Breakfast at hotel and start the tour of the sacred city. The old city of Jerusalem is 3.000 years, although the current zoning plan, mostly dating to the Byzantine period. East and south of the old city are the Mount of Olives and Mount Zion. Both related to the last moments of Jesus Christ. We will cross the path of Martyrdom (the path that Jesus walked, going to Calvary), προσκυνώντας στον Οίκο Ιωακείμ και Άννης και στο Πραιτώριο και θα καταλήξουμε στον Ναό της Αναστάσεως, pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulcher, the holiest of all Christian sites. Continue to Mount Zion that has been identified with the Promised Land. There we will see the tomb of David, the Patriarchal School and the Upper Room, place where it is said to have taken place the Last Supper. Back at the hotel. Free time for rest. Dinner and overnight.

After breakfast excursion follows in Galilee. Visit to the Church of Saint Gerasimos Jordanite and changeover point Baptism of the Lord, the Jordan River. We will visit the Savior Transfiguration Monastery in Mount Tabor and will arrive in Nazareth, the place where Jesus spent his childhood. Visit the Church of the Annunciation, in the crypt of which there is the cave, where it is said that the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary. Our next stop is Kana, known by the first miracle of Jesus in "Wedding at Cana", wherein he turned water into wine. We will arrive in Tiberias Lake Galilee, where among other things we will worship at the Monastery of the Holy Apostles. Back at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel and the present day excursion includes the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is a lake between Israel and Jordan and is the lowest point on Earth, 411 m. below sea level. The region is considered since antiquity especially important therapeutic center, because the composition of the water and mud that is there. Our next stop is the mountain fortress of Massada, which was the winter residence of King Herod. We go up the mountain by cable car, to see the baths and the ancient Synagogue. This day also includes a visit to Jericho, the oldest according to some city in the world. The place where the New Testament says that Jesus healed two blind and was hosted at the home of tax collector Zackheos. We will visit close to city center, the Monastery of the Prophet Elijah, wherein there is a perennial sycamore, where it is said that Zacchaeus climbed to see Jesus and finally Sarantario Mt.. Back at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

On the last day, after progefmatisoume will visit Bethlehem in the Church of the Nativity, we will worship at the Cave of the Nativity of the Lord, the village of the Shepherds and the Monastery of St. Theodosius Koinoviarchou. Optional transition to IM. St. Sabbas the Sanctified. Then transfer to the Old City of Jerusalem. We will worship at Gethsemane at the Tomb of the Virgin Mary, You will see the place of betrayal, the place and the Church of the Ascension and close admiring the panoramic view of the city. Transfer to Tel Aviv, where we will take the return flight to Athens.

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