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Aid to the Church in Need Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Aid to the Church in Need Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Pilgrims entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

8 November 2012 – 16 November 2012

Israel and Palestine

Aid to the Church in Need is joining with Pax Travel to offer this very special pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

With five nights in Bethlehem and three nights in Tiberias, pilgrims will be able to visit some of the most famous pilgrimage sites in Christianity.

The trip will also include visits to projects which you have supported through Aid to the Church in Need, including the Syrian Orthodox Church outside Manger Square in Bethlehem and the solidarity village at Beit Satafa, Tanfur, East Jerusalem. 

There will be a walking-tour inside the Old City of Jerusalem, where pilgrims will visit the Pool of Bethesda, where it is said that Jesus healed a man who was lame for 38 years. And pilgrims will be able to meet some of the Christian families who make Aid to the Church in Need's Holy Land gifts out of olive wood.

There will be meetings held with Patriarch Fouad Twal in Jerusalem and Archbishop Elias Chacour in Ibillin, and Mass will be celebrated daily.

A church steeple overlooking hills in the Holy LandThe view over Jerusalem from the window at the Chapel of Dominus FlevitBishop William Kenney celebrates a pilgrim Mass in the desertPilgrims touching the spot believed to be the site of Jesus' birth in the Church of the Nativity, BethlehemPilgrims visiting the Latin-rite seminary in Beit JalaPilgrims meet Roni Tabash in Bethlehem, whose family are among those who make olive wood devotional items for Aid to the Church in NeedA tapestry in the Syrian Orthodox Church of St Mary in BethlehemTwo young Sisters sit on the steps outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

A church steeple overlooking hills in the Holy Land

The view over Jerusalem from the window at the Chapel of Dominus Flevit

Bishop William Kenney celebrates a pilgrim Mass in the desert

Pilgrims touching the spot believed to be the site of Jesus' birth in the Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

Pilgrims visiting the Latin-rite seminary in Beit Jala

Pilgrims meet Roni Tabash in Bethlehem, whose family are among those who make olive wood devotional items for Aid to the Church in Need

A tapestry in the Syrian Orthodox Church of St Mary in Bethlehem

Two young Sisters sit on the steps outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

Pope Benedict XVI has called on Aid to the Church in Need to offer urgent help to Christians in the Middle East, where he noted that in some regions the "local Churches are... threatened in their very existence".

All enquiries and bookings for this pilgrimage are being handled by Pax Travel. Please call 020 7485 3003 or visit the Pax Travel website for a full itinerary and more information. 

£1199.00


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