Program

DAY 1: LARNACA-TEL AVIV-JERUSALEM-BETHLEHEM
Meeting at Larnaca Airport. Sorting of luggage, passport control and departure for Tel-Aviv. Arrival at Tel-Aviv Airport. Boarding an air-conditioned luxury bus and departure for Jerusalem. On the way, a pilgrimage to the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross. Then we will visit the Paniero Church of the Resurrection, where we will have a guided tour and a reverent pilgrimage to the Life-giving tomb of our Lord (Agios Kouvuklios), to the Awful Calvary, to the Holy Deposition. We will continue with a guided tour of all the pilgrimages inside the Temple (the Catholic Church, the Cave of the Finding of the Holy Cross, the Chapel of the centurion Longinus, Akanthinos Stefanos. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in. Free time. Dinner. Overnight.

DAY 2: BETHANIA-IOARDANIS POTAMOS-SARANTARIO
Breakfast. Departure for a visit and pilgrimage to Bethania to the women's Monastery of Martha and Mary (sisters of Lazarus). We continue with a visit to the Jordan River (the place where Christ was baptized). Next we will visit Mount Sarantarios (optional ascent by cable car or van) and the church of the Prophet Elisha (Sykomorea of Zacchaeus). We will continue to the Mount of Olives and the Tomb of the Virgin Mary. Return to the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.

DAY 3: NAZARETH-CANA-TABOR-TIBERIAS-AGIOS GERASIMOS
Breakfast. Immediately afterwards we depart for a full-day excursion to Northern Palestine, where we will visit Nazareth, where the Annunciation took place. We continue to Cana of Galilee, where the Lord's first miracle (turning water into wine) took place. Then a visit to Mount Tabor, where the Transfiguration of the Savior took place. Time for lunch at the Lake of Tiberias. Return to the hotel. On the way pilgrimage to the Holy Monastery of Agios Gerasimos the Jordanite. Dinner and overnight stay.

DAY 4: BETHLEHEM-AIRPORT
Breakfast. Congregation at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. Transfer to Tel Aviv Airport for the return flight.