Holy Land Pilgrimage

February 2010

EL AL 8 depart New York (JFK), Monday Feb. 8 11:50 p.m.

arrive Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Feb 9, 5:30 p.m.

Pilgrims fly EL AL for the cultural experienceOrthodox Jews praying on the flight to Israel.

Welcome to Israel

It’s 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Tel Aviv.

We’ve been on the plane since midnight on Monday.

11 hour flight, +7 hour time change. You do the math.

Four-Stage Pilgrimage

Via Maris (The Way of the Sea)The GalileeJerusalemThe Dead Sea

The Journey Begins in Joppa (Jaffa)

6,000 years of recorded history

The city where Jonah set sail for Tarshish, hoping to outrun God (Jonah 1:3)

Ancient streets and houses

Peter raised Tabitha from the dead in Joppa (Acts 9:36)

Peter stayed in Joppa, at the home of Simon the Tanner (Acts 9:43)

Lots of blue paint. The color of heaven, keeps the devil out.

St. Peter’s Church, JoppaCommemorates the place where Peter had the vision of the sheet (Acts

9:43 ff.) that led him to go with the messengers from Cornelius.

Our home

in

Tel Aviv

Via Maris (The Way of the Sea)The GalileeJerusalemThe Dead Sea

Caesarea

Caesarea Maritamia, 10 B.C.

Built by Herod the Great, named for the EmperorAmphitheater seats 5,000

Herod’s fresh-water pool at Caesarea

Harbor at CaesareaA major port as early as 90 B.C.

Herod constructed breakwaters

Hippodrome at CaesareaHorse races, later for Gladiator games

Mosque dates from Muslim occupancy 640-1101 A.D.

Aqueduct brought fresh water to Caesareafrom Mt. Carmel, 10 km away.

Ohio Delegation, with Knights Templar Host – Duane Kemerley

Via Maris (The Way of the Sea)The GalileeJerusalemThe Dead Sea

Jezreel Valley

Mt. Carmel

Elijah Challenged the Prophets of Baal

Ezra (left) always provided scriptural references to the sites we visited. Here, Haywood reads from 1 Kings 18:17

Carmelite Monastery

This is where the Carmelite Order started.The monastery is dedicated to Mary

View from the roof of the monastery

Mt. Tabor, Mt. of Transfiguration

Church of theTransfiguration

Via Maris (The Way of the Sea)The GalileeJerusalemThe Dead Sea

The Galilee

The Sea of Galilee, Lake GennesaretLargest freshwater lake in Israel.13 miles long, 8 miles wide, maximum depth about 150 feet.

“The Jesus Boat”

Nof Ginosar Kibbutz

Galilee

Sea of Galilee Boat Ride

Northern Shore of Sea of Galilee

Orthodox Church, Capernaum

Church of the Beatitudes

Capernaum, synagogue

The house of Peter’s Mother-in-Law

Church on site of Peter’s Mother-in-Law’s house

Church of the Beatitudes

The hill where Jesus preachedHe preached from the bottom, a natural amphitheater

Blessed are the meek ...

Church of Peter’s Primacy

Peter do you love me?

Mensa Christi – The Table of Christ

Fish BBQ for breakfast on the beach

St. Peter’s Fish for lunch - Tiberias

Jordan River – northern inlet to Sea of Galilee

Church of the Multiplication

Church of the Multiplication Stewardship Committee

Since 1901 the JNF has planted over 240 million trees

We planted over 40

“And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food.” (Lev. 19:23)

Four-Stage Pilgrimage

Via Maris (The Way of the Sea)The GalileeJerusalemThe Dead Sea

“You will never again in your life have your first visit to Jerusalem”

Knights Templar Host, Rev. Duane Kemerly prepares Pilgrims for their first glimpse of Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem.(Psalm 122:2)

King Solomon Hotel, Jerusalem

Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount on the site of the Second Temple (destroyed A.D. 70)

Jews:Abraham and IsaacMt. MoriahHoly of Holies

Muslims: Muhammadshrineal-Haram ash-Sharif

Al Aqsa Mosque | Temple Mount

Western Wall

Al Aqsah Mosque and Haram ash Sharif can be seen behind

Sundays are popular for Bar Mitzvahs at the Western Wall

Can you spot the Knights Templar Pilgrims?

Jesus rode towards Jerusalem on a donkey

Dominus Flevit

“The Lord Wept”

Coenaculum

Franciscan Friary from 14th century

Kidron Valley

St. Peter in Gallicantu, site where Jesus went before Caiaphas

Station 1: Jesus is condemned

Station 2: Jesus is given the cross

Station 3: Jesus falls the first time

Station 4: Jesus meets his mother

Station 5: Simon of Cyrene carries the cross

Station 6: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

Station 7: Jesus falls the second time

Station 8Jesus meets the daughters of Jerusalem

Station 9Jesus falls the third time

Station 10: Jesus is stripped of his clothes

Station 11Crucifixion, Jesus is nailed to the cross

Station 12Jesus dies on the cross

Station 13Jesus’ body is removed from the cross

Station 14: Jesus is laid inside the tomb

Chapel of the Angel

Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre

KT Pilgrims do the “Dead Sea Float”

Rev. Pilgrim Cleveland McSwain – from Wyoming

Holy Land Pilgrimage

Next year ... in Jerusalem