The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Come and see A Lent Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Israel and Palestine led by The Venerable Peter Hill Archdeacon of Nottingham INCLUSIVE TOUR COST - £1849 No hidden costs - All Lightline tours are carefully calculated to include all items necessary to complete your tour at the advertised price. 14 – 24 March 2014 Flights on British Airways from London Heathrow (Terminal 1) London – Tel Aviv BA 165 22:30 / 05:25 (Airbus A321) Tel Aviv – London BA 164 16:50 / 20:15 (Airbus A321) Please note all the above flights & times are local and are subject to change. All airport departure & passenger taxes (UK & Israel). Accommodation at following selected guest houses & hotels: All hotels and guest houses are fully air-conditioned with en-suite facilities Galilee - Pilgerhaus (by the shores of the Sea of Galilee). Jerusalem - St George’s Guest House / Gloria Hotel) Half board basis (Dinner, bed & breakfast). All entrance fees and local government taxes. Qualified English speaking guide throughout the tour. All touring in modern air-conditioned tourist coaches. The services of our offices and staff in the UK & Jerusalem. THE ONLY ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE ARE: Single room supplement (limited availability) £439, travel insurance £49, snack lunches, Gratuities £7 a day and any items of a personal nature (laundry & drinks etc) . FOR YOUR PROTECTION & PEACE OF MIND Lightline Pilgrimages Ltd Lightline Pilgrimages Limited holds an Air Travel - Britain’s leading Christian Pilgrimage Operator - Organiser’s Licence issued by the Civil Aviation Coopersale Hall Farm, Authority which requires a full financial bond for all customers’ money held. The air holiday packages Epping, Essex CM16 7PE in this brochure are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 9693. Please see our booking conditions for more Email:[email protected] information website:www.lightline.org.uk Coopersale Hall Farm, Epping, Essex CM16 7PE Reservations: 01992 576 065 Tel: 01992 576 065 / 0208 281 4882 Email:[email protected] website:www.lightline.org.uk Day 9 continued Come and see and the Church of the Nativity below which is the cave venerated as the birthplace of Jesus. “Come and see ” are among the first recorded words of Jesus to his earliest The church dates from 339 CE and is the oldest disciples in John’s Gospel. Those three words aptly describe the adventure building having continuous Christian worship and intent of our 2014 Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Holy Land. We not only in the world. In the afternoon we will visit the go to see and experience modern day Israel and Palestine with all its cultural Dheisheh Refugee Camp established in 1949 for 3,400 Palestinian refugees from Hebron and political complexity but come and see spiritually with Jesus in the places and 45 villages who fled during the 1948 Arab- where he taught, healed, suffered, died and was resurrected for us and our Israeli war. The camp was established on 0.31 world. We will experience the tranquil settings of lakeside Galilee, the sq. km of land leased by UNRWA from the hustle and bustle of the old City of Jerusalem and the demand and challenge Jordanian government. Today there are 13,000 refugees, 35% unemployment and 38% of West Bank Palestine, including Bethlehem and Jericho. meeting with members of the local in the 0-14 age range. There are two schools, The literal meaning of the word “see” in Jesus’ invitation is not a casual a food distribution centre, a health centre, congregation to determine how best to rehabilitation centre and women’s programme further our relationship with the Diocese of glance but a deep intentional look. A pilgrimage to the Holy Land gives such centre. Later in the afternoon we drive to Beit Jerusalem. Farwell dinner and our fnal nights an opportunity to look deeply into Christ, to renew and refresh our faith as stay in Jerusalem. Sahur, a largely Christian area of Bethlehem, we see, hear, touch, taste and smell the places where Jesus was and to the Shepherds Fields identified since remains by his Holy Spirit. We go with him to see what he has ahead in our ancient times with the shepherds who saw the own spiritual journeys and in doing so we meet those on journeys of faith in Star of the Nativity. We will celebrate the Eucharist in one of caves. Return to Jerusalem the land that he loved, both Christian, Jew and Muslim. for dinner and overnight stay. As a special part of this pilgrimage we hope to spend extended time with our Christian brothers and sisters in the Cathedral Church of St George’s in Jerusalem, with which we have a Diocesan link. So do come and see with us, but above all, with Jesus himself. Peter Hill, Archdeacon of Nottingham Day 11 Monday 24 March Abu Ghosh, Kireath Jeream, Journey home TRAVELLING ON YOUR OWN En route to Ben Gurion airport we call at the A large proportion of our passengers travel alone and object to expensive "single room" village of Abu Ghosh which the Crusaders supplements. Please indicate this on your booking form (share twin-bedded room) and we will located as Emmaus, the scene of another of Jesus’ resurrection appearances. This is one of accommodate you with a person of the same sex also travelling alone and would also like to share a room. If we are unable to accommodate you in a shared twin, we will place you in single Day 10 Sunday 23 March the few places in Israel where Jews and Arabs room at only half the cost (50%) of the usual single supplement. If you require Single Stations of the Cross, live together peacefully. In the next village is accommodation (if available) you should request this when booking and the appropriate St. George’s Cathedral the stunning Church of Notre Dame de l’Arche supplement will apply. This morning before breakfast we walk the de l’Alliance (Our Lady of the Ark of the Covenant), built in 1924 and said to occupy PASSPORTS, VISAS & HEALTH Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa, the A full valid 10 year passport is necessary for all our tours. Check NOW that it is valid for the traditional way through the Suk followed by the site of the house of Abinadab where the duration of your tour and validity runs for a further 6 months after your return to the UK . British pilgrims over the centuries to Calvary within Ark of the Covenant is said to have rested for passport holders will be issued a Visa free of charge on arrival in the Holy Land. Holders of other the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . This twenty years until King David took it to passports please contact Lightline Pilgrimages on 0845 610 6447 for advice. No inoculations are ancient church also covers the place of the Jerusalem. It is built on the site of the fifth required, however we advise you to consult your doctor regarding your own personal resurrection of our Lord, marked by an edicle, century Byzantine church and is recognisable requirements. which we hope to enter. The authenticity of by the roof-top statue of Mary carrying the infant Jesus in her arms and standing on the TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE ON THIS TOUR the site is supported by the tradition of the Jerusalem community which held liturgical Ark of the Covenant. We continue to the Please read the booking conditions and complete the enclosed booking form and send it, airport for our late afternoon flight to with a deposit of £200 and insurance premium (if required) per person to: celebrations at the site until 66 AD. After Heathrow. breakfast we walk up the Nablus Road to St. George’s Cathedral for the morning Eucharist Please note this complex touring programme is RESERVATIONS: 01992 576 065 and after lunch we will spend some time subject to minor local amendments Day 7 continued Our Itinerary tradition the crypt enshrines the original home of the Virgin Mary and her parents Joachim and Day 1 Friday 14 March over twenty superimposed cities. We will Anne. Next to it are the ruins of the Pool of Travel to the Holy Land have the opportunity to walk through the Bethesda , where Jesus healed the man crippled Our pilgrimage begins this afternoon with a elaborate shaft and tunnel system installed to for 38 years. From here we go on to the Eucharist in Southwell Minster before bring water into the city without those Convent of the Sisters of Sion built on the travelling to London Heathrow for an besieging it realising. In the early afternoon foundations of the Antonia Fortress, named overnight scheduled flight to Ben Gurion we arrive at our hotel beside the Sea of Galilee after Mark Anthony and built by Herod the Airport, Tel Aviv (Israel). to relax for the rest of the day. Dinner and Great. Within the convent is the pavement at overnight stay by Galilee. ground level at the time of Jesus upon which are scratched games played by the Roman soldiers. The remainder of the afternoon will be available for exploring the Suk , the colourful streets and markets of the Old City or visiting the Garden Tomb , which almost certainly is not the tomb of Christ, but provides a beautiful and quiet space to reflect and meditate. Dinner and overnight stay in Jerusalem. Day 2 Saturday 15 March Caesarea Maritima, Megiddo, Sea of Galilee four ancient tombs, traditionally the tombs of We arrive at day-break to be met by our Absolom, Jehoshaphat, St.