Private Audiences with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem

Banquet in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Banquet in honor of the Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem

Rates

Double Occupancy:

$4295 per person

Single Occupancy:

$5135 per person

Rates indicated above include air and fuel surcharges of $480, gratuities of $80 and Sinai, St. Catherine’s and Israeli departure taxes of $45.

Above Rates Include…

* International air JFK / ISTANBUL / TEL AVIV / ISTANBUL / JFK

* Turkish domestic air ISTANBUL / KAYSERI / ISTANBUL

* Three nights hotel accommodations in Urgup, Cappadocia at the Dinler Hotel (4* superior) including daily breakfast, service fees and taxes

* Additional meals included are buffet dinner at hotel on May 29, dinner on May 30, lunch after Divine Liturgy on May 31 and lunch at Beyti in Istanbul on June 1 (beverages not included)

* Banquet in honor of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with round trip transportation

* All private transfers in air conditioned motorcoach and English speaking guide:

* Two half day private sightseeing tours in air conditioned motorcoach and English speaking guide.

* Five nights hotel accommodations at the Grand Court Hotel (4* superior) in Jerusalem including daily breakfast and dinner, service fees and taxes

* One night hotel accommodation at the Golan Hotel in Tiberias including daily breakfast and dinner, service fees and taxes

* One night hotel accommodation at the Inter-Continental Hotel in Jericho including daily breakfast and dinner, service fees and taxes

* One night hotel accommodation at the Sinai Plaza Hotel in Sinai including daily breakfast and dinner, service fees and taxes

* Seven days of sightseeing in an air conditioned motorcoach with English speaking guide per the above itinerary including entrance fees and St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai

* Private arrival and departure transfers in air conditioned motorcoach with English speaking escort

* St. Peter’s fish lunch in Tiberias

Cappadocia

Cappadocia is a moonscape of rock carved cities and surrealistic shapes where nature has scoured and sculpted the earth into cones, capped pinnacles and fretted ravines. For a thousand years, persecuted Christians dug secret underground cities and left a remarkable legacy of Byzantine frescoes in hidden caves. One of the included sites is the Goreme Open Air Museum where religious education began. This moonscape volcanic valley is filled with richly painted monastic churches hollowed from the soft volcanic stone. It houses 30 of the finest rock churches in the area. The churches date from approximately 9th-11th centuries.

Holy Land

In the Holy Land, visit the most important sites in Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jericho and Tiberias.

Included are:

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Mt. Zion

The Room of the Last Supper

The Western Wall

The House of St. John the Theologian

Garden of Agony

The Tomb of the Virgin Mary

The Prison of Christ (Praitorion)

The Church of the Nativity

The Monastery of the Holy Cross and Mt. Zion

The Dead Sea

Mt. of Temptation

Church of St. Elisseos

Zacchaeus Tree

The River Jordan for Agiasmos and a Spiritual Baptism

Boat-ride on the Sea of Gallilee

The Mount of Beatitudes

The Church of Tabgha

Capernaum

The Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor

Cana – The Site of Our Lord’s First Miracle

Church of the Annunciation

Mt. Sinai

A visit will also be made to St. Catherine in Sinai for Esperinos and Divine Liturgy and to venerate the Holy Relics. Early morning climb to the top of the Mountain of Moses possible.