Mount Zion
“…Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”
(Mark 14:14)
Visit to the Upper Room of the Last Supper, where Jesus shared His final Passover Seder with His disciples and where, fifty days later, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.
“Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.”
(1 Kings 2:10)
Visit to the synagogue on Mount Zion, where the traditional Tomb of King David is located — the warrior, poet, founder of Jerusalem, and author of the Psalms.
“Truly I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown Me three times.”
(Matthew 26:34)
Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu
A Franciscan church built on the traditional site of the house of the High Priest Caiaphas, where Peter denied Jesus three times.
“Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew Bethesda…”
(John 5:2)
Pool of Bethesda
Visit to the ancient Pool of Bethesda, the place where Jesus healed the paralytic. We will also see the remains of Roman baths and the majestic Crusader church.
“And after they had mocked Him, they took off the robe and led Him away to crucify Him.”
(Matthew 27:31)
Via Dolorosa and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Walk along the Via Dolorosa — the Way of the Cross. Visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the great testimony to the birth, struggle, and triumph of Christianity.
Jewish Quarter of the Old City
Walk through the Jewish Quarter, including the ancient Roman Cardo street and the narrow stone alleyways of the quarter.
Visit to Judaism’s holiest accessible site — the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) — a solemn reminder of the destruction of the Temple.
Dinner and overnight stay in Jerusalem.
