{"id":14488,"date":"2017-06-06T22:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sviatogora.com\/?page_id=14488"},"modified":"2018-09-16T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T10:58:57","slug":"pilgrimage-holy-places-jerusalem-duration-8-days-7-nights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sviatogora.com\/en\/pilgrimage-holy-places-jerusalem-duration-8-days-7-nights\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilgrimage to Holy Places in Jerusalem (duration 8 days 7 nights)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pilgrimage to Holy Places in Jerusalem <\/span>(d<\/span>uration 8 days 7 nights<\/span>)<\/b><\/span><\/h2><\/span>
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1<\/b>st<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport. Departure<\/span> to Jerusalem. Hotel accommodation.<\/p>\n

Worship of the Holy Sepulcher. Calvary. Stone of the A<\/span>nointing. The place of finding the Life-giving Cross. The opportunity for<\/span> receiving the<\/span> Holy Communion. Liturgy of the<\/span> Holy Sepulcher. R<\/span>eceiving the<\/span> Holy Communion.<\/p>\n

2<\/b>nd<\/b><\/span> day. <\/b>Gethsemane. Tomb of the Blessed Virgin. G<\/span>arden of<\/span> Gethsemane. The Church of the Passion of Christ is a modern church, which<\/span> built during the Early Byzantine period, in memory of praying of <\/span>Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane before the arrest and the s<\/span>uffering of Jesus on the cross.<\/p>\n

Russian monastery of the Holy Equal of the Apostles <\/span>Mary Magdalene, the worship of relics of Grand princess<\/span> Elizabeth Feodorovna and the nun Barbara.<\/p>\n

House of St. Joachim and Anna. Bethesda.<\/p>\n

Pool of Bethesda, in the vestibule of which the Christ<\/span> miraculously healed<\/span> the paralytic.<\/p>\n

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/span>. At this spot<\/span>, according to tradition, there was the dwelling of the righteous Joachim and Anna, the parents of the Holy Virgin Mary.<\/p>\n

The Way of<\/span> the Cross Via Dolorosa (Paintful<\/span> way<\/span>) is the way where the our<\/span> Savior went to Calvary, the place of His death on the Cross. According to the Orthodox tradition the Way of the Cross starts from Pretorium<\/span>, where in the time of Jesus Christ there was a prison in which criminals were held before the court of the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate.<\/p>\n

The threshold of the Judgment Gate (Alexandrian Compound). Church of the Holy Sepulcher.<\/p>\n

3<\/b>rd<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> Bethlehem. Church of the Nativity.<\/p>\n

The Bethlehem field, at which Ruth met<\/span> Voz. Here the childhood of King David<\/span> was spent<\/span> and he was anointed by<\/span> the prophet Samuel for reign<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Chapel of the Shepherd’s Field is an underground church in a cave, where on the night of Christmas three angels appeared to the three shepherds, who announced the birth of the our<\/span> Savior.<\/p>\n

Monastery of the Reverent <\/span>Monk Theodosious<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified.<\/p>\n

Hebron. The Trinity Monastery in Hebron. Oak of Mamre<\/span>.<\/p>\n

4th day.<\/b> Monastery of the St.<\/span> Onuphrius.<\/p>\n

Valley of the Cross. Monastery of the Cross, was founded<\/span> on the spot where<\/span> t<\/span>he triune tree grew<\/span>, on<\/span> which our <\/span>Savior was crucified. Catacombs.<\/p>\n

Temple of Simeon the R<\/span>ighteous (Simeon the God-receiver).<\/p>\n

Ein Karem. Tribe of Judah. The Spring<\/span> of the Mother of God<\/span> confirms the visit<\/span> of the Mother of God in the hill country of Judah to<\/span> her relative, the R<\/span>ighteous Elizabeth. Gornensky Orthodox Monastery. The Desert of John the Baptist. Spring of John Baptist<\/span>.<\/p>\n

5<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> The Mount of Olives. Ascension rock (Imbomon<\/span>) — the place of the Ascension of the Lord. Russian Orthodox Convent of the Ascension. Church of the Pater Noster or «Our Father»<\/span>. Panorama. Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. Trinity Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Mount Zion. In Zion there has happened<\/span>: the Last Supper, the trial of the high priests Annas<\/span> and Caiaphas, the appearance of Christ to the apostles after the Resurrection, the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the first church planting<\/span>. The <\/span>Cenacle, where on the eve of the arrest the our <\/span>Savior for the first time administered<\/span> a sacrament of the Eucharistia<\/span>. Here t<\/span>he A<\/span>postle Peter said <\/span>the first sermon. Here was occurred<\/span> the first Apostolic Council around<\/span> 50 AD<\/span>. The home<\/span> of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian was located on this hill. Here St. John took care of the Virgin<\/span>, according to Christ’s words on<\/span> the Cross: «Behold, your mother (John 19:27). Now here is situate <\/span>a Catholic church dedicated to Maria<\/span>. Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.<\/p>\n

King and prophet <\/span>David’s Tomb. The Jewish Quarter. Cardo street. Panorama of the Temple Mount.<\/p>\n

Bethany: the cave of the Four Age Lazarus.<\/p>\n

Divine Liturgy at the Holy Sepulcher.<\/p>\n

6<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> The Judean Desert. Monastery of St. George of Choziba<\/p>\n

Jericho. Holy Monastery of the Prophet Elisha in Jericho<\/span>. Zacchaeus’ sycamore fig in Jericho. Mount of Temptations. Monastery of the St.<\/span> Gerasim in<\/span> Jordan.<\/p>\n

Dead Sea (t<\/span>he price does not include payment for visiting the beach).<\/p>\n

Moving to Galilee throught the <\/span>Jordan Valley. Among<\/span> of all<\/span> rivers of the earth, the great Jordan was elected. In waters of Jordan<\/span> was washed away the sins of all mankind. Here our Lord Jesus Christ initiated the saving sacrament<\/span> of Baptism and from here began<\/span> his ministry.<\/p>\n

Accommodation in a hotel in Tiberias.<\/p>\n

7<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day. <\/b>Nazareth. St.<\/span> Gabriel‘s church<\/span> and<\/span> the Mary\u2019s Well or Holy Spring<\/span> of the Virgin Mary. The Church of the Annunciation over the house where the Holy Family lived.<\/p>\n

Cana. The church in <\/span>honor of the<\/span> first miracle at the Marriage at Cana<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Mount Tabor — Monastery of the Transfiguration. The Jordan River \u2014 ablution<\/span> in the holy waters.<\/p>\n

Dinner. Overnight in Tiberias.<\/p>\n

8<\/b>th<\/b><\/span> day.<\/b> Departure from the hotel. Sea of Galilee. On its coasts<\/span> the Lord chose his disciples from ordinary<\/span> fishermen and called them. Capernaum — the Church<\/span> of the Twelve Apostles. The evangelists called Capernaum «His city». The Mount of Beatitude — the place of the proclamation of the Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n

<\/a> Tabgha<\/span> — the place of miraculous M<\/span>ultiplication of the L<\/span>oaves. The property<\/span> of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Magdala — the place where<\/span> the Lord had <\/span>healed the<\/span> Holy Apostle Mary Magdalene. Lydda. Temple of St. Great Martyr George. Georgian house in Lydda. Departure to Ben Gurion Airport.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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