Make your way to JFK airport where you will board your overnight flight to Tel Aviv. Your meals will be served on board.

Upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, make your way to the baggage claim area and collect your luggage. Proceed to the arrival's hall, where you will be greeted by your tour guide and driver. Transfer to your hotel in Tel Aviv in time to check-in. Enjoy dinner at the hotel before retiring for the evening.

Travel up the coastline to the ancient Roman city of Caesarea. See the harbor where Paul was imprisoned and taken to Rome, on his final voyage. Proceed to Nazareth, one of the holiest towns in Christendom. See Mary's Well where the Angel Gabriel told Mary she will give birth to Our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Greek Orthodox Church of Annunciation, where we see frescoes of all the main Orthodox Saints. Continue to Cana to visit the Greek Orthodox Church, site of Jesus' first miracle. Married couples will have the opportunity to renew wedding vows. Overnight in Tiberias area.

Drive to the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, than to Tabgha, Greek for Seven Springs and the Church of the Multiplication of Fishes and Loaves. Visit the Church of St. Peter's Primacy. Explore Capernaum, headquarters of Jesus' ministry in Galilee and see the new church built on St. Peter's House. See the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Apostles, with its lovely pink domes and an outwardly setting overlooking the Sea of Galilee. We celebrate the Divine Liturgy in this peaceful spot. Today you share in the traditional lunch of delicious St. Peter's fish. Visit Chorazim which was cursed by Our Lord because the people did not follow his teaching. Sail across the Sea of Galilee. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

We start the day with a visit to Mt. Tabor and the Church of Transfiguration. We drive through Biblical Samaria to reach Jacob's Well. We will visit the magnificent rebuilt church and hear from Fr. Ioustinos Mamalo about the building of the church and it's importance of the site where Jesus met the Samaritan woman. He referred to the age old dispute between the Samaritan and the Jews about the right spot to worship God, and said the memorable words " They that worship God must worship him in spirit and in truth." We continue through Samaria, viewing Shiloh, Bethel and Beeroth. Dinner and overnight Jerusalem.

Enjoy the unforgettable view from atop the Mount of Olives, and marvel at the site before you. A 4000 year old city, center of three main monolithic faiths, and the place where Our Lord sacrificed himself for our salvation. See where Jesus taught the Apostles to pray "Our Father," and visit the church of Pater Noster and the Chapel of Ascension. Walk down the Palm Sunday road, stopping at the beautiful Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene. Light a candle with a prayer in the Tomb of Holy Mother and continue to the Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, the garden of Our Lord's agony. Descend across the Kidron Valley, to the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu where the Apostle denied Christ three times. Continue on to Mt. Zion to visit the Room of the Last Supper, King David's Tomb and the Church of the Dormition. Conditions permitting, visit Bethany, site of the House of Mary and Lazarus.

Start the day by visiting the Monastery of St. Theodosius and Mar Saba founded in 5th century by monk Saba. Continue to Bethlehem, and the Shepherd's Field and Grotto. We have Holy Liturgy in the Church of the Nativity. The Byzantine church is built over the birthplace of Our Lord, and see the cave of St. Jerome. We also tour the Monastery of Prophet Elias. On the way back to Jerusalem stop at the village of Ein Karem the birth place of St. John the Baptist, and see the Russian and the Greek Orthodox Churches. Dinner and overnight Jerusalem.

Enter the old city via Zion Gate to see: the Wailing Wall, the Temple Mount, the Pool of Bethesda, St. Anne's Church (birthplace of Mary), the Chapel of Flagellation, Ecco Home Arch. Then go on to the Via Dolorosa, to the Prison of Christ, and retrace the final hours of Our Lord's life as you pass the Stations of the Cross, to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site of His death and resurrection. We climb the stairs to reach Golgotha, the place of crucifixion. The main altar here is in the care of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy. Then we are actually led into the Tomb, the place of resurrection, guarded by Greek Orthodox monks. Take a moment in this Holy Place to feel the spirit engulf you, and appreciate all that Our Lord has given you and your loved ones. We see St. Jacob's Church, and St. James Cathedral in the Armenian Orthodox Compound, before exiting through the Jaffa Gate. If times permits visit two more Orthodox monasteries, the Holy Cross Monastery and St. Symeon in Katamonas. Overnight Jerusalem.

Proceed down into the Jordan Valley towards Jericho, the oldest known inhabited city in the world. View the Mt Temptation and visit the Orthodox Monastery there. Continue to the Baptism site beside the Jordan River. After lunch proceed to the unique Dead Sea where you will have an opportunity to float in the saline waters of the lowest Sea on earth. Driving up the Judean hills to Jerusalem we turn off the road to walk down the steep narrow hill to the magnificent Monastery of St. George, built in a rock ravine in the Judean Desert, and wonder in amazement how the monks managed to build this shrine of faith.

After breakfast and heartfelt farewells, transfer to the Tel Aviv airport for your return flights home.