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11-Day Pilgrimage
including
7-Night Christian Cruise
to Egypt, the Holy Land, Turkey, and Greece
Visiting Cairo, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Galilee, Antioch,
Tarsus, Perga, Ephesus, Athens, Corinth, and more.
Please note: This cruise is currently open to
individual Catholics wishing to travel on this pilgrimage.
Click on the links below or
contact us for
more information.
Departure date from USA:
March 11, 2009 |
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Day 1: Transatlantic flight
Depart
from the U.S. to Cairo, Egypt. |
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Day 2:
Arrival
Cairo
Upon
arrival, the group will be met by our airport representative
and transferred to the hotel for dinner and overnight. |
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Day 3:
Cairo –
Embarkation
Begin your tour of Cairo with a visit to the
Egypt Museum,
which houses
the
King Tut treasures
and many other artifacts from
Egypt's
long history. Continue to the
Great Pyramids of Giza
and see this last remaining ancient wonder,
which was built before the time of Moses and the Israelites in
this ancient land. Continue to
Port Said
to embark the
mv Orient Queen. |
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Day 4:
Bethlehem –
Jerusalem
This morning dock in
Ashdod.
Travel to
Bethlehem
to visit the
cave revered as the place where Our Lord Jesus Christ was
born. The church, which was constructed on the site, is the
world's oldest functioning church. Nearby you'll view
Shepherds' Field
where the Good News was first heard. Continue to
Jerusalem
for a visit to
the
Upper Room,
the site of the Last Supper. Continue to the
House of the High Priest
Caiaphas, where Our Lord was tried before the
Sanhedrin. Finally, visit the
Western Wall,
the last remains of the Herodian Temple and the holiest site
in Judaism. |
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Day 5:
Jerusalem
From
Ashdod,
travel to
Jerusalem
and stand
upon the
Mount of Olives
to view the
city as Our Lord did. Wander among the olive trees of the
Garden of Gethsemane.
Walk along the
Via Dolorosa
to the
Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Enter the
Old City and
visit the
Pool of Bethesda.
Worship together in the
Garden Tomb. |
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Day 6:
Galilee
Dock in the port of Haifa.
Travel inland to the
Sea of
Galilee.
Much of the Gospel is centered on this Sea. Stand on the
Mount of the Beatitudes,
where Our Lord Jesus Christ gave his most
famous sermon. At
Tabgha, the
location for the calling of the disciples and the feeding of
the 5000, visit the
Church of the Fish and the
Loaves. Also visit the
Chapel of the Primacy
where three times St. Peter professed his devotion to
the risen Christ. Travel to the shore town of
Capernaum
where Our Lord called St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. James, St.
John and later St. Matthew, and stop by the
River Jordan
where St. John the Baptist was baptizing. |
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Day 7:
Antioch
– Tarsus
After docking in the Turkish port of
Iskenderun,
travel to Antioch. Ancient Antioch was the center of
Hellenistic civilization in the region. Christian roots go
deep into Antioch's soil. It was to Antioch that many
Jerusalem Christians fled after the death of the first martyr,
St. Stephen. St. Paul and St. Barnabas stayed in Antioch for a
year and evangelized many. Later, the city became the starting
and ending point for the first missionary journey from which
St. Paul performed his missionary labors. It was in Antioch
that the disciples were first called "Christians", and it was
here that the first non-Jews were accepted into the early
Church. From Antioch, continue on to Tarsus, the birthplace of
St. Paul, a city with a resplendent history which reaches back
to the 14th century B.C. St. Paul visited Tarsus twice during
his missionary journeys. Re-board the Orient Queen from the
port of Mersin, Turkey. |
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Day 8:
Antalya
– Aspendos – Perga
This morning, dock in the Turkish port of
Antalya.
Travel by bus to the
Aspendos
theater, known for its outstanding acoustics. The extremely
well preserved theater may be the best preserved in the
ancient world. Nearby is
Perga, a Hellenistic city where St. Paul and St.
Barnabas preached. Pass through the same city gates as did St.
Paul and St. Barnabas when they visited here on their first
journey. The ruins of a large stadium, baths, and a tomb give
ample evidence of its former greatness. Return to Antalya from
where St. Paul sailed to Antioch at the completion of the
first missionary journey. |
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Day 9:
Ephesus
Journey to
Ephesus,
the marble city where St. Paul spent three years of his
ministry. It was to this community that St. Paul wrote his
epistle to the Ephesians. The ruins of
Ephesus
have been restored much like the city was in
St. Paul's
time. Visit the House of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Also visit
the ancient
Agora, the library of Celsus and enter the Great
Theater mentioned in the book of Acts. |
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Day 11:
Transatlantic flight back
to the U.S.
Transfer to Athens
airport and fly back to the U.S. |
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