkale Bethlehem Garden Tomb Basilica of St Athens Cruises Sophia Sophia Co-Hosted Tours in RED - Israel Portion of the tour only Co-Hosted Tours in RED - Israel Portion of the tour only Day 13 IZMIR / 12 Days Holy Land, Turkey & Greece ISTANBUL / USA 13 Days Holy Land & Turkey Board connection $4199 $4299 $4399 $4899 flight to USA $4199 $4299 $4699 Mar 2 - 13 Apr 6 - 17 Europe Oct 12-23 Aug 3 - 14 Europe 2021 Mar 2 - 14 Apr 6 - 18 Aug 3 - 15

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7 Churches of 9 Days in Turkey: Christianity. Here, we will visit the Mosaic Museum Gospel despite per¬secution. According to Acts, Add Bosphorus to see the second largest collection of classical and they spoke boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the The 7 Churches of Revelation Roman mosaics in the world. After¬wards, we will message of His grace by enabling them to do mi- Cruise head to one of the oldest churches in Christianity, raculous signs and won¬ders (Acts 14:1-3). Then, Revelation the Church of St. Peter. This church is actually a we will head to Konya’s city center and visit the Extensions $2699 $2799 $3099 DAY 1 -,Sunday, NEW YORK / ISTANBUL cave carved into the side of Mount Starius, where Mevlana Museum, which houses the tomb of the Tour member are welcomed for our departing the first Christians of Asia Minor worshipped. Be- great 13th-century Persian poet and founder of DAY 1 - Monday, NEW YORK / ISTANBUL flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft arriving fore returning to our hotel, we will see Selucia the Order of the Whirling Der¬vishes, Jalal ad-Din Tour members are welcomed for our de- NOV 29 - DEC 7 APR 5- 13 JUNE 7 - 15 Pre Extension to the next day. Meals served on board. . Pieria, the ancient port of Antioch from which the Muhammad Balkhi. Popularly known as Rumi in part¬ing flight to Istanbul via wide-body air- OCT 18 - 26 AUG 9 - 17 Apostle Paul and Barnabas embarked on their Western countries, meaning “Roman” in Arabic, 2021 Bosphorus Cruise Turkey craft ar¬riving the next day. Meals served on first missionary journeys as chronicled by Acts his followers and Muslims alike call him “Mevlana”, Turkey $349 DAY 2 -Monday, ISTANBUL Egypt board. Upon arrival to the Istanbul Ataturk Airport, (Acts:13:4). Dinner and overnight in Adana. meaning “our master”. We will then end our day Egypt we will meet our guide in the arrivals hall and at the Karatay Museum. This for-mer medrese, Jordan head to our hotel located near Taksim Square, DAY 10 - Wednesday, ADANA / TARSUS / CAP- or place of learning, was founded in 1251 by the Jordan DAY 2 - Tuesday, ISTANBUL APR 4 - 12 JUNE 6 - 14 the bustling heart of modern Istanbul. Dinner PADOCIA Seljuk emir Celaleddin Karatay as an institution for NOV 28 - DEC 6 OCT 17 - 25 AUG 8 - 16 Today, we depart from our Adana hotel to drive to Islamic studies. Today the build¬ing is a museum

Upon arrival to the Istanbul Ataturk Airport, 2022 and overnight in Istanbul. the dusty provincial town of Tarsus. Once the cap- showcasing the most beautiful examples of Seljuk we will meet our guide in the arrivals hall ital of the province of Cilicia, Tarsus was the site tile work. Dinner and overnight in Konya. and head to our hotel located near Tak- Post Extension to DAY3 - Tuesday, ISTANBUL / BOSPHORUS where Mark Antony and Cleopatra first met, and sim Square, the bustling heart of modern More of turkey & CRUISE / ASIA is the birthplace of . According DAY 13 - Saturday, KONYA / ANTIOCH PISIDIA Istan¬bul. Dinner and overnight in Istanbul. Cappadocia We will begin our day with a morning of to Acts, Paul was born “Saul of Tarsus”, but was / ANTALYA APR 10 - 18 JUNE 5 - 13 $999 shop¬ping at Eminönü’s Spice Bazaar. Al Ba- brought up in Jerusalem and became “Paul the Today, we depart Konya and head to the modern Nov 13 - 21 OCT 2 - 10 AUG 7 - 15

2023 zaar, this large covered market has remained Apostle” after his encounter with Christ (Acts 9:11; town of Yalvac to see the ruins of Antioch in Pi¬sid- DAY 3 - Wednesday, ISTANBUL / TOPKA- the city’s center for spice trade for centuries. 21:39; 22:3). Here we will visit the Well of St. Paul ia. Sitting on the southern foothills of the Sul¬tan PI PALACE / GRAND BAZAAR Next, we will embark on a cruise of the Bos- and the Gate of Cleopatra. Afterwards, we head Mountains, this city was once a major Roman colo- After enjoying our Turkish breakfast, we will phorus, the winding straight that separates north to Cappadocia, where we will stop at Pigeon ny that Paul the Apostle visited on his First Mission- depart from our hotel and begin our tour of Europe and Asia and connects the Black Sea Valley to enjoy a panoramic view of this region’s ary Journey with Barnabas. Here we will tour the the historical highlights of Istanbul. First, we with the in-land Sea of Marmara. This is our unique rock formations, popularly known as fairy archeological site and visit the Yalvaç Ar-chaeolog- visit the beautiful Rustem Pasha Mosque, time to relish the views of the old wooden chimneys. Formed over many centuries by wind ical Museum to see a display of many of the site’s which was designed by the extraordinarily waters that flow down the hilltop’s unique Apostle. Dinner and overnight in Kusadasi. mansions, Otto¬man palaces, and ancient and water erosion on soft volcanic rock, these discovered artifacts. Afterwards, we will continue prolific Ottoman imperial architect, Mimar white travertine terraces. At the sum¬mit fortresses that dot the river’s coast before rock formations rise high from the valley floor like onto Antalya, Turkey’s largest internation¬al sea Sinan. Then walk to the nearby Eminönü’s chim¬neys. Early inhabitants of this region carved resort which sits on the beautiful Mediterra¬nean we explore the archeological remains of the ship drops us off in Asia! Here, we will these chimney tops with birdhouses to collect pi- coast. Dinner and overnight in Antalya Spice Bazaar, the large covered market Hierapolis, a significant site of early Chris- DAY 7 - Sunday, KUSADASI / SMYRNA / visit Beylerbeyi Palace, which was construct- geon droppings long used by local farmers as fer- that has remained the city’s center for spice tianity thanks to Paul’s missionary efforts PERGAMUM / CANAKKALE ed between 1861 and 1865 during the reign tilizer. Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. DAY 14 - Sunday, ANTALYA / PERGE / ASPEN- trade since its creation in the 17th century. here (Colossians 4:13). Here we stroll This morning, we drive to the thriving of Sultan Abdülaziz as a summer residence DOS Afterwards enjoy a stroll through Hippo- among a number of important ruins includ- mod¬ern city of Izmir and visit the ruins of for the Ottoman sultans. Next, we will enjoy DAY 11 - Thursday, CAPPADOCIA After breakfast, we are off to the archeological site drome Square, the former sporting and ing well-pre¬served Roman structures like ancient Smyrna, one of the Seven Churches. impressive views from Camlica Hill. At 268 This morning, we will visit the Kaymakli Un- of Perge, a chief city of Pamphylia that was vis- social center of Constantinople. Next, we the town the¬atre and Temple of Apollo be- It was here that the apostle John relays the meters above sea level, it is the highest point der-ground City, the most impressive of the subter- it¬ed twice by Paul the Apostle and his compan- are off to the domed masterpiece of Hagia fore continuing on to Laodicea. This city was prom¬ise from God: “Be faithful until death, in Istanbul, offering pan¬oramic views of the ra¬nean settlements due to its ventilation system. ion St. Barnabas (Acts 13:13–14 and 14:25). Here Sophiaand then on to Topkapi Palace, the one of the Sev¬en Churches that the Apos- and I will give you the crown of life” (Rev surrounding area. From the top, we can see Af¬terwards, we are off to explore the Monastic we will explore Perge’s extensive ruins, including former abode of Ottoman Sultans that still tle John chastised the inhabitants for being 2:10). Continue on to Pergamum, one of the the Bosphorus Bridge, the Eminonu Penin- Center of Goreme. This open-air museum is dot- a well-preserved theatre, the Agora, a colonnad- houses their legion of treasures, including lukewarm (Rev. 3:14-22). Here we will see most powerful cities in the ancient world. sula, the Sea of Marma¬ra, and the Princes’ ted with quaint carved-from-rock churches and ed boulevard, Roman baths, a gymnasium, the an extensive collection of royal jewels. We the site’s well-pre¬served stadium, gymna- Although the city benefited from immense Island. And if the skies are clear this day, we chapels embellished with colorful frescoes. Then, ne¬cropolis, a memorial fountain, and the Greek will end our day with an evening of shopping sium, and theatres, giving us insight into this wealth, in the , the risen may also see as far as Mount Uludag near we will visit Ortahisar to see its gorgeous valleys and Roman gates. Next, we are off to the ancient at the Grand Bazaar, the massive covered city’s former promi¬nence. Next, we drive to Christ instructs John to convey the mes- Bursa! Then, we will drive across the bridge and stop at the Three Beauties, the most famous Gre¬co-Roman city of Aspendos to see the best- market that houses a labyrinth of streets Kusadasi, a beauti¬ful resort town that sits sage that the people of Pergamum, the site back to Europe and return to our hotel. Dinner of the region’s many cone shaped rock formations. pre-served theatre of antiquity. Here we will also lined with shops selling jewelry, leather prod- Today, we will also hike through the valley of Zelve see the ruins of a basilica, agora, nymphaeum, Ro- on the Aegean coast. Dinner and overnight of “Satan’s throne”, needed to repent (Rev and overnight in Istanbul. and see its hundreds of carved-from-rock hous- man aqueduct, and the Roman Eurymedon Bridge ucts and many other handcrafted souvenirs. in Kusadasi. 2:13-16). To¬day, we will tour the Acropolis, es and chapels and we will visit Pasabag Valley, be¬fore returning to our Antalya hotel. Dinner and Dinner and overnight in Istanbul. the Temple of Trajan, Temple of Athena, and Add More of Turkey also known as Monk’s Val¬ley, to explore its tow- overnight in An-talya. the Altar of Zeus. Unfortunately,Revelation little2:8-11 is left of er-shaped hermitages. We will end our day at the DAY 6 - Saturday, KUSADASI / EPHESUS the altar, which was once among the grand- potter’s studio in Avanos, a town established by the DAY 15 - Monday, ANTALYA / USA DAY 4 - Thursday, ISTANBUL / THYATIRA / KUSADASI est mon¬uments of the ancient world. In & Cappadocia Hittites on the banks of the Halys River. This town Today, head to the Antalya Airport to board our / SARDIS / PHILADELPHIA Today, we are off to explore Ephesus. Lo- fact, every stone of the structure, including has carried on the Hitti¬ties’ tradition of pottery that flight back home via Istanbul. Today, after an early breakfast we head to cated in the modern town of Selcuk, ancient its 400-foot long frieze depicting the battle DAY 9 - Tuesday, ISTANBUL / ANTAKYA / AD- uses the river’s famous red clay to make ceramics. ANA the pier to embark our ferry departing to the Ephesus is one of the most well-preserved of the gods and giants, was shipped off to After enjoying our breakfast, we will head to the Dinner and overnight in Cappadocia. Port of Bandirma. Upon our arrival, we head archaeological sites in Turkey. Originally Berlin by Ger¬man archaeologists leaving Istanbul Ataturk Airport to board our flight to Ha¬tay to the town of Akhisar to visit ancient Thy- an ancient Greek Ionic city built in the 10th only the altar’s foundation. Thankfully, much Airport. Upon arrival, we will drive close by to the DAY 12 - Friday, CAPPADOCIA / KONYA at¬ira, one of the Seven Churches praised century B.C., Ephesus grew to become the more remains of the Great Theatre. Among city of Antakya (Antioch), an important seat of early This morning we leave Cappadocia bound for for its increasing faith but admonished for its largest metropolis and capital of the Roman the steepest of its kind and an acoustic phe- Kon¬ya. First, we reach an- tolerance of Jezebel (Rev. 2:18-28). Next, province of Asia Minor. Ephesus played a vi- nomenon, this theatre could entertain up to cient Iconium, where Paul we continue to Sardis, where we will explore tal role in the spread of Christianity. Starting 10,000 specta¬tors. Nearby are the remains the Apostle and Barnabas the white marble royal way, the massive invested a lot of their mis¬- in the first century A.D., notable Christians of the famous Library of Pergamum. Contin- sionary efforts preaching the Temple of Artemis, the large gymnasium, such as Paul and John visited and rebuked ue our drive to Canakkle dinner and over- and the famous synagogue. Annual archae- the cults of Artemis, winning many Christian night. ological expeditions sponsored by Harvard converts in the process. Mary, the mother and Cor¬nell Universities have unearthed of Jesus, is thought to have spent her last over eighty Greek and seven Hebrew in- years in Ephesus with John, who was en- DAY 8 - Monday, CANAKKALE / TROY / scriptions, as well as numerous mosaic trusted with her care. Today, we will walk on ISTANBUL floors revealing this synagogue as one of the the Marble Road passing numerous histori- After breakfast, we will drive to the village of most significant synagogues of antiquity. Af- cally rich sites including the Temple of Arte- Tevfikiye by the entrance of the Dardanelles terwards, we will head to the modern town of mis (Diana), the fountain of Trajan, and the to see the remains of the legendary city of Alasehir and visit the site of ancient Philadel- Temple of Hadrian. We will also see the Li- Troy. Settled as early as 3,000 B.C., Troy phia, the church that received God’s highest brary of Celsus, which adorns the site’s most was made famous by Homer’s Iliad, the epic commendation (Rev. 3:7-13). Here we will impressive square, and sit in the theater (the ac¬count of the Trojan War. Afterwards, we see the remains of a brick-built Byzantine largest surviving from the Roman period). will cross the Dardanelles by ferry and head basilica adorned with 11th century frescoes. This massive theatre (capable of entertain- to Istanbul for dinner and overnight. Dinner and over-night in Denizli. ing up to 25,000 spectators) was the scene of an uprising provoked by a merchant named Demetrius against St. Paul and his DAY 9 - Tuesday, ISTANBUL / USA DAY 5 - Friday, DENIZILI / PAMUKKALE / teachings (Acts 19:23). Before returning to Today we say good-bye to Turkey and return LAODICEA / KUSADASI our Kusadasi hotel, we will stop at the ruins to the Ataturk International Airport to board Laodicea This morning we are off to visit Pamuk¬kale, of St. John’s Basilica. Constructed by Jus- our flight back home. “Cotton ”, and dip our feet in the “Cot- tinian in the 6th century, this basilica stands ton Castle”, and dip our feet in the thermal over the believed burial site of John the 22 www.maranathatours.com For more information call 800-545-5533 or email [email protected] 23 Maranatha Tours: Bringing the Bible to life since 1974 From Genesis to Revelation, we can take you there!

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2023 NOV 2 - 9 SEPT 14 - 21 DAY 2 - Friday: CAIRO Upon arrival we are met by our escort Horus the sun god, and Sobek the crocodile DAY 3 - Thursday : LUXOR / EAST BANK and board our bus for a transfer to our Add Nile Cruise god. Tonight, we enjoy dinner aboard, This morning will be free to sleep in or to hotel for dinner and overnight. followed by a lively Galabeya Party with a explore the area on your own. Breakfast is DAY 1 - Saturday: USA / LUXOR display of oriental dancing. available at the hotel. We begin our late sunrise and splendid views. At the summit tombs and burial chambers, brings you Depart USA arriving in Luxor the next day. morning tour at the Luxor Temple on the DAY 3 – Saturday: PYRAMIDS / EGYP- is the traditional peak relating to the story to one of the largest theaters in Jordan. Meals served on board. bank of the Nile as well as the complex of TIAN MUSEUM of Moses’ encounter with God receiving the This theater is carved into the sandstone DAY 6 - Thursday : KOM OMBO / ASWAN temples at Karnak -- including Amun Temple, After breakfast, we begin our tour by visiting two tablets with the Ten Commandments mountains of Petra at the bottom of the High / NILE CRUISE the largest columnar structure ever raised. the Pyramids of Giza. Cheops Pyramid, the knows as the basis of the Mosaic Laws. De- Place of Sacrifice Mountain. Apparently, DAY 2 - Sunday : LUXOR This morning we sail to Aswan where we see Continue our exploration amid massive largest of the three which was built in the 3rd scending the mountain we return to the ho- some sacrificial rituals used to take place This afternoon we arrive in Istanbul where the Aswan High Dam. We then head for the columns and inscrutable statues at Luxor’s dynasty about 2690 B.C. and is one of the tel to rejoin the rest of the group for break- here. Now, it is time to walk up hill to the we board our late night flight to Egypt. Upon quarries of ancient Thebes and a chance fertility shrine of the sun god. Then horse- seven wonders of the ancient world. In front fast. We spend the later part of the morning Royal Tombs; The Urn, Corinthian, Silk, arrival in Luxor we will be met and taken to to walk on the Unfinished Obelisk. After a drawn caleches continue to the Avenue of the of the Pyramids of Chephren, we find the touring St. Catherine Monastery, taking in and Palace Tombs. You will have a great our hotel for overnight. relaxing lunch on board, we take a sailboat Sphinxes and Karnak’s colossal wonders. Sphinx carved from a single piece of stone, its fascinating and unique sights and excep- view of the lower part of Petra with all its cruise to Elephantine Island and the Aga Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. it incorporates a lion with a Pharaoh’s head, tional history traditional Burning Bush and Roman remains. We retrace our steps to Khan’s mausoleum. Here the tombs reveal thought to be a portrait of the Pharaoh Che- the Chamber of the Skulls. the entrance and return to our hotel in Petra DAY 3 - Monday : LUXOR / KARNAK / the colossal space concepts of the early phren son of Cheops. After a camel ride we for dinner and overnight. NILE CRUISE Memphis architects. Dinner on board the DAY 4 - Friday: LUXOR / WEST BANK / visit the Papyrus Institute. After lunch we board our bus and head to- This morning we will have free time before ship. CAIRO wards the eastern shores of the Sinai Pen- transfering to our cruise ship where we will After breakfast, a ferry boat takes us across In the afternoon, visit the Egyptian Museum insula on the Red Sea to Tabah where we check in. This afternoon we will visit the the river to the West Bank of the Nile, to famous for its antiquities from Egypt’s Phara- cross into Israel at the southern tip of the DAY 7 – Wednesday: MADABA / MT Luxor Temple on the bank of the Nile. We DAY 7 - Friday : ASWAN / CAIRO visit the fabled Colossi of Memnon. We onic period, which dates back some 50 cen- country and make our way to the Jordan NEBO / BETHANY / AMMAN will also visit the complex of temples at This morning we will be at leisure before we then continue to the mortuary Temple of turies and includes the fabulous treasures of border. After crossing into Jordan we will This morning we board our bus and drive Karnak, including Amun Temple, the largest leave our cruise ship and be taken to the Hatshepsut, Egypt’s only female pharaoh, king Tut –Ankh-Amon (Tutankhamen). Re- meet our Jordanian guide and drive north along the Exodus route north along the columnar structure ever raised. Continue airport for our flight to Cairo. This afternoon and the Valley of the Kings, where we step turn to our hotel for dinner. for approximately 2 hours to the Nabtean famed historical King’s Highway. Arriving at our exploration amid massive columns and we will board our flight to Cairo. Continue to from a dramatic landscape of sun, sand and city of Petra. Check into our hotel for dinner Madab we will see St George’s Church with inscrutable statues at Luxor’s fertility shrine our hotel for dinner and overnight. rugged mountain peaks into the dark silence and overnight. its 6th century mosaic floor showing a map of the sun god. Then we take horse-drawn of some of the sixty-four tombs discovered of the Holy Land as Christian pilgrims knew caleches and continue to the Avenue of the here to date. Return to the airport where we it in that period. Continue to Mt. Nebo, from Sphinxes and Karnak’s colossal wonders. board our flight to Cairo. Upon arrival we will Day 6 – Tuesday: PETRA where God showed Moses the Promised Dine aboard as the felucca sails zigzag transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight. Today we will spend time in one of the Land. across the sunset. Seven Wonders of the World. Start the tour Add Luxor of Petra; you are in the heart of the rose This afternoon we take a short drive to red Seir mountains as mentioned in the the recently discovered baptismal site DAY 4 - Tuesday : LUXOR / ESNA / EDFU DAY 1 - Tuesday: NEW YORK / LUXOR Biblical Book of Genesis. This mountain of “Bethany beyond the Jordan” For us - NILE CRUISE Depart USA arriving in Egypt the next day. range houses the Aaron Peak, which is the Christians, the most significant event After breakfast, a ferry boat takes us across Meals served on board. highest locality in Petra and the burial place associated with the River Jordan is the river to the West Bank of the Nile to of Aaron, brother of Moses. We take a walk undoubtedly the baptism of our Lord Jesus visit the fabled Colossi of Memnon. We through the narrow “Siq” passage, the main Christ by John the Baptist. It is strongly then continue to the mortuary Temple of DAY 2 - Wednesday: LUXOR entrance to Petra, which first brings us to the suggested that this took place very close to Hatshepsut (Egypt’s only female pharaoh) This afternoon we arrive in Istanbul where Treasury, which was featured in the Indiana Beit Abara, where Joshua, Elijah and Elisha and the Valley of the Kings, where we step we board our late night flight to Egypt. Upon Jones’ movie. A walk further down through crossed the river. In the New Testament from a dramatic landscape of sun, sand arrival in Luxor we will be met and taken to DAY 4 – Sunday: CAIRO / SUEZ the outer ‘Siq’, which is encompassed by times, it became known as Bethany, the and rugged mountain peaks, into the dark our hotel for overnight. / ST. CATHERINES silence of some of the sixty-four tombs Starting early from Cairo, we board our bus discovered here to date. Return to our cruise and drive towards Sinai crossing over the ship for lunch. Threading through the Esna Suez Canal we drive through Sinai Penin- Locks, we arrive at Esna an hour later. We sula enjoying the desert landscape, retell- go ashore to visit the ornately hewn Temple ing the story of the Exodus and the delivery of Khnum with its gracious, colonnaded of the Israelites from the Pharaoh of Egypt. vestibule. Return to the ship where we enjoy From here we head straight to the towering dinner as we sail to Edfu. red granite mountains of the high range where both St. Catherine’s monastery and Mt. Sinai are found. Check into our hotel for DAY 5 - Wednesday : EDFU / KOM OMBO/ our evening meal and overnight. NILE CRUISE This morning we explore the birth house at the Temple of Horus and other engaging DAY 5 - Monday: ST. CATHERINE’S / sights. This afternoon we cruise the Nile, TABAH / PETRA enjoying the splendid poolside facilities of For those who are physically capable and our luxurious barge en route to Kom Ombo. would like to climb, in the early morning In Kom Ombo, we see it’s unique and hours we begin our ascent up Mount Sinai, spectacular temple, dedicated to two gods: walking in the footsteps of Moses and the devout pilgrims who have trodden this same Petra route throughout earlier centuries until to- day. We should reach the summit just be- fore dawn in time to witness its incredible

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at JFK International Airport for our depart- 2022 ing flight to Rome via Jumbo Jet arriving Umbrian green hills covered in olive home of the former Venetian rulers with its the next day. Meals served on board. groves and vineyards to reach Assisi. famous Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners Upon arrival, meet your local guide and crossed before being led to the dungeons. start an unforgettable walk through the Enjoy some time at leisure for an optional FEB 20 - 27 OCT 9 - 16 MAY 22 - 29 narrow streets of the ancient town which DAY 2 - Tuesday, ARRIVAL / POZZUOLI JAN 16 - 24 gondola ride or for shopping. Transfer to MAR 20 - 27 JULY 24 - 31 sweeps the flanks of Monte Subasio. You our hotel for dinner and overnight.

Upon arrival at Fiumicino airport near 2023 Rome, we will be met by our escort and will visit the Church of Santa Chiara, the make our way to Pozzuoli (Putuoli) on Bay site where St. Francis was born and then of Naples, where Paul first entered the on to see the house where he spent the DAY 11 - Thursday : VENICE / VERONA mainland of the peninsula. We will pass first years of his life. Then, near the ancient / MILAN /STRESA by the ancient amphitheater and have an city walls, you will visit the Basilica of St This morning we begin a long, but overview of the seaport of Pozzuoli and DAY 5 - Friday, FORO APPIO / ROMAN- with its famous works of art such as the Francis, which houses the tomb of the wonderful day as we head to Verona. the ancient marketplace to recall a small FORA / PALATINE / COLOSSEO / SAN Pieta by Michelangelo. Our morning tour saint. This afternoon we continue north to The first glimpse of the city is love at first ends at St. Peter’s Square. This afternoon Florence. Check into your hotel for dinner Italy touch of what Paul may have experienced CLEMENTE / ST. PRISCA sight. “There is no world without Verona Italy when he arrived. We will check into our After a breakfast, we will depart Foro Appio enjoy some leisure time. You are free and overnight. walls” pens William Shakespeare, who hotel for dinner and overnight. and make our way to the Eternal City. We to have lunch at Trevi Fountain, walk on has lent Verona fame and immortality will begin our walking tour along the Via dei Condotti Street in the fashion district of with his tale of two star-crossed lovers, Fori Imperiali and observe the ruins of the Spanish Steps, or visit Piazza Navona DAY 9 - Tuesday : FLORENCE/ Romeo Montecchi (Montagu) and Juliet Imperial center of Rome. Other important or the Pantheon. Return to hotel to relax ACCADEMIA GALLERY / FREE / Capuleti (Capulet). Re-board our bus DAY 3 - Wednesday, AMALFI COAST / before dinner. NAPLES / POZZUOLI edifices, like the Forum of Trajan, the FLORENCE and continue to Milan, Italy’s fashion and After breakfast, we will begin our journey biggest and most splendid of markets of This morning, discover the cradle business capital. You’ll enjoy a panoramic with a panoramic tour to Amalfi. The Amalfi its time, became the forerunners of our of the , where one tour, highlighted by the enormous gothic Coast, which connects Sorrento with Amal- modern malls offering Roman citizen the DAY 7 - Sunday, PAOLA ALLA REGOLA breathes art in the medieval streets, cathedral known as “Il Duomo” and fi,is widely considered Italy’s most scenic- full array of goods of the Roman world. / CATACOMBS / SAINT PAUL’S OUTSIDE in the craftsmen’s workshops, and in perhaps the world’s premier opera house, stretch of coastline, with a landscape of We will view the Capitoline Hill, the former THE WALLS the Renaissance Palaces. Visit the the Teatro alla La Scala. Board your bus to towering bluffs, and pastel-hued villages. political and religious center of the town, This morning we will visit the most Baptistery of St. John, the religious reach your hotel located on the Maggiore Deemed by UNESCO “an outstanding ex- which today is the seat of the Municipality interesting sites which are linked with the essence of the city, the Duomo with Lake. Dinner and overnight. ample of a Mediterranean landscape, with of Rome. The stairway opens to the Piazza life of the Apostle Paul in Rome beginning the Medici Chapel, the Church of exceptional cultural and natural scenic del Campidoglio, a magnificent result of a with Insula di San Paolo alla Regola. St. Lorenzo, Piazza della Signoria values,” the coast was awarded a coveted project by Michelangelo, built around a Tradition has it that this is the area for and the Basilica of Santa Croce, a DAY 12 - Friday : STRESA / LAKE spot on the World Heritage list in 1997. We copy of the most famous equestrian statue Paul’s first visit and house arrest in about masterpiece of Gothic art and the MAGGIORE will have time for lunch and exploring in in the world, that of the stoic Emperor 62 C.E. Continue on to the Abbey of pantheon of famous Italians such as Today we enjoy a relaxing day around Amalfi. In the afternoon on our return, we Marcus Aurelius. Behind Piazza del the Three Fountains, the place of Paul’s Michelangelo. Visit the Accademia Lake Maggiore which stretches all the will have a panoramic view of the Bay of Campidoglio a natural terrace will offer martyrdom, where tradition has it that Gallery, which hosts Michelangelo’s way up into Switzerland. Like all of Naples where we will be able to observe us the best panoramic view of the valley three different springs gushed out at each famous David. The rest of the day these prealpine lakes, it’s renowned its seaport and have breathtaking views of of the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill. spot touched when Paul’s head fell down. is at leisure to explore additional for being beautiful, and has attracted Mt.Vesuvius. Return to the hotel for dinner We will view the Mammertime Prison and Next, we visit St. Paul Outside the Walls treasures of Florence and shop on celebrity visitors from Napoleon to Ernest and overnight. our visit to the Arch of Constantine, will and the adjoining basilica where the your own. The outdoor Market of San Hemingway, to Prince Charles and Lady remind us of the victory of the emperor bones of Paul have recently been found. Lorenzo boasts leather products, and Diana. We will board our private vessel over Maxentius in the 4th century CE We continue to the northern end of the the Ponte Vecchio, covered since as we tour around Lake Maggiore and the that gave rise to the legalization and later ancient Via Appia, to visit the Catacombs medieval times with goldsmiths’ Borromean Islands. Glide by lush lakeside DAY 4 - Thursday, POMPEI / MINTURNO of Santa Domitilla. We will board our / FORO APPIO adoption of Christianity. Next we visit shops, is a must for Florence’s gardens and towns, stopping to view After breakfast, we depart for Pompeii, the Colosseum, stage for the historical bus and, time allowing, continue to the other specialty, gold jewelry. Borromean Palace on Isola Bella. Return where we will be joined by our local guide fights of the gladiators where thousands Basilica of San John di Lateran, which Dinner and overnight in to the hotel where the afternoon will be to have an archeological journey through of people and animals perished. After a became among one of the most important Florence. free to relax, explore the area on your own, the ancient city. Buried under a layer of break for lunch, we will visit the Basilica of Christian Churches of Rome, reminding and to get ready for our early morning ashes and pyroclastic flow by a sudden San Clemente. We will be reminded of us of the many early converts to the faith, departure tomorrow. Dinner at the hotel. eruption of Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the city the early companions of Paul, traveling to and the process of moving it from a rogue DAY 10 - Wednesday : shows us Roman life frozen in time to that the Aventine Hill to the traditional home of i n fl u e n c e to a s p o n s o r e d a n d o r d e r e d f a i t h. FLORENCE / VENICE DAY 13 - Saturday :STRESA/ MILAN / USA of the early apostles. We will visit houses, Priscillla and Aquila, (based on a C5th CE Return to hotel for dinner and overnight. Depart Florence after Early morning transfer to the airport for our shops, temples, squares, streets, and document) now located below the Church breakfast and drive flight back home. We have walked where even some of the darker quarters of the of Santa Prisca. After our visit, we will through the scenic Tuscan Paul and Peter ministered to the early city, such as the “Lupanare” (house of make our way to our hotel for dinner and countryside to the highway church and to us as well. overnight. DAY 8 - Monday, ROME / USA where we travel towards Prostitutes) and the “Suburbane Thermae“ Vatican City as well. (with its graphic frescos). As we make our We will be taken to the airport for our the north and reach Venice. way north, we will rejoin the ancient Appian flight home. We will cherish the memories roadway traveled by Paul, stopping at the DAY 6 - Saturday, VATICAN MUSEUMS / of Paul the Apostle’s life that changed the partially restored ruins of the Roman village ST. PETER’S BASILICA / ROME SIGHTS course of man. of Minturno. We continue on for our over- This morning we will be overwhelmed night in Foro Appio in the nearby “Mansio by the art and beauty found in our visit to Hotel”. A mansio was an official stopping the Vatican Museums. Here we will see place along a Roman road maintained by the Apartments of Julius II, splendidly the central government for the use of those decorated by Raphael and his assistants, traveling on official business. In such a and the Sistine Chapel, where you will place, Paul could have hosted the early be- admire one of the highest masterpieces of lievers and drawn some encouragement. art: The Genesis and the Last Judgment by Our evening will include a unique experi- Michelangelo. Leaving the Sistine Chapel ence with a dinner based on some ancient and going down the Royal Stairway, we traditional Roman recipes. make our way to the Basilica of St. Peter

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$2999 $3099 $3399 $3699 Extensions beautiful verdant island, where Saint John the treasures. Our included tour of the city takes Post Extenstions Add Aegean Cruise Evangelist wrote the book of Revelation in a us on a short drive to the Minoan Palace of mountainside grotto, after hearing the voice Knossos, home to Europe’s oldest civilization. APR 19 - 26 Aegean Cruise of God. Atop its highest hill, within the halls If you are not into sightseeing, walk the city April $2299 DAY 8 – Monday: ATHENS / LAVRION / MYKONOS of Hora, stands the monastery founded in his center where you can dine or shop. FEB 16 - 23* SEPT 20 - 27 AUG 16 - 23 JUNE 14 - 21 June $2399 honor in 1088. This island apart from its great This afternoon we continue our cruise to 2021 NOV 2 - 9 This morning we are taken to Piraeus to start August.$2099 our Aegean Cruise. Late this afternoon we significance to Christians all over the world, is Santorini, which is one of the most renowned September$2599 arrive at our first stop, Mykonos, a hilly, rock- now turning into a cosmopolitan destination. places of the world. People travel thousands of ribbed island of 29 square miles, dotted with Included is a shore excursion to St. John’s miles in order to admire its unique geography, more than 350 tiny chapels built by 19th- Monastery and Grotto of the Apocalypse. which is a result of an earthquake that took century pirates for the protection of their place many centuries ago. Our included shore APR 18 - 25 Paul In Italy patron saints. Time to visit this fishing harbor DAY 10 – Wednesday: RHODES excursion takes us to the picturesque village FEB 15 - 22 SEPT 19 - 26 AUG 15 - 22 JUNE 13 - 20 $2299 with shops and boutiques selling handmade This morning we arrive at the island of of Oia, located on the caldera rim 300 meters (February - Novem- Rhodes. Separated by a mere 10-mile strait above the sea. 2022 NOV 8 - 15 sweaters, dresses, fabrics, jewelry, and other ber) items at bargain prices. This evening we return from the Asia Minor coast, Rhodes is blessed to the ship for overnight and resume sailing. by nature with exceptional gifts. Homer called DAY 12 – Friday: LAVRION / ATHENS / NEW it “the Bride of the Sun,” later poets “the Island YORK of Roses.” In the , the Knights of This morning we will arrive at Lavrion, the port APR 17 - 24 DAY 9 – Tuesday: EPHESUS / PATMOS Kusadasi is a beach resort in Turkey famous St. John of Jerusalem established themselves of Athens. We will board our motor coach and FEB 14 - 21 SEPT 18 - 25 AUG 14 - 21 JUNE 12 - 19 for its marina and its colorful bazaar where at Rhodes and built a fortified city, now the be taken to the airport for our flight home. 2023 NOV 7 - 14 visitors can find a wide selection of hand-made best-preserved of its kind in the Mediterranean carpets, leather bags, and local products. But area. Shore excursion included to Philerimos mostly, Kusadasi is known due to its proximity Church and Palace of the Knights. to the ancient ruins of Ephesus, and its Terrace * February & November tours depart the USA on Tuesday. Houses, one of the world’s largest open-air DAY 11 –Thursday: CRETE (HERAKLION) Delphi museums, the House of Virgin Mary and the / SANTORINI Sirince Village. Included shore excursion to the This morning we arrive in Heraklion, the tomb of Alexander the Great and then on to the national highway through famous The- House of Virgin Mary and Ancient Ephesus. capital of Crete, a former Venetian harbor DAY 1 – Monday: NEW YORK / CHICAGO Veria, or Beroea, where Paul found people bes, Levadia, and the village of Arachova. This afternoon our ship takes us to Patmos, a with representative architecture and art and or LOS ANGELES / ATHENS who eagerly received his message, “examin- Continue to the hotel in Athens where we an archaeological museum with invaluable Tour members are welcomed at JFK ing the Scriptures daily to see if these things check in for dinner. International Airport for our departing flight were true” (Acts 17:11). Continue our drive to to Athens via aircraft arriving the next day. Kozani and on to Kalambaka for dinner and DAY 7 - Sunday: ATHENS / ACROPOLIS / Meals served on board. overnight. CORINTH Post Extension Options This morning we visit the important modern DAY 2 - Tuesday: ATHENS /THESSALON- DAY 5 - Friday: KALAMBAKA / DELPHI and archaeological sites in the city of Athens, 8 Days in Greece: Footsteps of Paul IKI This morning we visit Meteora, a cluster of the Acropolis, and neighboring monuments. Greece This morning we will arrive in Athens and pillars of rock, and the “Hanging Monaster- While driving through the main streets of Greece transfer to our flight to Thessaloniki. Upon ies” perched on top of rock cliffs. There are Athens, we have an opportunity to see other inhabitants during its last moments. Visiting We arrive in Rome in the late morning. In arrival we are met and taken to our hotel our 13 here, only 4 of which are places of interest such as the University, the Add Paul In Italy the “Frozen City” creates a feeling similar to the afternoon we will visit the Roman Forum, hotel for dinner and overnight. inhabited by monks. We continue our drive Academy, the National Library, the Temple that experienced by Paul when he walked Colosseum and Mamertine Prison, where through the beautiful scenery of Greece. of Zeus, the Pan Athenian Stadium, Omonia through similar streets from his time. Then we Paul was held. Check into our hotel for dinner DAY 3 - Wednesday: PHILIPPI / KAVALA Imagine Paul walking with his followers and Square, Constitution Square, and the Royal DAY 8 - Monday: ATHENS / MYCENAE / will visit the houses, shops, temples, squares, and overnight / THESSALONIKI teaching them God’s word as they continued Palace. This afternoon we drive along the PATRAS streets and also the “Lupanare” (which was a Today we enjoy a full-day excursion to Philip- down the road. Our bus will take us through coastal road to Corinth. Continue along We depart Athens and journey on to Mycenae. brothel with its frescos showing erotic scenes) DAY 12 - Friday: ROME / VATICAN CITY / pi and Kavala. Paul landed at Kavala (Ne- Larissa, Lamia, and Trikala and on to Delphi the wonderful beach of Kinetta, we make The Mycenaean’s were fierce warriors and the “Suburbane Therm” (with erotic CATACOMBS / ST. PAULS’S apolis), coming from Troas, with Timothy for dinner and overnight. a brief stop at the Corinth Canal, then on and great engineers who designed and frescoes, among which the only saffico-picture This morning we visit the Vatican Museum and Silas. This ancient city was renamed to ancient Corinth to visit the Museum, the built remarkable bridges, walls, of the Roman world). Now you understand and Gallery, (and if time permits Raphael’s Christoupo¬lis because it was the first Euro- DAY 6 - Saturday: DELPHI / ATHENS Bema of St. Paul, the Doric Temple of Apollo, and beehive-shaped tombs, all employing the anger of Paul shouting aloud against Rooms with their wonderful frescoes) the pean city to accept Christianity. At the ruins This morning in Delphi we visit the museum the Askeleion, Agora, Lechaion Road, and Cyclopean masonry and elaborate drainage corruption and perdition of the Romans. Sistine Chapel (where Michelangelo’s recently of ancient Philippi, you will see the baptism with the famous Bronze Charioteer and other the Peirene Fountain. Return to the hotel in and irrigation systems. Their palatial centers, Romans 1, 26…. For this reason, God gave restored masterpieces adorn the ceilings and site, a crypt where Paul may have been im- items that date back to the time of Paul. We Athens for dinner. “Mycenae rich in gold” and “sandy Pylos,” are them up unto vile affections: for even their walls), and Pincio Garden. We continue into prisoned, the Acropolis, the Market Place, visit the Temple of Apollo; where Paul must immortalized in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. women did change the natural use into that St. Peter’s Basilica and view Vatican City. basilica, and the ancient theatre. At the Gan- have spoken to the people about the Living DAY 8 - Monday: – ATHENS / ISTANBUL / This afternoon we drive to Patras port to board which is against nature. From Pompeii we go This afternoon we visit St Paul’s Basilica gitis River the apostle preached to a group God, continue to the Theater, the Athenian NEW YORK our ferry to Bari, Italy. Dinner and overnight on to Minturno, then to Foro Appio for a typical Outside the Walls and the Church of St. Peter of women. Lyd¬ia, a merchant trading purple Treasury, and the Castalian Spring. We then We transfer to the airport for our flight home with the ferry. dinner and overnight. in Chains with the famed statue of Moses by cloth, believed the Gospel and was baptized follow Paul’s ministry south as we travel on unforgettable memories to cherish always. . Michelangelo. We visit the Old Appian Way with members of her household. We return and the Catacombs of St. Calixtus, then return to Thessaloniki, birthplace of Aristotle, where DAY 9 - Tuesday : BARI / POZZUOLI DAY 11 - Thursday: FORO APPIO / TRES to our hotel for dinner. time permitting, we will have a short tour of This morning we will disembark our ferry TABERNAE/ ROME the city before re¬turning to our hotel for din- and head to Pozzuoli. This is the same port After breakfast we will have time to meditate DAY 13 - Saturday: ROME / USA ner and overnight. where Paul landed, “…and after one day on Paul. This was a swamp when Paul arrived We will be taken to the airport for our flight the south wind blew, and we came the next here. Stand by the river, full of historical and home. We will cherish the memories of Paul DAY 4 - Thursday: THESSALONIKI / day to Puteoli.” (Acts 28:13). Here we will spiritual meanings. Foro Appio, at “Mansio the Apostle’s life that changed the course of KALAMBAKA visit the area of the sea-port and the Roman Hotel” is located in the same place where an man. This morning we continue on to Pella, birth- Amphitheater in order to get a sense of what ancient Roman “posta” (place where travelers place of Alexander, where we see excava- Paul experienced once he arrived on the could rest and change their tired horses tions, mosaic floors and artifacts from the 4th mainland of the “Roman Empire”. Check into before continuing their journey). This may be century B.C. Visit nearby Vergina with the our hotel for dinner and overnight. the place where the Sacred Writings remind us of the meeting of Paul with the Christian Communities (Acts 28:14). (“...And so we DAY 10 - Wednesday : POMPEII / came to Rome. The brothers there had heard MINTURNO / FORO APPIO that we were coming and they traveled as far This morning we go to Pompeii, and have as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns an archeological journey through the ancient to meet us.”). Depart Foro Appio late in the city. Pompeii, which was buried under a layer morning and travel towards Rome, stopping of ash and pumice by a sudden eruption of a few minutes at the Church of St. Paul Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 C.E., is a town (built in the place where he met the Christian whose daily life of the Imperial Age has been Community) of TRES TABERNE, Three Aegean Sea petrified. It is as if it were under a spell in its Taverns …and so we went toward Rome. gestures, secrets, and in the panic felt by its (Acts 28:14.) Then we will continue to Rome.

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We Aug 20 - 28 August - $1,349 2021 Nov 5 - 13 November - $1,349 Meals served on board. mosaic floors and artifacts from the 4th centu- visit the Temple of Apollo, where Paul must ry BC. Visit nearby Vergina with the tomb of have spoken to the people about the Living DAY 2 – Tuesday: ATHENS / KAVALA Alexander the Great and then on to Veria, or God, continue to the Theater, the Athenian Turkey Post Extension This morning we arrive in Athens and transfer Beroea, where Paul found people who eagerly Treasury and the Castalian Spring. We then Turkey Egypt Northern Italy to our flight to Thessaloniki. We then board received his message, “examining the Scrip- follow Paul’s ministry south as we travel on Egypt Apr 22 - 30 Available: our bus for a transfer to Kavala, known as Ne- tures daily to see if these things were true” the national highway through famous Thebes, Jordan Jun 17 - 25 apolis in Acts 16. Dinner and overnight at our (Acts 17:11). Continue our drive to Kozani and Levadia and the village of Arachova. Continue Jordan Feb 18 - 26 Sept 23 - Oct 1 February - $2,199 Aug 15 - 23 June - $2,499 hotel. on to Kalambaka for dinner and overnight. to the hotel in Athens where we check in for 2022 Nov 11 - 19 Sept - $2,499 dinner. DAY 3 – Wednesday: KAVALA / PHILIPPI / THESSALONIKI DAY 5 – Friday: KALAMBAKA / DELPHI This morning we visit Philippi, named after This morning we visit Meteora, a cluster of Apr 21 - 29 Philip of Macedonia, father of Alexander the pillars of rock, and the “Hanging Monaster- Jun 16 - 24 Feb 17 - 25 Sept 22 - 30 Great. In Philippi, the Apostle first proclaimed ies” perched on top of rock cliffs. There are 13 Aug 18 -26 the Gospel in Europe and was thrown in Prison monasteries here, only 4 of which are inhabit- 2023 Nov 10 - 18 (Acts 16). We’ll visit the prison, theater, Forum ed by monks. We continue our drive through and Lydia’s Baptistery. The Epistle to the Phi- the beautiful scenery of Greece. Imagine Paul lippians was written to the people of this city. walking with his followers and teaching them Italy We proceed to Thessaloniki, birthplace of Ar- God’s word as they continued down the road. Italy DAY 1 – Friday: NEW YORK / ISTANBUL designed and built remarkable bridges, DAY 7 – Thursday: FORO APPIO / TRES istotle, where we see the Rotonda, Triumphal Our bus will take us through Larissa, Lamia Tour members are welcomed for our departing fortification walls, and beehive-shaped TABERNAE/ ROME Arch of Galerius, the sea front and the White and Trikala and on to Delphi for dinner and flight to Istanbul via wide-body aircraft arriving tombs, all employing Cyclopean masonry and After breakfast we will have time to meditate . We continue to our hotel for dinner and overnight. the next day. Meals served on board. elaborate drainage and irrigation systems. on Paul. This was a swamp when Paul arrived overnight. Their palatial centers, “Mycenae rich in here. Stand by the river, full of historical and gold” and “sandy Pylos,” are immortalized in spiritual meanings. Foro Appio, at “Mansio DAY 2 – Saturday: ATHENS Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Hotel” is located in the same place where This morning we arrive in Istanbul and an ancient Roman “posta” (place where Post Extension Options transfer to our flight to Athens. This afternoon drive to Patras port to board travelers could rest and change their tired our ferry to Bari, Italy. Dinner and overnight horses before continuing their journey). This 9 Days in Greece & Italy: Footsteps of Paul & Peter This afternoon we arrive in Athens and be on the ferry. might be the place where the Sacred Writings met and transferred to our hotel for check in. remind us of the meeting of Paul with the Greece Dinner and overnight at our hotel. DAY 5 – Tuesday: BARI / POZZUOLI Christian Communities Acts 28:14 (...”And Add Northern Italy This morning we will disembark our ferry so we came to Rome. The brothers there Greece and head to Pozzuoli. This is the same port had heard that we were coming and they DAY 3 – Sunday: ATHENS / CORINTH where Paul landed, “…and after one day the traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and DAY 9 – Saturday: ROME / ASSISI / DAY 11 – Monday: FLORENCE / VENICE glimpse of the city is love at first sight. “There This morning we start our tour of Athens south wind blew, and we came the next day the Three Taverns to meet us.”) Depart Foro FLORENCE Depart Florence after breakfast and drive is no world without Verona walls” pens William by visiting the important modern and to Puteoli.” (Acts 28:13). Here we will visit Appio late in the morning and travel towards This morning we will go through the Umbrian through the scenic Tuscan countryside to the Shakespeare has lent Verona fame and archaeological sites in the city of Athens, the the area of the sea-port and the Roman Rome, stopping a few minutes at the Church green hills covered in olive groves and highway where we travel towards the north immortality with his tale of two star-crossed Acropolis and neighboring monuments. While Amphitheater in order to get a sense of what of St. Paul (built in the place where he met vineyards to reach Assisi. Upon arrival, meet and reach Venice. Upon arrival, we transfer to lovers, Romeo Montecchi (Montagu) and driving through the main streets of Athens, Paul experienced once he arrived on the the Christian Community) of TRES TABERNE your local guide and start an unforgettable walk central Venice by private motor-boat to Juliet Capuleti (Capulet). Reboard our bus and we have an opportunity to see other places of mainland of the “Roman Empire”. Check into – Three Taverns …and so we went toward through the narrow streets of the ancient town tour the magnificent Piazza and Basilica continue to Milan, Italy’s fashion and business interest such as the University, the Academy, our hotel for dinner and overnight. Rome. (Acts 28:14.) Then we will continue to which sweeps the flanks of Monte Subasio. of St.Mark’s, its marvelous Byzantine-style capital. You’ll enjoy a panoramic tour, the National Library, the Temple of Zeus, Rome. We arrive in Rome in the late morning. You will visit the Church of Santa Chiara, the architecture studded with colored marbles highlighted by the enormous gothic cathedral the Panathenian Stadium, Omonia Square, site where St. Francis was born and then on to and glittering gold mosaics and housing the known as “Il Duomo” and perhaps the world’s Biblical Constitution Square and the Royal Palace. DAY 6 – Wednesday: POMPEII / MINTURNO In the afternoon we will visit the Roman see the house where he spent the first years tomb of the Evangelist Mark. Visit also the premier opera house, the Teatro alla La Scala. Biblical Cruises / FORO APPIO Forum, Colosseum and Mamertine Prison, of his life. Then, near the ancient city walls, elaborate Doge’s Palace, the lavish home Visit Santa Maria delle Grazie, which houses This afternoon we drive along the coastal This rning we go to Pompeii, and have an where Paul was held. Check into our hotel for you will visit the Basilica of St Francis, which of the former Venetian rulers with its famous one of the world’s most celebrated works: Cruises road to Corinth. Continue along the wonderful archeological journey through the ancient dinner and overnight. houses the tomb of the Saint. This afternoon Bridge of Sighs, where prisoners crossed Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper”. Board your beach of Kinetta, make a brief stop at the city. Pompeii, which was buried under a layer we continue north to Florence. Check in your before being led to the dungeons. Enjoy some bus to reach your hotel located on the Corinth Canal, then on to ancient Corinth to of ash and pumice by a sudden eruption of DAY 8 – Friday: ROME / VATICAN CITY / hotel for dinner and overnight. time at leisure for an optional gondola ride or Maggiore Lake. Dinner and overnight. visit the Museum, the Bema of St. Paul, the Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D., is a town CATACOMBS / ST. PAULS’S for shopping. Transfer to our hotel for dinner Doric Temple of Apollo, the Askeleion, Agora, whose daily life of the Imperial Age has been This morning we visit the Vatican Museum DAY 10 – Sunday: FLORENCE/ ACCADEMIA and overnight. DAY 15 – Thursday: MILAN / USA Lechaion Road, and the Peirene Fountain. petrified. It is as if it were under a spell in its and Gallery (and if time permits Raphael’s GALLERY / FREE / FLORENCE Early morning transfer to the airport for our Return to our hotel for dinner overnight. gestures, secrets and in the panic felt by its Rooms with their wonderful frescoes) the This morning discover the cradle of the DAY 12 – Tuesday: VENICE / VERONA / flight back home. We have walked where Paul inhabitants during its last moments. Visiting Sistine Chapel – where Michelangelo’s Renaissance, where one breathes art in MILAN and Peter ministered to the early church and the “frozen city” creates a feeling similar to recently restored masterpieces adorn the the medieval streets, in the craftsmen’s This morning we begin a long, but wonderful to us as well. DAY 4 – Monday: ATEHNS / MYCENAE / that experienced by Paul when he walked ceilings and walls – and Pincio Garden. We workshops, and in the Renaissance Palaces. day as we head to Verona. The first glimpse PATRAS through similar streets from his time. Then continue into St.Peter’s Basilica and view Visit the Baptistery of St. John, the religious of the city is love at first sight. “There is no Europe This morning we board our bus and begin we will visit the houses, shops, temples, Vatican City. This afternoon we visit St. Paul’s essence of the city, the Duomo with the Medici world without Verona walls” pens William Europe our journey to Mycenae. The Mycenaean’s squares, streets and also the “Lupanare” Basilica Outside the Walls and the Church Chapel,the Church of St. Lorenzo, Piazza Shakespeare, who has lent Verona fame and were fierce warriors and great engineers who (which was a brothel with its frescos showing of St. Peter in Chains with the famed statue della Signoria and the Basilica of Santa Croce, immortality with his tale of two star-crossed erotic scenes) and the “Suburbane of Moses by Michelangelo. We visit the a masterpiece of Gothic art and the pantheon lovers, Romeo Montecchi (Montagu) and Therm” (with erotic frescoes, among Old Appian Way and the Catacombs of St. of famous Italians such as Michelangelo. Juliet Capuleti (Capulet). Reboard our bus which the only saffico-picture of the Calixtus, then return to our hotel for dinner. Visit the Accademia Gallery, which hosts and continue to Milan, Italy’s fashion and Roman world). Now you understand Michelangelo’s famous David. business capital. You’ll enjoy a panoramic tour, the anger of Paul shouting aloud DAY 9 – Saturday: ROME /USA highlighted by the enormous gothic cathedral against corruption and perdition of We will be taken to the airport for our flight The rest of the day is at leisure to explore known as “Il Duomo” and perhaps the world’s the Romans. Romans 1, 26…. For home. with memories to cherish always. additional treasures of Florence and shop on premier opera house, the Teatro alla La Scala. this cause God gave them up unto your own. The outdoor Market of San Lorenzo Board your bus to reach your hotel located on Educational vile affections: for even their women boasts leather products, and the Ponte the Maggiore Lake. Dinner and overnight. Educational Tours did change the natural use into Vecchio, covered since medieval times with Tours that which is against nature. From goldsmiths’ shops, is a must for Florence’s DAY13 – Wednesday: VENICE / VERONA / Pompeii we go to Minturno, then to other specialty, gold jewelry. Dinner and MILAN Special Foro Appio for a typical dinner and overnight in Florence. This moroning we go to Verona. The first overnight. 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DAY 1 - Thursday, NEW YORK / ISTANBUL Mosque, Istanbul’s largest and most beautiful, also called the Sultan’s Tour members are welcomed for our departing flight to Istanbul Mosque, since it was built, between 1609 and 1616, by order of Sultan via wide-body aircraft arriving the next day. Meals served on Ahmed I, who was 20 years-old at the time and is now buried within DAY 1 – Saturday – NEW YORK / ISTANBUL DAY 6 – Thursday -KOM OMBO board. its walls. After the Blue Mosque we see the legendary Hagia Sophia, Turkey Tour members are welcomed for our / ASWAN / NILE CRUISE also known as the “Church of the Wisdom of God” and “the Great departing connection flight to Egypt via This morning we sail to Aswan DAY 2 - Friday, ATHENS Church.” The Church has long been a symbol of Constantinople and Egypt wide-body aircraft arriving the next day. where we see the Aswan High This morning we arrive in Istanbul and transfer to our flight to Istanbul. From the date construction began, in 537, during the reign Jordan Meals served on board. Dam. We then head for the Athens. This afternoon we arrive in Athens and be met and of Justinian, until 1453, Hagia Sophia served as an Eastern Orthodox quarries of ancient Thebes transferred to our hotel for check in. Dinner and overnight at our cathedral and the seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. It is mentions Miletus in The Iliad. The city’s fortunes and a chance to walk on the hotel. now a museum, where beautiful mosaics completed over the course declined, however, as the Meander silted up its harbor. of more than 12 centuries are on display. It is considered one of the There are many well-preserved ruins here, including DAY 2 – Sunday - ISTANBUL / LUXOR Unfinished Obelisk. After a DAY 3 - Saturday, ATHENS / PIRAEUS preeminent extant examples of Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture. a Temple of Apollo, a Byzantine church and the This afternoon we arrive in Istanbul where relaxing lunch on board, we take This morning we start our tour of Athens by visiting the important Next we stop at the Topkapi Palace Museum was the acropolis of theater. After our tour of Miletus we return to the ship. we board our late night flight to Egypt. Upon a sailboat cruise to Elephantine modern and archaeological sites in the city of Athens, the ancient Byzantium. Initially constructed between 1460 and 1478 by arrival in Luxor we will be met and taken to our Island and the Aga Khan’s mausoleum. Here Acropolis and neighboring monuments. While driving through Sultan Mehmed II. After time for lunch we leave for some incredible DAY 9 - Friday, PATMOS the main streets of Athens, we have an opportunity to see other shopping at the awesome Grand Bazaar, also called Kapali Carci On todays excursion you are sure to experience the hotel for overnight. the tombs reveal the colossal space concepts sacred grandeur of this intensely spiritual Dodecanese places of interest such as the University, the Academy, the (“Covered Bazaar”), one of the oldest and largest covered markets of the early Memphis architects. Dinner on island. From the port of Skala we travel up the mountain board the ship. Optional Extension to National Library, the Temple of Zeus, the Panathenian Stadium, on earth. The bazaar, which first opened in 1461, comprises about by air-conditioned coach to immaculate Chora. An DAY 3 – Monday - LUXOR / KARNAK / NILE Omonia Square, Constitution Square and the Royal Palace. This 61 streets and welcomes up to 400,000 visitors per day to its maze of architecturally homogenous village, the cobblestone Italy afternoon we drive to the port of Piraeus and embark our cruise banks, cafes, fountains, shops, shrines and workshops. You might streets and alleys of Chora are lined with mansions CRUISE Alexandria & Memphis ship, enjoying the fellowship of other Christians. actually be able to “shop ‘til you drop!” Return to the ship for dinner. built by wealthy ship owners during the 17th and 18th This morning will be free to sleep and relax at centuries. Now surrounded by the village, the fortified the hotel. We will have a late morning transfer DAY 7 – Friday - ASWAN / CAIRO DAY 4 - Sunday,THESSALONIKI / VERIA DAY 7 - Wednesday, DIKILI / PERGAMON / SARDIS Monastery of St. John, whose walls are more than 15 to our cruise ship where we will check in. This This morning we leave our cruise ship and will DAY 9 - Sunday CAIRO / ALEXANDRIA / Join us for a visit to a biblical city! We travel by air conditioned Today begins when you board your coach in the port of Dikili for meters high, was built with local gray stone. In 1088 St. coach from the port of Thessaloniki to the and Vlatadon the drive to Ancient Pergamon. Dating to the beginning of the 4th Christodoulos requested the entire island of Patmos afternoon we will visit the Luxor Temple on be taken to the airport for our afternoon flight CAIRO from Byzantine Emperor Alexis I Comnenus so he Monastery, where St. Paul reached during his Second century BC, “Pergamon” means “fortress” or “acropolis.” One of the bank of the Nile as well as the complex of to Cairo. Upon arrival we will transferred to our Today we visit the second largest city in Egypt, could found a monastery dedicated to St. John. Even temples at Karnak -- including Amun Temple, hotel for dinner and overnight. Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great Missionary Journey. We then leave Thessaloniki for a one-hour the seven churches addressed in Revelation, the city was the after “The Blessed” was driven from Patmos by pirates, the largest columnar structure ever raised. in 332 B.C., and was the capital of Graeco- drive through the countryside to reach the city of Veria (called center of a large kingdom and retained its status as a political monks continued building the monastery which, within Berroia” in the Bible), St. Paul’s next stop after Vlatadon – it was and cultural metropolis during the Byzantine period. After visiting a few centuries, became an important cultural, religious Continue our exploration amid massive Roman Egypt. Here we see the catacombs of here that he preached to the city’s “noble Jews” – we pay a visit the Acropolis, we continue to the Red Basilica, built in the 2nd and spiritual center. Within its warren of chapels and columns and inscrutable statues at Luxor’s DAY 8 – Saturday - PYRAMIDS / SPHINX / Kom ash-Shoqafa, , the tomb and Caracalla to the traditional Tribune, where three in situ steps coexist with century by the Romans as a massive temple to the Egyptian gods courtyards, the Monastery of St. John houses medieval fertility shrine of the sun god. Then horse- EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Hal, the site of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, a recently finished mosaic of the Saint that commemorates this Serapis, Isis and Harpocrates. After time for lunch we drive to the icons of the Cretan school and the Chapel of the Theotokos drawn caleches continue to the Avenue of the After breakfast, we begin our tour by visiting the famous Alexandria Library where acopy of sermon. Today Veria is the capital of the regional unit of Imathia remains of the Asklepion, one of the world’s first hospitals. After our (the Virgin Mary), whose beautiful frescoes date to the Greece and the largest exporter of agricultural products in the region. It tour of the Asklepion, we’ll return the port of Dikili and to the ship. 12th century; the monastery’s main chapel dates to the Sphinxes and Karnak’s colossal wonders.This the Pyramids of Giza. Cheops Pyramid, the every book published in the world is kept in the end of the 11th century. There is also a museum within the may have been inhabited as early as 1000 BC. We will visit one evening enjoy dinner and a Belly Dancing largest of the three which was built in the library, making it one of the great literary sites monastery, with icons, religious objects of silver and gold, Show on board the ship. 3rd dynasty about 2690 B.C. and is one of in the world. Return to our hotel in Cairo for of these immaculate churches, the Church of Christ, which was DAY 8 - Thursday, KUSADASI / EPHESUS / MILETUS sacred relics and embroidered vestments of inestimable the seven wonders of the ancient world. In dinner and overnight. built in the early 14th century and is home to masterworks by Join us for a spectacular day. Our first stop after leaving lovely value on display. Halfway down the mountain to Plaka we the most famous painter of the era, Kalliergi. There will be time Kusadasi is Ancient Ephesus, one of the 12 cities of Ionia. This stop at the Holy Grotto of the Apocalypse. According to front of the Pyramids of Chephren, we find to wander and explore and shop in this marvelous ancient city is a stunning marvel in the hills above the Aegean coast, one Christian tradition, three fissures (a symbol of the Holy DAY 4 – Tuesday -LUXOR / ESNA / NILE the Sphinx carved from a single piece of DAY 10 - Monday MEMPHIS / SAQQARA before we return to the harbor at Thessaloniki. of the world’s largest open-air archeological museums. Founded Trinity) opened in a wall in the grotto, and St. John heard CRUISE stone, it incorporates a lion with a Pharaoh’s This morning we drive to Memphis to see The by the ancient Greeks circa 2000 BC, it was the wealthiest of the voice of God, who granted him a series of visions of After breakfast, a ferry boat takes us across head, thought to be a portrait of the Pharaoh Colossus of Ramses and alabaster Sphinx. DAY 5 - Monday, KAVALA / PHILIPPI the Ionian cities and one of the most important cultural centers the future (revelations), vivid pictures of how the Church Once known as Neapolis, when it was a Thasian colony, Kavala in the Mediterranean. The city was dedicated to the goddess would grow, battle the wicked powers of earth and hell the river to the West Bank of the Nile, to visit the Chephren son of Cheops. After a camel ride Next visit he step pyramid at Saqqara and and ultimately emerge victorious. The voice commanded has a long and storied history. Founded in the 6th century BC by Artemis, and its Artemision, a temple in her honor, took 120 fabled Colossi of Memnon. We then continue we visit the Papyrus Institute. then on to the Imhotep Museum. Return to the the saint to transcribe these visions: St. John dictated the to the mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s hotel where the remainder of the afternoon will settlers from Thasos and Eretria, it was the first place in Europe years to complete and was one of the Seven Wonders of the revelations to one of his disciples, Prochoros, and this text Biblical only female pharaoh, and the Valley of the In the afternoon, visit the Egyptian Museum be free to relax at the hotel or to explore the where St. Paul set foot, in 49 AD, on his journey to Philippi, 15 Ancient World. Ephesus later became the second-largest city in became the Book of Revelations. During his time in this kilometers from Kavala, where he founded the first Christian the Roman Empire, at one time home to a quarter-million people. sacred cave, St. John also composed the Fourth Gospel. Cruises Kings, where we step famous for its antiquities from Egypt’s area on your own. Dinner at the hotel. church in Europe. Kavala balances its modern urban spaces with It was the first and most significant city in the Roman province of The entrance to the grotto is marked with a mosaic of the from a dramatic landscape of sun, sand and Pharaonic period, which dates back some 50 beautiful beaches and lush green hinterlands. The city is home to Asia and one of its key ports. Millennia ago the Aegean receded visions of the saint. Inside the grotto, the nightly resting rugged mountain peaks into the dark silence centuries and includes the fabulous treasures DAY 11 - Tuesday CAIRO / USA a number of monuments from the first and second millennia after west, stranding the city on its sun-seared hillsides. It is believed place of the saint’s head is fenced off and delineated in of some of the sixty-four tombs discovered of king Tut –Ankh-Amon (Tutankhamen). Return to the airport where we board our flight Christ, many of which are today pilgrimage sites. Highlights of Paul wrote his Letter to the Ephesians here. It was the most beaten silver. We return to Plaka, where you’ll have free our shore excursion include St. Lydia Purpuraria: Lydia was the important Christian city between Rome and Antioch. Ephesus is time for shopping and a coffee beside the harbor. Close here to date. We return to our cruise for lunch. Return to our hotel for dinner your eyes and let the grandeur of this miraculous island first Christian convert in Europe. A Church-Baptistery and an rivaled only by the Forum and the Acropolis as one of the most Threading through the Esna Locks, we arrive suffuse your soul. at Esna an hour later. We go ashore to visit open-air Baptistery by the riverside are located where her holy complete classical cities in Europe, even though only 13% of the the ornately hewn Temple of Khnum with its DAY 9 – Sunday - CAIRO / HOME 9 DAY baptism took place, similar to the ones preserved in the early city has been uncovered! You can wander through the Odeon DAY 10 - Saturday, DISEMBARKATION /CORINTH / gracious, colonnaded vestibule. Return to the This morning we will transfer to the airport Christian basilicas in Philippi. We visit the archaeological site and the Prytaneion, then stroll between the marble colonnades ATHENS Egyptian Nile Cruise in Philippi with a guided tour through the excavations, marveling of Curetes Street to visit Trajan’s Fountain, Hadrian’s Temple, This morning we disembark the cruise ship and drive along ship where we enjoy dinner. for our flight home with unforgettable at the upper and lower parts as well as the Forum, the Walls, the Scholastica Baths and the astonishing Terrace Houses. the coastal road to Corinth. Continue along the wonderful memories to cherish always. Knowing we the two Basilicas and the Theatre. Your guide will also point out Nearby, where Curetes Street becomes Marble Street, is the beach of Kinetta, make a brief stop at the Corinth Canal, Extensions have walked in the footsteps of Jesus and $3599 $4199 the traditional prison, which once held St. Paul and St. Sylas. spectacular Library of Celsus, which has been almost entirely then on to ancient Corinth to visit the Museum, the Bema Europe We will see St. Paul’s Monument, commemorating the location reconstructed, and the Agora. Every step here takes you deeper of St. Paul, the Doric Temple of Apollo, the Askeleion, DAY 5 – Wednesday -EDFU / KOM OMBO / the early Christians on such a memorable Agora, Lechaion Road, and the Peirene Fountain. Return where St. Paul set foot on the European Continent during his into the Hellenistic, Roman and early-Christian eras; you’ll notice NILE CRUISE tour will bring new meaning to our Bible Feb 6 - 14 to Athens where we check into the hotel and have the NILEThis morning we sail to Edfu where we reading. Mar 13 - 21 Post Extension to second missionary journey, establishing a thriving Christian inscriptions on many of the city’s columns. The Great Theater of remainder of the afternoon free to explore on your own. explore the birth house at the Temple of Horus 2021 Apr 24 - May 2 June 5 - 13 Alexandria & church in the nearby city of Philippi. You will have time to Ephesus, where St. Paul once preached, was carved into the side Dinner and overnight at the hotel. explore the port on your own before returning to the ship. of Mt. Pion in the 4th century BC. It held up to 24,000 spectators and other engaging sights. This afternoon we Sept 11 - 19 Memphis CRUISE Oct 30 - Nov 7 and is still renowned for its outstanding acoustics – even today it DAY 11 - Sunday, ATHENS / USA cruise the Nile, enjoying the splendid poolside $599 DAY 6 - Tuesday, ISTANBUL hosts concerts and other performances. From Ancient Ephesus This morning we transfer to the airport for our flight back facilities of our luxurious barge en route to This all-day Istanbul tour is an in-depth tour of some of Istanbul’s we drive to the Rug Village for lunch and a demonstration of home. We arrive back in the U.S.A. and transfer to our Kom Ombo. In Kom Ombo, see its unique and Feb 5 - 13 holiest sites. We begin at the Hippodrome in the Old City. The Old traditional Turkish carpet weaving. From the Rug Village we flights home with unforgettable memories to cherish Mar 12 - 20 City, known as Stambul, was where the ancient city of Byzantium once journey to the ancient city of Miletus, near the coast, which was always. Knowing we have walked in the footsteps of the spectacular temple, dedicated to two gods: early Christians on such a memorable tour will bring new 2022 Apr 23 - May 1 June 4 - 12 stood and today includes the wall of the neighborhoods of Eminonu one of the greatest and wealthiest cities in the ancient Greek Educational Horus, the sun god, and Sobek, the crocodile meaning to our Bible reading. Sept 10 - 18 and Fatih. Within the Old City lie the Byzantine church Hagia Sophia, world. St. Paul stopped here on his Third Missionary Journey, god. Tonight, we enjoy dinner aboard, ollowed on his way back to Jerusalem. Miletus was located at the mouth Tours Oct 29 - Nov 6 the University of Istanbul and Fener, the historical Greek quarter, which by a lively Galabeya Party with a display of of the River Meander, and its four harbors and strategic location oriental ancing. Jan 28 - Feb 5 is home to the Orthodox Patriarchate. 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PRE EXTENSION TO - GERMANY AND OBERAMMERGAU PRE EXTENSION UPPER GALILEE Plus $908 BASIC TOUR Plus $369 New Testament boat found below the sea. Continue DAY7 DAY 1 - Sunday- NEW YORK / ISTANBUL our morning tour with a visit to Capernaum, Tabgha, DAY 1 - Saturday - NEW YORK / FRANKFURT DAY 1 - Tuesday - NEW YORK / FRANKFURT George) Today we will meet at JFK International airport for our and the Mount of Beatitudes. In the afternoon we stop at Sunday- MT. OF OLIVES / GARDEN OF Today we board our flights to Frankfurt arriving Today we board our connecting flights to translated the New Testament into German. connecting flights to Israel arriving the next day. Meals Magdala; home to one of the oldest synagogues dating GETHSEMANE / / BETHLEHEM the next day. Meals served on board. Frankfurt, Germany, arriving the next day. Meals served on board. back to the first century A.D., home of Mary Magdalena, Our drive this morning takes us past the Chapel of on board. DAY 6 - Sunday, - WORMS / HEIDELBERG and was the fishing center where Peter would have Ascension and Paternoster to the Mt. of Olives for an DAY 2 - Sunday -FRANKFURT / PRAGUE Following breakfast drive to Worms, thought to DAY 2 - Monday- ISTANBUL / TEL AVIV / TIBERIAS We follow the Rift Valley running parallel to the Jordan, orientation view of Jerusalem and the opportunity of DAY 2 - Wednesday- FRANKFURT / BERLIN be one of the oldest towns in Germany, where This morning we will arrive in Istanbul and transfer along the route Jesus most frequently traveled to a group photograph overlooking Jerusalem. We then When we arrive in Prague, and begin our visit to Upon arrival in Berlin, we start your German Luther was summoned in 1521 to appear before to our flight to Tel Aviv. Upon arrival in Tel Aviv we are Jerusalem, to Bet Shean at the foot of Mt. Gilboa, walk the traditional Passion walk. We descend to the Prague with a city orientation tour. Dinner and stay with a sightseeing tour; highlighting the city an Imperial Diet to justify his conduct. We visit met and proceed north to the famous Sea of Galilee where King Saul as slain. Here we see the evidences of church known as Dominus Flevit (“Our Lord weeps”). overnight in Prague. center with the Kaiser Wilhelm Church,Nikolai the world’s largest memorial to the Reformation, where we check into our hotel for dinner . Egyptian,Roman and Byzantine occupations, and view After viewing the Golden Gate, we walk downhill to Quarter, Unter den Linden, Checkpoint the Church of the Holy Trinity, Europe’s oldest the ancient tel, Roman Theater, and church mosaics. Gethsemane and view the Church of All Nations. Next, DAY 3 - Monday, PRAGUE Charlie, Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, and Jewish cemetery, the Holy Sands, and St. DAY 3 -Tuesday - DAN / CAESAREA PHILIPPI Our last stop today will be at the River Jordan where we we enter the Zion Gate, and proceed to the Steps that This morning our walking tour focuses on Jan Charlottenburg Palace. The remainder of the Peter’s Cathedral. We board the coach Speyer This morning our drive takes us the northern limits of will have the opportunity to be baptized, then transfer to entered the temple and the Southern Wall. It was here Hus, the leading personality of the Czech afternoon will be free. Dinner and overnight. and visit the Cathedral, and burial place of the Jesus’ travel as we cross the River Hatzbani to Dan. the hotel in Tiberias for dinner and overnight. that Jesus would have taught the disciples. .Next we Reformation movement. We’ll visit Bethlehem Salian emperors. Continue on to Heidelberg, a Here we combine a nature walk beside the Upper drive south to the region of Bethlehem passing Rachel’s DAY 3 - Thursday- BERLIN / WITTENBERG gorgeous town on the Neckar River. We check Jordan with views of the ancient ruins, topped by the DAY 4 - Thursday,- CANA / NAZARETH / CAESAREA Tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem. We stop at one of Chapel where he preached,and the Hus This morning we travel south through the into our hotel for dinner. Israelite high place that supported a golden calf (I Kings / JERUSALEM the possible sites for Shepherds’ Fields. We continue monument outside Tyn Church. We’ll also German countryside, past the remnants of the 12). Then a short drive to Banias (Caesarea Philippi), We drive west through Cana of Galilee where Jesus into Bethlehem itself, walking through the restored visit the Castle of Prague,the Charles Bridge, former East German border and into the “Lands DAY 7 - Monday - HEIDELBERG / AUGSBURG / dedicated to Pan the Greek god of pastures, flocks and performed his first miracle,turning water into wine (John old town to the Church of the Nativity and visiting the then finish our tour in the old medieval area of of Luther” or Wittenberg, the main workplace of OBERAMMERGAU shepherds; here Peter made his great profession of 2). We proceed to Nazareth and ascend the Mount of manger and see the cave of St. Jerome. We drive back Prague, called Stare Mesto, After lunch (not MartinLuther from 1508. We visit Luther Hall, Our walking tour of Heidelberg includes the faith, recognition of Christ Jesus (Matthew 16). Driving the Precipice at the brow of Nazareth overlooking the to Jerusalem for dinner and overnight. included) you’ll have free time for shopping or formerly an Augustinian monastery, nowadays Old Town, the famous Stone Bridge over the along the foot of Mount Hermon, we ascend onto the Valley of Jezreel, synonymous with Armageddon. We to explore the nearby famous Jewish district of the largest Reformation history museum in the Neckar River, the Heidelberg Castle (where the Golan Plateau for a magnificent view of upper Israel. then drive through the valley to the mound of Megiddo, DAY 8 - Monday - JERUSALEM / MUNICH / Prague. This evening we will enjoy a wonderful world. We also visit the “Schlosskirche” (all Heidelberg Confession was written in 1653), the Return to our hotel for dinner and overnight. which gave its name to Armageddon. We then ascend AUGSBURG / OBERAMMERGAU Saints Church) where Luther posted his 95 Castle Church, German Apothecary Museum, Mt. Carmel, site of Elijah’s confrontation with the This morning we transfer to the Tel Aviv airport for our Bohemian evening with folklore dance, theses on the Castle Church sparking and the Church of the Holy Ghost. Continue our prophets of Baal. From there we drive south along the flight to Munich. Upon arrival we will be met and travel entertainment and live music. the beginning of the Reformation. We tour St. drive through southern Germany to Augsburg, coastal highway to Caesarea by the Sea. We enter north to Augsburg with its magnificent Renaissance Mary’s Church where Luther did the majority of with its magnificent Renaissance buildings. HOLY LAND AND Caesarea Maritima to explore this Roman bridgehead. buildings, a city notable for the Augsburg Confession. DAY 4 - Tuesday- PRAGUE / DRESDEN / BERLIN his preaching and visit the Melanchthon House, Visit the oldest social settlement on existence After the visit to this ancient harbor, we board our bus Our visit of the city will include a stop at one of the Crossing into Germany, we will stop in the offering a rare look into the life and works of this in the world “The Fuggerei”, founded in 1521 as OBERAMMERGAU and we to Jerusalem. where from atop Mt. Scopus, we oldest social settlements in existence, The Figgerei, wonderful Baroque city of Dresden. Highlights important humanist and reformer. We check in to a residential settlement for Augsburg citizens in behold majestic Jerusalem. Check into our hotel for founded in 1521. Continue our drive south through include the magnificent palatial buildings around our hotel for dinner. need. Continue on to Oberammergau, located DAY 1 -NEW YORK / ISTANBUL dinner and overnight. scenic Bavarian countryside to our accommodations the Theaterplatz and the Brühl Terraces, and in the Bavarian Alps. Dinner and overnight in our Today we will meet at JFK International airport for our in the Oberammergau area for dinner and overnight. . DAY 4 - Friday - LEIPZIG / EISLEBEN / ERFURT accommodations. connecting flights to Frankfurt, Germany via wide-body DAY 5 - Friday, OLD CITY / VIA DOLOROSA / the many art treasures at the state museums. In the morning we travel to Leipzig. Here aircraft arriving the next day. Meals served on board. GARDEN TOMB DAY 9 - Tuesday-PASSION PLAY Germany’s largest Protestant church, the we tour the city on foot, highlighting the DAY 8 - Tuesday - PASSION PLAY After breakfast we transfer to the Dung Gate, where we This morning is free to explore his quaint Bavarian Frauenkirche, has now been fully restored after Opera House, Gewandhaus Concert Hall, This morning is free to explore his quaint DAY 2 - Tuesday- FRANKFURT / TEL AVIV / walk to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site. Just town, site of the extravagant Oberammergau Passion being damaged during WWII. J.S. Bach was the Moritzbastei, St. Nicolaus Church, Naschmarkt, Bavarian town, site of the extravagant TIBERIAS to the north we find the Pools of Bethesda (John 5) Play. This afternoon we join in with the villagers first to play on the Silberman organ when the and Goethe Memorial, St. Thomas Church, Oberammergau Passion Play. Gripped by This morning we will arrive in Frankfurt and transfer to and St. Anne’s Church. Continuing on we see Pilate’s and become part of the tradition and history behind church was originally built. We will then continue where J.S. Bach worked and now rests, and the war, poverty and plague, the villagers of our flight to Tel Aviv. Upon arrival in Tel Aviv we are met Judgment Hall, the Chapel of Flagellation, Lithostrotos, Passionsspieleas as we transfer to the theater. Here on to Berlin for dinner. Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument of the battle Oberammergau, in Bavaria, vowed to put on a by our guide who will be with us for the time we are in and the Arch of Ecce Homo (Behold the Man). We then we enjoy the Passion Play performance which has a of the Nations). Then on to Eisleben, where ‘passion play’ every ten years. That was back the Holy Land. Continue through Tel Aviv, the largest follow the Way of the Cross (Via Dolorosa) through the running time of approximately five hours with a three- Luther was born in 1483 and died in 1546. We in 1633. They survived, and performed the first city in Israel. We proceed up the new toll road in Israel bazaars as far as the Holy Sepulcher. From there we hour intermission for dinner. While watching the play visit the St. Andrew’s Church (Luther held his Oberammergau Passion in 1634. Ever since, to the famous Sea of Galilee where we check into our walk from the Christian Quarter along the Arab Souks (performed in German) we will experience the last last sermons here) and Luther’s “Death House” their descendants have carried out that pledge. hotel for dinner. through the Cardo Maximo and past the Armenian hours of our Lord’s life in a way that makes it more walk across the Market Square through the old This afternoon we join in with the villagers and Quarter. Continuing to Mt Zion and to the grounds of meaningful than we ever dreamed possible. Return to town to his “Birth House” and to the Church of St. become part of the tradition and history behind DAY 3 - Wednesday- SEA OF GALILEE / a church called Peter in Gallicantu,which affords the your accommodations for overnight. Peter and St. Paul, where Luther was baptized. Passionsspieleas as we transfer to the theater. CAPERNAUM / BEIT SHEAN best view of early Jerusalem from the west (Here, the Continue on to Erfurt where we check into our Here we enjoy the Passion Play performance This morning we enjoy a relaxing boat ride on the Sea of Assumptions Fathers suggest, was the house where DAY 10 - Wednesday - / STARNBERG hotel for inner and overnight. which has a running time of approximately five Galilee, returning to Nof Ginosar where we will see the the High Priest Caiaphas nterrogated Jesus). We board This morning we visit Linderhof, one of Mad King hours with a three-hour intermission for dinner. our bus to continue on to the Garden Tomb where we Ludwig’s fantasy castles with its fabulous 105 ft. DAY 5 - Saturday - ERFURT / EISENACH While watching the play (performed in German) will end our day with a special visit and the possibility of fountain. Another enchanting drive through Bavaria’s This morning we tour Erfurt, the spiritual home we will experience the last hours of our Lord’s having a private communion on the grounds outside the forests and lake lands takes us to the elaborate of Martin Luther. Our walking tour begins in the Life in a way that makes it more meaningful city walls. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Neuschwanstein Castle, surely the crown jewel of historical section of the city including than we ever dreamed possible. Return to your Bavaria Castles. Continue to our hotel for dinner and St. Mary’s Cathedral where Luther accommodations for overnight DAY 6 - Saturday - MASADA / QUMRAN / DEAD SEA overnight. was ordained as a priest, Church / JERICHO of St. Severus, and the Augustinian DAY 9 - Wednesday - OBERAMMERGAU / Today we drive to Masada and ascend by cable car to DAY 11 - Thursday - MUNICH Monastery with a permanent exhibit MUNICH the magnificent ruins of the fortress where, from 70 to Highlights of our tour today include the Olympic Village, depicting Luther’s life as a monk in Following breakfast, board the coach for nearby 73 AD, Jewish defenders made their last stand in the Nymphenburg Castle, Konigsplatz, Glyptothek, and Erfurt. We continue on to Eisenach Neuschwanstein Castle, one of Mad King Judean revolt against Rome. Continuing alongside the Old Pinakothek, Continue to Ludwigstrasse University, to visit St. George’s Church and the Ludwig’s fantasy castles Afterwards drive to Dead Sea, 1300 ft. below sea level (the lowest spot on Arch of Victory, Ludwig Church, and the Academy of Luther House where Luther lived as Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Sightseeing tour earth), we proceed to Ein Gedi where time permitting, Arts. Next, we will see the English Gardens, National a student, and the Luther exhibition by bus and on foot through Munich, Historic we will walk the path to see the waterfall in the desert. Museum, and across the River Isar, the Angel of Peace, documenting his life and theologies. old city with its famous buildings and squares This afternoon we continue to Qumran and the caves Isar Park, and the Monument of Ludwig Il. Continue Today we will visit Bachhaus Museum including the Marienplatz with the town hall where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. We will have our drive down Maximilian Street to the Opera House, with its historical musical instruments. and its “Glockenspiel” and the “Frauenkirche” time for those that want to swim in the Dead Sea before Hofgrauhaus, Proceed through the imposing streets The next stop takes you to the (Church of our Lady) with its distinctive onion- making our way to Jericho, the world’s oldest city. From and squares to the Theatiner Church, Marienplatz, magnificent Wartburg Castle for a tour topped . Enjoy a typical Bavarian dinner the excavated tel atop the ruins of ancient Jericho we New and Old Town Halls, and Peters Church Return of the Palas (Great Hall), Art exhibition, for your farewell. Overnight at our hotel. view the lush green Jordan Valley, Elisha’s spring and back to our hotel for dinner and overnight. the Elisabeth Hallway and the Luther Qarantal, the Mount of Temptation. We will head up to Room where “Junker Jörg”(the Knight DAY 10 - Thursday - MUNICH / USA Jerusalem and return to the hotel for dinner. DAY 12 - Friday - MUNICH / USA Maranatha Tours: Bringing the Bible to life since 1974 From Genesis to Revelation, we can take you there!

Pre Extension Options “The Reformation” 8 Days in Germany & Switzerland - “The Reformation” tinctive on¬ion-topped towers then visit the 8 Days in Germany & Switzerland Add More of Munich Olympic Park. This afternoon we will drive to Dachau and visit the site of Germany’s first Extension DAY 1 - Monday : NEW YORK / CHICAGO Concen¬tration Camp, a memorial site and $3899 $3999 $4199 $4399 or LOS ANGELES / MUNICH museum. We will have a guided tour through Pre-Extension to Tour members are welcomed this evening the mu¬seum with its reconstructed barracks May 26 - June 2 at JFK International Airport, departing on and cre¬matorium. Return back to Munich for Feb 17 - 24 Nov 3 - 10 July 7 - 14 More of Munich Sept 15 - 22 Lufthansa Airlines via wide body aircraft dinner and overnight. 2021 Feb - $989 ar¬riving in Munich the next day. Meals Day 4 - Thursday : MUNICH / LAKE May - Nov -$1059 served on board. CHIEMSEE ______This morning we will drive to Lake Chiem¬see, Feb 16 - 23 Nov 2 - 9 Post Extension Day 2 - Tuesday : MUNICH also known as the “Bavarian Sea” situ¬ated

2022 Arrival in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, and Lake Geneva / in the beautiful Bavarian Alps and sur¬round- welcome by the local tour guide who will ac¬- ed by unspoiled nature. This afternoon, take Lausanne company you throughout your stay. We will May 24 - 31 a short boat ride to the “Herreninsel” to visit Feb 15 - 22 Nov 15 - 22 July 5 - 12 Feb - $1019 check into our hotel. This afternoon, visit the the splendid Herrenchiemsee Palace. Never Day 1 - Wednesday : NEW YORK / CHICA- will have dinner Sept 13 - 20

2023 Nymphenburg Palace, the baroque resi¬- GO or LOS ANGELES / MUNICH and overnight May - Nov - $1089 completed, this impressive castle, built by dence of the Bavarian kings. Go to our hotel Bavaria’s King Ludwig II, was intended to be- Tour members are welcomed this evening at our hotel. An for dinner and overnight. at JFK International Airport, departing on optional extra: come the “new Versailles.” Return to Mu¬nich Lufthansa Airlines via wide body aircraft For those that for dinner and overnight at our hotel. An op- arriving in Munich the next day. Meals served would like to have Day 3 - Wednesday : MUNICH / DACHAU tional extra: For those that would like to have Reformation, town hall, and several medieval This morning we board our bus and go to a traditional Bavarian dinner and music will be on board. a typical Swiss fondue dinner will be available “Bürgerhäuser.” We will end our day at historic Munich. We will walk through the old for $40. It will be approximately 3 hours in available for $40. It will be approxi¬mately 3 Calvin’s grave and remember the saints that city with its famous buildings and squares hours in duration. Day 2 - Thursday : MUNICH duration. taught grace to us. Return to the hotel for including the Marienplatz with the town hall Arrival in Munich, the capital of Bavaria and dinner and overnight. and its “Glockenspiel” and the “Frauen- welcome by the local tour guide who will Day 6 - Monday : ZURICH / BERN / GENEVA kirche” (Church of our Lady) with its dis- accompany you throughout your stay. We will After breakfast we drive to Bern, the Day 8 - Wednesday : GENEVA / NEW YORK check into our hotel. This afternoon will be at capital of Switzerland. We will have a This morning after breakfast, we will board leisure. We will have dinner and overnight at city tour through the medieval historic our motor coach and go the airport for flight our hotel. An optional extra: For those that center (World Heritage Site) with one of home. We will remember the people that would like to have a traditional Bavarian the longest shopping arcades in Europe. stood for their faith and beliefs that gave us a dinner and music will be available for $40. It Visit the Zytglogge (an elaborate medieval personal relationship with our Lord. will be approximately 3 hours in duration. clock tower with moving puppets), visit the gothic Munster Cathedral, the 15th Day 3 - Friday : MUNICH / LINDERHOF / century town hall, and the Bärengraben NEUSCHWANSTEIN / MEERSBURG or Bear Pit. This afternoon we will drive After breakfast, we say goodbye to our to Geneva. Check into our hotel for dinner hosts and drive through the beautiful and and overnight. Post Extension Options scenic Bavarian countryside. We will visit 8 Days in Germany & Switzerland - “The Reformation” two of the most famous, delightful fairytale Day 7 - Tuesday : GENEVA castles built by King Ludwig II, Linderhof and After breakfast we will have a full day of Neuschwanstein. This afternoon, continue sightseeing emphasizing the stronghold of to Meersburg located on the shores of Lake the Swiss Reformation, associated most Add Lake Geneva / Constance, the largest lake in Germany and closely with John Calvin and Huldrych the third largest in Europe. Check into our Zwingli. This afternoon we will visit St. Lausanne hotel for dinner and overnight. Pierre Cathedral, Temple de l’Auditoire, Day 8 - Wednesday : NYON / LAKE Collège Calvin, Reformation Monument, GENEVA Day 4 - Saturday : MEERSBURG / University, International Museum of the After breakfast we board our motor coach RHEINFALL / ZURICH and go to Lake Geneva to Nyon. We will walk After breakfast we ferry to Konstanz. through the well- maintained old city, situat- Continue to Reichenau Island (World ed on the banks of Lake Geneva. Visit the Heritage Site) and visit the Benedictine castle and the reformed parish church. In the Abbey of Reichenau. Today the island is also after¬noon we will have a boat ride on spec- famous for its vegetable farms and wineries. tacular Lake Geneva. This will be one of your Drive along the Rhine River and the foothills beauti¬ful and relaxing days. Return to your of the Alps through breathtaking scenery to hotel for dinner and overnight. Schaffhausen, Switzerland. This afternoon, visit the Rhine Falls (Rheinfall), Europe’s Day 9 - Thursday : GENEVA / LAUSANNE largest waterfalls. Drive to Zurich, the largest This morning we will visit Lausanne. The city in Switzerland located on Lake Zurich. city is the host to the International Olym- Europe Continue to our hotel for dinner and overnight. pic Com¬mittee and we will stop to visit the Europe Olympic Museum. Our last stop will be the Day 5 - Sunday : ZURICH Lausanne’s Cathedral before stopping for After breakfast we will have a guided city tour lunch. This af¬ternoon will be free to explore with Grossmunster Cathedral. It was here that Geneva on our own, shop or spend our time Huldrych Zwingli began the Swiss Reformation at leisure. Din¬ner will be served at our hotel. and visit Fraumuenster Abbey with its stunning stained-glass windows by Marc Chagall and Day 10 - Friday : GENEVA / NEW YORK St. Peter’s Church boasting the largest clock After breakfast we will head to the airport for face in Europe. In the afternoon we will have our flight back to the U. S some time for leisure, to shop or explore. We

36 www.maranathatours.com For more information call 800-545-5533 or email [email protected] 37 Maranatha Tours: Bringing the Bible to life since 1974 From Genesis to Revelation, we can take you there! 9 Days in Germany: “Martin Luther Pilgrimage” Pre Extension Option 9 Days in Germany - “Marin Luther Pilgrimage” $3599 $3699 $3899 Extensions “Martin Luther Pilgrimage” Post Extension- Augsburg Add Amsterdam May 17 - 25 Feb - $1,959 Feb 15 - 23 Sept 20- 28 June 28 - July 6 May - $1,859 DAY 1 - Saturday - PHOENIX / LONDON Rembrandt’s House. Then we see his paint- through the Ruhr Valley to Cologne, the 2021 / AMSTERDAM ings including the Night Watch and those of Rhineland capital. This afternoon we visit DAY 1 - Monday: USA / FRANKFURT Germany. It was here Luther June - $1,959 Sept - $1,959 Tour members are welcomed for our de- other Dutch Master’s at the Rijksmuseum, the magnificent Gothic Cathedral with its Today we will meet at JFK for our flight to was summoned in 1521 to parting connection flight to Amsterdam via Holland’s National Art Gallery. This after- 515 ft. twin towers, five naves, stained Frankfurt via wide body air craft. Dinner and appear before an Imperial wide-body aircraft arriving the next day. noon we enjoy a cruise on Amsterdam’s glass windows, shrine of the Three Holy breakfast will be on board the flight. Diety to justify his conduct. Post Extension- Feb 14 - 22 Meals served on board. and while gliding through the old Kings, and fabulous treasures of the Dom- We visit the world’s largest Augsburg center of the city and out into the bustling schatzkammer. The church is one of the DAY 2 - Tuesday: ARRIVAL IN FRANKFURT Memorial to the Reformation 2022 Feb - $1,959 DAY 2 – Sunday – AMSTERDAM harbor, we can review Amsterdam’s history largest and most beautiful in the world. We will arrive in Frankfurt and upon arrival and the Church of the Holy May - $1,859 We arrive in Amsterdam today and upon in comfort. The waterways are lined with Continue to Frankfurt to our hotel for dinner we are met and transferred to the hotel for Trinity, Europe’s oldest Jewish May 15 - 23 arrival we are met and enjoy a panoramic Feb 13 - 21 Sept 18 - 26 June - $1,959 Merchants mansions and carillon crowned and overnight. dinner and overnight. cemetery, the Holy Sands, and June 26 - July 4 city tour of Amsterdam before being trans- churches, gabled buildings and wooden

2023 Sept - $1,959 St. Peter’s Cathedral, one of ferred to the hotel for dinner and overnight. shuttered warehouses dating back to the the most exquisite examples of 16, 17, and 18th centuries. Return to our DAY 3 – Monday -AMSTERDAM/ RIJKS Romanesque architecture. We We tour the city with Fish Market, Town hotel for dinner and overnight. Only for the board the coach for Speyer and visit the MUSEUM / CANAL CRUISE May groups: In the afternoon excursion to Cathedral, the biggest historic architectural Hall, and Merchant’s Bridge, Merchant’s Today, we enjoy a panoramic city sight- Keukenhof to visit the world’s largest bulb monument of its time and burial place of the Church, and the Luther Memorial. Then on seeing tour of Amsterdam. On this tour we flower park. Salian emperors. It is supposed to be the to Eisleben, where Luther was born in 1483 pass the Royal Palace on the dam, the 560 masterpiece of Romanesque architecture and died in 1546. We visit the St. Andrew’s year old “New Church,” a “Skinny” Bridge DAY 4 – Tuesday - AMSTERDAM / CO- in Germany. We continue to the ruins of the Church (Luther held his last sermons here) spanning the Amstel River, the Mint Tow- LOGNE / FRANKFURT Speyer synagogue which are the oldest and Luther’s “Death House”, walk across er, a source of coins in the late 1600’s, the Today we drive south through the windmill visible remains of a synagogue in Central the Market Square through the old town venerable Portuguese Syn agogue and dotted Dutch lowlands. Cross into Germay Europe and the Mikwe, established in 1104. to his “Birth House”, and to the Church Then on to Heidelberg, a gorgeous town of St. Peter and St. Paul, where Luther on the Neckar River, where romanticism was baptized. We continue to Leipzig for is both past and present. Our walking tour overnight and dinner: includes the Old Town, the famous Stone Post Extension Option Landscape on the Rhine Bridge, the Heidelberg Castle (where DAY 7 - Sunday: LEIPZIG / WITTENBERG In the morning we tour the city on 9 Days in Germany - “Marin Luther Pilgrimage” the Heidelberg Confession was written foot, highlighting the Opera House, DAY 3 - Wednesday: RHINE RIVER in 1653), the Castle Church, German Gewandhaus Concert Hall, Moritzbastei, CRUISE/ MAINZ / WORMS Apothecary Museum, and the Church of Our journey begins with a relaxing the Holy Ghost. We return to our hotel. and St. Nicolaus Church. We will also be Add Augsburg during his confrontation with Cardinal DAY 12 - Friday: MUNICH We tour the sightseeing cruise along the Rhine River, seeing Naschmarkt, Goethe Memorial, Cajetan. Visit the oldest social settlement city highlighting the historic old city with and St. Thomas Church, where J.S. one of the most picturesque stretches DAY 5 - Friday: WORMS / EISENACH / DAY 9 - Tuesday: BERLIN / DRESDEN in existence in the world “The Fuggerei”, its famous buildings and squares including Bach worked and now rests, and the Following breakfast we visit the world- founded by Jacob Fugger in 1521 as the Marienplatz with the town hall and its of this majestic waterway. We sail past ERFURT famous Pergamon Museum with its many magnificent castles and the famous Loreley Following breakfast we drive into Lutherland Völkerschlachtdenkmal (Monument of a residential settlement for Augsburg “Glockenspiel” and the “Frauenkirche” the battle of the Nations). This afternoon treasures including the Ishtar Gate and the citizens in need. The annual (net) rent for (Church of our Lady) with its distinctive rock. We continue to Mainz where we visit to Eisenach and Wartburg Castle. We Market Gate of Miletus. We then continue the birthplace of printing, the Gutenberg tour the Palas (Great Hall), Art exhibition, we proceed for Wittenberg, the main an apartment in the Fuggerei still today is onion-topped towers. In the afternoon time workplace of Martin Luther from 1508. We to Dresden (a World Heritage Site) for the nominal value of the Rhenish Guilder, at leisure. Overnight and Bavarian folkloric Museum where Gutenberg’s first Bible is the Elizabeth Hallway and the Luther a walking tour of its impressive historic on display, also the world‘s tiniest Bible. visit Luther Hall, formerly an Augustinian at present 0.88 Euro together with prayers farewell dinner Room where “Junker Jörg” (the Knight monastery and from 1525 domicile of center with its Castle and Castle Church, three times a day for the founder and his Then tour St. Martin’s Cathedral, built in the George) translated the New Testament into Theatre Square and the famous Semper 8th century and towering in all its might and Luther’s family and nowadays the largest family. About 150 people live at present in DAY 13 - Saturday: MIUNICH / USA German. Then on to St. George’s Church Reformation history museum in the world. Opera, the Semper Gallery, the 140 apartments in 67 houses. Probably We transfer to the airport for our departure. grandeur the city. Seven king’s coronations where Saint Elisabeth was married and Palace and Bruehl’s Terrace Check. We the most famous resident of the Fuggerei took place in the course of the centuries in We also visit the “Schlosskirche”(all Saints J.S. Bach baptized, and the Luther House Church) where Luther posted his 95 theses visit the magnificent Frauenkirche “Church was the Master Mason Franz Mozart, the Mainz cathedral. Then on to Worms for where Luther lived as a student with the of Our Lady”. This baroque cathedral was the great-grandfather of the composer overnight and dinner. on the Castle Church doors sparking the Cotta family from 1498-1501. We board the beginning of the Reformation and sepulcher destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden W. A. Mozart. After lunch on our own we coach for our drive to Erfurt for overnight of Luther and his fellow reformer Philipp during World War II. It was reconstructed continue to Munich, the capital of Bavaria DAY 4 - Thursday: WORMS / SPEYER / and dinner. Melanchthon, tour St. Mary’s Church where and completed in 2004 as a landmark and visit Nymphenburg Castle (view from HEIDELBERG symbol of reconciliation between former outside). Overnight and dinner. Worms: thought to be one of the oldest Luther did the majority of his preaching, DAY 6 - Saturday: ERFURT / EISLEBEN and visit the Melanchthon House, offering warring enemies. We check in to our hotel / LEIPZIG for overnight. (In the evening, possibility This morning we explore Erfurt and visit a rare look into the life and works of this to attend a performance or concert at the the Augustinian Monastery with its famous important humanist and reformer. Continue Semper Opera (subject to availability). dome and stained-glass window choir: to our hotel for dinner. Luther, student of law, entered as a novice in 1505 and took his vows as a monk in 1507. DAY 8 - Monday: POTSDAM / BERLIN DAY 10 - Wednesday: NUREMBERG / On the way to Berlin we stop in Potsdam AUGSBURG and tour Sansouci Palace and Park, We drive through lovely landscapes built by Frederick of Prussia in 1745. southward to Nuremberg and walk along Upon arrival in Berlin we explore the city the “Historischen Meile”, which highlights on a sightseeing tour by bus featuring the major architectural and artistic Europe Charlottenburg Palace (from outside), the landmarks of an historic city which enjoyed Europe Oberammergau Reichstag (Parliament), the Brandenburger its Golden Age in the late Middle Ages. Tor, the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, In 1525 Nuremberg became “protestant” towns and the boulevard Kurfürstendamm and was one of the first cities to make i n (Kudammm), the refurbished city center, this change without an iconoclasm. In the Gendarmenmarkt, Alexanderplatz, Pariser late afternoon we arrive in Augsburg for Platz, the famous boulevard “Unter den overnight and dinner. Linden,”the Berlin Cathedral, visit the Berlin Wall Museum, and the infamous Checkpoint Charlie. We check in to our DAY 11 - Thursday: AUGSBURG / hotel for overnight and dinner. MUNICH Augsburg: its magnificent Renaissance buildings - dated from the 15th and 16th centuries - give the city its unique Rhine River character. Martin Luther stayed at the monastery of St. Anna church in 1518,

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‘Faith of our Fathers’ Heritage Tour France

Day 1 – Monday: NEW YORK / CHICAGO Wesley preached some of his open- The oldest structure in the castle, tiny St. or LOS ANGELES/ LONDON air sermons in 1738. We will also view the Margaret’s Chapel, was built ca 1100 A.D. It This evening we board flight at John F famous orphanages established by George was in Edinburgh Castle that Mary Queen of Kennedy International Airport in New York. Mueller (now a technical college). In the Scots gave birth to King James VI of Scotland, Dinner will be served on our overnight flight afternoon we arrive at Oxford, where we’ll who became King James I of England, uniting to London. have a guided tour of the city and university, the crowns of England and Scotland. In 1611 including Christ Church from which John James I authorized the English version of the Day 2 – Tuesday: LONDON Wesley graduated. We’ll visit the spot outside Bible, now known as the “Authorized Version” Arriving early in London we are met and Balliol College where three heroes of the or the “.” After our tour of begin our tour the city of London, including English Reformation (Latimer, Ridley and the Castle we continue along the Royal Mile the magnificent Westminster Abbey, where Cranmer) were burned at the stake. We’ll also to Holyroodhouse, palace of Mary Queen of most of the monarchs of Britain have been view “The Kilns,” the home of C.S. Lewis. Scots. crowned, married, and buried since 1066 A.D. Westminster Abbey is also the burial Day 6 – Saturday: OXFORD/ SCROOBY/ place of David Livingstone. We visit St Day 9 – Tuesday: EDINBURGH/ ST AUSTERFIELD/ EPWORTH/ YORK ANDREWS Paul’s Cathedral, with its dome inspired by Today we travel north into Nottinghamshire, This morning we drive across the Firth of Forth, St. Peter’s in Rome. We visit the Tower of stopping first at Scrooby, the “Birthplace of past the picturesque fishing ports of Fifeshire, London, built in 1066 as a fortress for William the Pilgrims.” Here, in 1606, dissatisfied with and on to St. Andrews on the northeast coast DAY 1 - Tuesday: NEW YORK / PARIS Day 6 - Sunday : NICE/ NIMES/ Day 10 - Thursday : CAEN/ BAYEUX/ the Conqueror, which has served for nearly the corruption and lax nature of the Church of Scotland. St. Andrew is the “patron saint” Today we will meet at JFK International PARIS 1000 years and view Buckingham Palace of England, some religious separatists broke of Scotland, and the “Cross of St. Andrew” is airport for our flight to Paris via wide-body This morning we drive through Cannes This morning we visit the Bayeux Tapestry and other places of interest as we travel away from the church and its head, King the flag of Scotland. It was in St. Andrews that aircraft arriving the next day. Meals served along the magnificent coast, en route to the Museum with its scenes of the Battle through the city. James I, to commit themselves to a simpler George Wishart, under whose ministry John on board. city of Nimes, where we see the Roman of Hastings in the preserved 900-year- way of life based on the teachings of the Knox was converted, was burned at the stake Day 2 - Wednesday : PARIS arena, the Maison Carre, and city gardens. old embroidery. Next, we continue on to Day 3 – Wednesday: LONDON Bible. We also visit nearby Austerfield, home for preaching the gospel. We will visit the This morning we will arrive in Paris and This afternoon we proceed on through the Giverny, to view from the outside the house This morning we visit Hampton Court of William Bradford, America’s greatest remains of the cathedral, which was begun check into our hotel where we have time Camargue, where we arrive at the walled and gardens of Claude Monet inspiration Palace, beautifully situated in over 60 acres Pilgrim Father. Eventually Bradford and in 1160 and took over 150 years to complete. to relax or perhaps explore this beautiful city of Carcassonne for dinner in our hotel. for his “water lily” paintings (closed for of gardens, a living tapestry of history from Brewster, along with a company of fellow During the Scottish Reformation John Knox capital city. Our afternoon tour includes the winter). Continue on for a visit to the Henry VIII through George II. Returning to Pilgrims, set sail for America. Next, we preached a fiery sermon in St. Andrews parish views of the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Day 7 - Monday : CARCASSONNE/ Versailles Palace and then on to our hotel London, we will visit the British Museum, travel to Epworth and the birthplace of church, whereupon the congregation went Vendome Square, Tulleries Gardens, the TOULOUSE/ BORDEAUX in Paris for dinner and overnight. where many antiquities and artifacts from the founders of Methodism. Samuel and immediately to the cathedral and destroyed Pantheon, the Louvre Museum, and a This morning we depart this magical city Israel, Egypt, Greece, and Rome are Susanna Wesley lived in Epworth for 39 many valuable objects and furniture, which guided tour of Notre Dame Cathedral. and wind our way through the Corbieres Day 11 - Friday : PARIS/ NEW YORK preserved and showcased, including the years, and raised here their 17 children, they saw as relics of “popery.” We also view hills and magnificent ‘Cathar’ landscapes, This morning we say “Au revoir Paris” as Cyrus Cylinder, the Rosetta Stone, marble including John and Charles. We’ll visit their the ancient St. Andrews Castle, perched on a Day 3 - Thursday : PARIS/ BEAUNE/ to Toulouse and then through the county we transfer to the airport for our return flight friezes from the Parthenon in Athens, and home, the Old Rectory, and the parish church cliff overlooking the North Sea. We will also LYON of Les Landes to the town of Bordeaux. to America. Egyptian artifacts and mummies. Remainder where Samuel ministered. Next, we arrive visit the most famous golf course in the world, We drive southwards today into Burgundy Our orientation tour here shows us the of the day is free for your private explorations at York where we will tour the majestic York “The Royal and Ancient.” wine country, via its capital Dijon. We will Esplanade des Quinconces and the banks of London. Minster, which dates from 1220, and see visit the art museum, Palais Des Ducs. This of the Gironde. Then there’s time to explore other fascinating sights of this ancient city. Day 10 –Wednesday: - EDINBURGH/ afternoon we continue our scenic drive in the old quarter before dinner in our hotel. 11 Days Day 4 – Thursday: LONDON/ LONDON/ NEW YORK past the Cote d’Or vineyards of Gevrey- STONEHENGE/ SALISBURY/ BATH Day 7 – Sunday: YORK/ DURHAM/ This morning we fly from Edinburgh to Chambertin, and Nuits-St. Georges to the Day 8 - Tuesday : BORDEAUX/ France Today we leave London and head west for LINDISFARNE/ JEDBURGH/ EDINBURGH London, where we board our flight home. medieval town of Beaune, where we will PERIGUEUX/ TOURS the mysterious stone circle, Stonehenge, Driving north from York we come to Durham visit Musee Du Vin Bourgogne. Proceed to This morning our first stop is St. Emilion dating back to 3200 B.C. Next, we come to and view the ancient cathedral. Next, we Lyon for dinner and overnight. famous for its red wine. Then through the $3799 $3999 Salisbury and its awe-inspiring cathedral, have a photo stop at picturesque Lindisfarne, Dordogne, via Bergerac to see the castle with the tallest surviving pre-1400 spire in the “Holy Island,” where a monastery Day 4 - Friday : LYON/ / NICE of Beynac, the fortress of Castelnaud Nov 9 - 19 June 8 - 18 the world. Here we recall the artisans and was established in 635 A.D., soon after 10 Days This morning we begin our day with a and Josephine Baker’s chateau of Les craftsmen who labored to construct amazing Christianity came to Britain. Crossing the scenic drive along the valley of the River Milandes. We continue via Les Eyzies, 2021 buildings for the worship and glory of God. border into Scotland, we come to the lovely England & Scotland Rhone to the Roman, ‘Pont du Gard’, ‘the cradle of pre-history’ before arriving In the Cathedral Chapter House, we view village of Jedburgh, and view the remains of ‘Faith of our Father’s before continuing to Avignon, where we see in Perigueux. Then we travel to Limoges, Nov 8 - 18 June 7 - 17 depictions of scenes from Genesis and its beautiful church, founded in 1108 by King the Papal Palace and the famous bridge. where we will see a demonstration of Exodus, and see one of only four surviving David I of Scotland, and the home of Mary Heritage Tour’ Then we travel through the Provence of porcelain manufacture, before continuing 2022 copies of the Magna Carta. In the afternoon Queen of Scots. Next, we visit the remains Van Gogh and Cezanne to the French on via the Loire Valley to Tours for dinner Europe we visit Bath, where we view Bath Abbey, of Dryburgh Abbey, beautifully nestled in a Riviera and Nice. and overnight. Nov 7 - 17 June 6 - 16 Europe another beautiful and historic cathedral, secluded loop of the River Tweed. Christianity $4299 $4699 and the Roman baths, constructed like the was established here by missionaries in 600

Day 5 - Saturday : NICE/ MONACO Day 9 - Wednesday : TOURS/ MONT ST 2023 Roman bath houses we see in the Holy Land. A.D., and the abbey was built in 1150. Here Mar 1- 10 Sept 6 - 15 EXCURSION MICHEL/ CAEN We also visit the famous “Pump Room,” built we can view remarkably well-preserved We will have the whole day to enjoy the We begin our day traveling along the in 1790, where 18th century socialites came glimpses of medieval monastic life. Dryburgh 2021 sophisticated holiday atmosphere of the Loire Valley where we stop in Angers with to “take the waters” for their health. Here in is the burial place of the well-known author, Principality of Monaco. Perhaps laze on its dominating castle. Then into Brittany, Bath, Jane Austen wrote many of her famous Sir Walter Scott. Then onto Edinburgh, the Mar 7 - 16 Sept 5 - 14 the beach or shop in the elegant boutiques. where we visit the island-town of Mont St. novels about the manners and extravagances capital city of Scotland. This evening, we enjoy French cuisine in Michel, with its picturesque streets and of Georgian society. Day 8- Monday: EDINBURGH 2022 a local restaurant before returning to our imposing abbey. We proceed along the Today we tour the historic city of Edinburgh, hotel in Nice for overnight. Liberty Highway to St. Lo, and on to the Day 5 – Friday: BATH/ BRISTOL/ OXFORD home of the Scottish Reformation. We visit Mar6 - 15 Sept 4 - 13 D-Day Landing Beaches. We continue to After a short drive from Bath, we come to the 900-year-old St Giles Church, “the birthplace our hotel in Caen for dinner and overnight. busy city of Bristol, home of William Penn, of Presbyterianism,” where John Knox was a Quaker and the founder of Pennsylvania. minister for many years. We also visit John 2023 We will see the New Room, the first Knox’s home. At the top of the Royal Mile we Methodist chapel, the home of Charles come to Edinburgh Castle, a military fortress Wesley, and Hanham Mount, where John since 900 A.D., situated atop a volcanic crag. 40 www.maranathatours.com For more information call 800-545-5533 or email [email protected] 41 Maranatha Tours: Bringing the Bible to life since 1974 From Genesis to Revelation, we can take you there!

8 Days in Ireland Extension Options $3,499 Extensions Pre Extension Add Northern Ireland June 10 - 17 Northern Ireland Ireland 2021 $1,799 Pre Extension - 6 days Post Extension for $1,799 June 9 - 16 Scotland 2022 $2,799 DAY 1 - Sunday- NEWARK / DUBLIN DAY 3 - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 breathtaking views of the Irish with its windswept hills, on our way June 8 - 15 Today we will meet at Newark In- BELFAST Sea as well as hauntingly beau- to Slingo, described by William 2023 ternational airport for our flight to This morning we will enjoy a tiful moorlands. The grand finale Butler Yates as the “land of Take both extensions and receive Dublin, Ireland via wide-body air- walking tour of Belfast to view however, is the Giant’s Cause- heart’s desire”. Here, surrounded a $150 air credit! craft arriving the next day. Meals C. S. Lewis’ birthplace and other way. Sometimes dubbed “The 8th by the Ox Mountains, the great served on board. childhood sites. Belfast has been Wonder of the World”, the Cause- poet spent many years of his the scene of much conflict be- way is an amazing sight with its life. Continue south to Knock, DAY 1 - Thursday - NEWARK / SHANNON the ocean to the monastic ruins on the Today we depart the USA on our transatlantic summit. Visit the Skellig Experience before DAY 2 - Monday- DUBLIN / tween the Roman Catholics and 40,000 basalt columns rising from where it is said that villagers saw flight to Shannon. we continue our Ring of Kerry tour. Return to includes St. Patrick’s Cathedral, built next BELFAST Protestants, culminating in the the sea. Legend has it that the the vision of the Virgin Mary in our hotel for dinner and overnight. to the well where Patrick baptized converts This morning we arrive in Dublin “Troubles”. While visiting Belfast, Causeway was the path built by 1879 and then on to Galway for DAY 2 - Friday - SHANNON / BUNRATTY / on this visit to Dublin. In 1789, Wesley led where we will be met by our we will see the remains of the fa- Irish giant Finn McCool to enable a brief stroll through the twisting LIMERICK DAY 5 - Monday - KILLARNEY / BLARNEY a large number of Dublin Methodist to the escort. Upon arrive will head mous ship yards where ships like him to fight the giant across the streets of the old city. Continue on This morning we arrive in Shannon and are / CORK Cathedral for Holy Communion. Next, we stop north to Malahide Castle, set on the Titanic were built. Visit the Irish Sea in Scotland. We end to Limerick where we check into met by our escort. Our first stop in Ireland is Today we begin our day with a to visit to Blarney at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church, the first 250 acres of park land. This was East Belfast Mission where Wes- our day in Londonderry where our hotel for dinner and overnight. Bunratty Castle, a Viking Trading Camp in 970 Castle, one of Ireland’s oldest and most historic Methodist chapel in Ireland, and visit St. Mary’s fortress where the Talbot family ley’s emphasis on reaching the our tour will help us discover the Church, where John Wesley’s first sermon was A.D. The present structure is the last of four castles. Here we can visit the Gardens and lived from 1185 to 1973, when the poor and working-class people history of this ancient city which DAY 6 - Friday - LIMERICK castles to be built on the site. We will see the the famous Blarney Stone, believed to have preached in what was called Evening Prayer. Continue on to view Church Pub, once a last Lord Talbot died. Continue to is put into action. The remainder retains its medieval fortification This morning we will join those Bunratty Folk Park, a living reconstruction of the power to bestow the gift of eloquence on Downpatrick where we will visit of the afternoon will be at leisure. walls dating from 1613. Check arriving from the USA and be- the homes and environment of Ireland of over a all those who kiss it. Treat yourself to quality church Wesley preached at in Ireland. We will view the National Gallery of Ireland, O’Connell what is known as St. Patrick’s Dinner and overnight at our hotel into our hotel for dinner. gin our tour of Bunratty Castle. century ago. Continue on to our hotel where we Irish-made goods at the Blarney Woolen Mills. final resting place. Here we visit check in for dinner and overnight. Continue on to the port city of Kinsale where Street, then a visit to Trinity College, housing the Heritage Center, giving you a DAY 4 - Wednesday- BELFAST DAY 5 - Thursday- LON- we will visit St Multose Church, built in 1190 the 9th century Book of Kells. The remainder glimpse into the life of St. Patrick. DAY 3 - Saturday - LIMERICK / KILLARNEY and which remains in use to this day. The of the afternoon will be free to explore on your / LONDONDERRY DONDERRY / LIMERICK This morning we depart for the Cliffs of Moher, courthouse was used for the inquiry over the own before transferring back to the hotel. This Check into your Belfast area hotel Today we travel along the Antrim This morning we travel through where we look out over the Atlantic Ocean. sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. Continue on evening we will enjoy a special evening with for dinner and overnight. Coast where we will experience the charming town of Donegal, Standing over 700 feet above the sea, the to Cobh where we will visit the Cobh Heritage dinner followed by a show with Irish music and cliffs boast one of the most amazing views in Center, situated within a beautifully restored entertainment. Return to the hotel for overnight. Ireland. Continue on to Adare, one of Ireland’s Victorian railway station. Here we will learn Add Scotland Post Extension - 6 days for $2,799 most picturesque villages with thatched roof about Irish Emigration and hear about the ill- DAY 8 - Thursday - DUBLIN / USA cottages throughout the town. It was here that fated Titanic and Lusitania. Continue on to Cork We transfer to the airport for our flight home DAY 8 - Thursday- DUBLIN / DAY 9 - Friday-GLASGOW / for dinner and overnight. clude a visit to Edinburgh Castle John Wesley preached to the people of Adare for dinner and overnight. with unforgettable memories to cherish always. LARNE / GLASGOW LOCH NESS / INVERNESS and Holyrood House Palace, the in 1765 from the shade of an ash tree. Today This morning head north through This morning our tour of DAY 10 - Saturday,- INVERNESS official residence of Her Majesty scenic countryside to North¬ern Glasgow begins at the Glasgow / PITLOCHRY / EDINBURGH the Queen of Scotland. Next, we a stone makes the spot where the tree stood. DAY 6 - Tuesday - CORK / KILKENNY / Ireland, making our way to Larne Cathe¬dral, also called the High This morning we make our way visit John Knox House, reputed to Our next stop will be Ballingrane, where we DUBLIN where we will board a ferry across Kirk of Glasgow, and then on to to Pitlochry, visiting Blair Cas- have been owned by John Knox in visit the Embuty Heck Memorial Church, built in We begin our day with a brief walking tour of the Irish Sea to Cairnryan, Scot- Kelvin¬grove Art Gallery and Mu- tle, where you will see Scottish the 16th century, Princes Street, 1766, where John Wesley visited thirteen times Cork and the English Market. Continue on to land. Upon arrival we will be met seum. We continue on through his¬tory through the collection of and St. Giles Cathedral with its over the years. Continue to Killarney, ‘Heaven’s Kilkenny. The medieval heritage is evident in and transferred to our hotel for Scottish Highlands to Loch Ness, the Atholl Family, and its gardens distinctive crown stee¬ples. Re- Reflex’, one of Ireland’s most lovely districts. the city’s treasure trove of historical buildings dinner and overnight. fabled home of the elusive water with impressive walled gardens, turn to the hotel for over¬night. Poets, painters, writers and musicians have and landmarks, exemplified by the magnificent mon¬ster, Nessie! Here we will wooded groves, and sculpture This evening we will enjoy the never fully succeeded in conveying the varied Kilkenny Castle. Kilkenny is arguably the enjoy a 1-hour cruise on Loch trail. Continue through scenic Spirit of Scotland Show with din- Ness. Con¬tinue on to Inverness countryside for a visit to ¬keld ner, featuring Scottish danc¬ing beauty of form and color of this wonderland of pre-eminent medieval city in Ireland. Our Cathedral, begun in 1260 and and music mountains and lakes. Check into tour of the city will completed in 1501 and on to Perth our hotel for dinner and overnight. t. include the Castle where we visit St. John’s Kirk, DAY 12 - Monday- EDINBURGH and Cathedral, and one of Scotland’s most important Today will be free to explore the DAY 4 - Sunday- KILLARNEY / the Church of St. burgh churches, and Perth’s most city on your own, shop, or to relax RING OF KERRY / KILLARNEY Canice. Continue on ancient build¬ing. It was here at the hotel. Dinner and overnight Today after breakfast, enjoy a to Dublin where our that John Knox preached before at the hotel. jaunting car ride through part of panoramic tour of the the Lords of the Congregation in Europe Killarney National Park, ending at city will include Christ 1559. Continue on to Edinburgh DAY 13 - Tuesday- EDINBURGH Europe where we check into our hotel for / USA Ross Castle. Next, we will enjoy Church Cathedral, dinner and over¬night. This morning we transfer to the a sheepdog demonstration at built in 1172, and airport where we board our flight Kissane Sheep Farm. Continue our Phoenix Park with its home, filled with fond memories day with one of the most beautiful many monuments. of the places we have seen and rides you will ever have, as we Check into our DAY 11 - Sunday - EDINBURGH the friends we have made drive the Ring of Kerry, a scenic hotel for dinner and Today our tour of the city will in¬- contrast from golden coastline to overnight. majestic mountains. En route you will see in the distance, The Great Skellig, an enormous DAY 7 - Wednesday mass of precipitous rock rising sheer out of - DUBLIN the ocean to a height of 700 feet, where stone Today our tour of steps, hewn by the ancient monks lead from “Dublin’s Fair City” Questions? 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