11 Days in the “Footsteps of Jesus”- Journey to the Holy Land – March 10 – 20, 2025 from Cincinnati, OH (CVG) with Pr. Corey Wagonfield and Pr. Lowell Michelson

About this tour

Day 1: Departure from the USA
• Depart for your overnight flight to the Holy Land. Meals will be served on board.

Day 2: Arrival, Tiberius
• Arrive in Tel Aviv, meet your guide, and drive to Tiberius via the coastal plains.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 3: Nazareth, Cana, Mount Tabor
• Mount Tabor.
• Cana of Galilee
• Nazareth, Basilica of the Annunciation, St. Joseph’s Church, Mary’s well.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 4: Golan Heights, Sea of Galilee
• Caesarea Philippi.
• Tabgha, site of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves.
• Enjoy a meal of “St. Peter’s fish” and a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee.
• St. Peter’s Primacy, Capernaum. Site of Magdala.
• Dinner and overnight in Tiberius.

Day 5:  Caesarea Marittima, Mount Carmel
• Tel Megiddo.
• Mount Carmel, Stella Marris
• The Muhraka the site of Elisha.
• Caesarea Marittima,
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 6: Dead Sea area
• Masada, Qumran, site of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• Visit Jericho, Zacchaeus tree old city, and visit mount of Temptation monastery.
• River Jordan.
• Dinner and overnight at Manger Square hotel in Bethlehem.

Day 7: Old City of Jerusalem
• Visit Redeemer Lutheran Church in Old City.
• The Western Wall, view of the Dome of the Rock and El-Aqsa Mosque.
• St. Anne’s Church, the Pools of Bethesda.
• Walk the Via Dolorosa ending at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 8: Mount of Olives/ Mount Zion
• Panoramic view from the top of Mount of Olives.
• Ascension Hill on the Mount of Olives, The Church of Pater Noster, Dominus Flevit.
• The Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations
• Mt. Zion and the Cenacle, St. Peter’s in Gallicantu.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 9: Shepherd’s Field, Bethlehem
• Shepherd’s Field in Beit Sahour.
• Visit the Lutheran School
• Old city of Bethlehem, The Church of the Nativity.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 10: Jerusalem Museums
• Ein Karem (Worship and prayer).
• Visit the Israeli Museum, the model of old Jerusalem, and the Shrine of the Book.
• Visit Yad Vashem, the Holocaust museum, or the Shroud of Turin in Jerusalem.
• Dinner and overnight in Bethlehem.

Day 11: Departure 
• Check out, and depart the hotel for your flight home.

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