Orthodox Tour

7 days / 6 nights

Day 1

Drive to the Mount of Olives for a panoramic view of Jerusalem. Take part in the opening prayers at the Church of the Ascension and then visit the beautiful Church of Mary Magdalene.
Church of All Nations and the Garden of Agony at Gethsemane.
Mt. Zion to visit the Room of the Last Supper and King David’s Tomb.
Diner & Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 02

Visit the St. Anne's Church (birthplace of Theotokos). Within its grounds are the Pools of Bethesda that are located near the Sheep Gate where the Lord cured the paralytic.
Walk through the Old City and visit the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky.
Russian Compound - is home to the Holy Trinity Cathedral, an imposing Russian Orthodox church.
Jewish Quarter- Western Wall and the Cardo Maximus, a Roman street. Oriental bazaar
Drive to Bethlehem and visit the Church of Nativity and the Shepherds Fields Chapel.
Monastery and Church of the Prophet Elias and enter the Russian Orthodox Church in the beautiful Ein Karem village.
Diner & Overnight: Jerusalem

Day 3

Drive to St George’s Monastery in the Judean Desert.
Jericho and climb the Mount of Sarantarion (The Mount of Temptation). Take a cable car up to the Mount.
Qasr Al Yahud baptismal site and take part in a baptism ceremony.
Continue along the shores of the Dead Sea to the Masada Fortress
Experience floating on the Dead Sea and cover yourself with healthy mud at the lowest place on earth!
Diner & Overnight Dead Sea

Day 4

Get to Deir Hajla to visit the Monastery of St Gerasimus, one of the oldest 70-plus monasteries in the Judean desert.
Jordan Valley to the Sea of Galilee.
Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, the place to which Jesus called his first disciples.
Capernaum, the main area where Jesus visited the Galilee.
Tabgha, the site of the multiplication of bread and fish and see the outstanding Byzantine mosaic floor of the Church of Multiplications and the Mensa Christi Church.
Mount of Beatitudes to recall the Sermon on the Mount.
Finish the day with a boat ride at sunset
Diner & Overnight: Tiberias

Day 5

Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor.
Continue on to Cana (Wedding Church)
Nazareth. visit the local market and lunch.
Virgin Mary’s Well where the angel Gabriel announced the good news to Mary that she would give birth to Jesus Christ. The Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation is built on this site.
Diner and Overnight: Nazareth

Day 6

On the way to Caesarea, we climb the Mount Precipice, The site offers a panoramic view of the patchwork Jezreel Valley.
Caesarea. See the site where Paul appeared before Festus and King Agrippa before he was sent to Rome.
Old Jaffa with its ancient port .Visit St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Saint Tabitha – Orthodox Church in Jaffa.
Simon the Tanner’s House – the house of Simon Bar-Jonah.
Diner & Overnight: Tel Aviv

Day 7

Depending on the time of the return flight visit the Church and Tomb of St. George in Lod. Then transfer to Ben Gurion airport.

This program is given as an example, the order of the visits can be modified without altering the content.