Golden Spirit Tours -

Day 1: ARRIVAL - JAFFA - JERUSALEM

• Arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel-Aviv, you will be met by your guide. Proceed to Jaffa. Then visit the Russian Mission Compound and the Monastery of Saint Michael the Archistratigus, then continuing to Lydda, Church and Tomb of Saint George. We will proceed to Jerusalem. Check-in. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 2: JERUSALEM - EIN KAREM

• After breakfast, we will visit the Garden of Gethsemane, the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, and the Tomb of the Virgin Mary. We will continue to the Mount of Olives, Convent of the Ascension, Chapel of the Ascension, Monastery of St. Elias, Monastery of the Cross and the Monastery of St. Simeon. Then we continue to Ein Kerem, where we will visit the Covent Russian Gorney, the birthplace of John the Baptist and the Springs of St. John the Baptist. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 3: JERUSALEM

• After breakfast, Our tour begins on Mount Zion, where we will visit the Assyrian Monastery of Saint Mark. We will continue to Via Dolorosa, Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Golgotha. Return to hotel. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.
  (From 00:00 to 03:0AM, Evening Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.)

Day 4: BETHLEHEM - HEBRON 

• Our day begins in Bethlehem visiting the Church of the Nativity, Grotto of the birth of the Savior; we will have the morning Liturgy with the possibility of the Eucharist. Then we will visit the Monastery of Mar Saba, Monastery of St. Theodosius and the Shepherds’ Field. We will proceed to Hebron, where we will see Makhpela Cave, the Tombs of Abraham and Sarah, Isaak and Rebeccah, Jacob and Liah. In the Russian Mission Compound we will visit the Mambre Oak. Proceed to Beit Jala, we will visit the Church and the Grotto of St. Nikolay. Dinner and overnight in Jerusalem.

Day 5: JUDEAN DESERT - GALILEE

• Check-out. After breakfast, departure to Jericho where we will visit the Mount of Temptation, the Russian Mission Compound in Jericho, the Tree of Zechariah, the Monastery of St. Gerasimos, Holy Waters of the Jordan River. Then continue to Galilee. Check in. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

Day 6: GALILEE

• In the early morning we will take a packed breakfast and head to Magdala for the morning Liturgy. Then, we will continue to St. Mary Magdalene Springs. We will proceed to Mount Tabor in order to enjoy a boat ride followed by lunch of St. Peter’s Fish. After lunch we will continue to Capernaum. Return to the hotel. Dinner and overnight in Tiberias.

Day 7: GALILEE - DEPARTURE

• Check-out. After breakfast, visiting Cana of Galilee. Then proceed to Nazareth to visit the Church of the Annunciation. We bid farewell to the Holy Land as we drive to the airport to board our departure flight back home.