Brad Butler
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TLIG – Holy Land Pilgrimage
August 25 – September 2, 2013
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, 2013
Arrivals in Tel Aviv Airport / Transfer to Dan Jerusalem Hotel / Check in
Dinner at Hotel / Cold food for people who will arrive late
Monday, August 26th, 2013 Bethlehem
6.00 – 7.00 Breakfast
7.15 – 7.45 Short welcome speech from Vassula
7.45 – 08.15 Welcome speech by Cardinal
8.15 – 9.15 Procession of Priests (Introduction) TLIG
10.10 Country Call
10.30-11.40 Roman Catholic Holy Mass
11.50 Depart for Bethlehem. Rotating visit to include:
Visit Basilica of the Nativity including the Grotto where Jesus was born
Visit Chapel of St. Joseph and Chapel of Innocents in St. Catherine’s
Visit to the Milk Grotto of Our Lady
The Shepherds’ Field
13.45 Drive to the Restaurants
14.00 Lunch at the Bedouin “Tent” and “Grotto-Restaurant”
15.00 Visit continues
17.00 Holy Rosary
19.00 Depart for Hotel
* There will be a rotation of visits due to the size of the group
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013 Jericho - Dead Sea - Bethany
6.00 – 7.30 Breakfast
7.45- 08.00 Pray the Our Father in Aramaic
08.00 – 9.00 Short welcome speeches by local Christian Representatives
09.15 Group A will depart for Jericho / Group B will depart for Bethany
11.00 Visit Greek Orthodox Monastery of Quarantel on Mt. of Temptation
12.30 Lunch at Abu Raed restaurant near the spring of Elisha
14.00 Depart for the Dead Sea – relax and swim
16.30 Buses leave for Bethany (Al Azariyah). Rotating visit to include
Visit the Tomb of Lazarus
Swim in the Dead Sea
18.00 Depart for Hotel
18.40 Arrive at Hotel
19.00 Rosary and Ethiopian Mass at Hotel
22.00-23.00 Adoration
*There will be a rotation of visits due to the size of the group.
Wednesday, August 28th, 2013 Jerusalem
6.00 – 7.30 Breakfast
8.40 – 9.40 Armenian Liturgy at Hotel
10.00 Depart for St. Steven’s (Lions) Gate East of the City Walls
Visit the Pool of Bethesda where Jesus healed the Paralytic
Visit St. Anne’s Basilica (Birthplace of Our Lady)
11.00 – 13.00 Continue on foot along the Via Dolorosa – Meditation for the first
Stations.
1 Praetorium of Antonia Fortress where
Jesus was condemned –now courtyard
of Al-Omariya School
2 Chapel of the Flagellation
Chapel of Condemnation
Convent of the Sisters of Zion
-Lithostratos
-Chapel of Ecce Homo
3 Armenian Catholic Chapel
-where Jesus fell 1
4 Armenian Church of Our Lady of Spasms
-where Jesus met His Holy Mother
5 Franciscan Chapel
6 Church of St. Veronica (Little Sisters of Jesus)
7 Interconnected Franciscan Chapels
-where Jesus fell 2
8 Greek monastery of St. Charalambos
-where Jesus consoled the women
9 Coptic Church
- Where Jesus fell 3
13.30 – 14.30 Lunch in restaurants near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre .
Bulgourji / Nafoura
TBA** Walk South to Zion Gate. Rotating visit to include
“Last Supper” Coenaculum – King David’s Tomb
Aghia Maria Zion – Church of The Dormition
St. Peter in Gallicantu Church (south of Old City)
16.00 Depart for St. George’s Cathedral
17.00-18.30 Reception at the Guest House/Garden of St. George’s Cathedral
Welcome speech by Bishop Suheil S. Dawani (Anglican Church)
18.45 Depart for the Hotel
21.30 Adoration
*There will be a rotation of visits due to the size of the group.
Thursday, August 29th, 2013 - Gethsemane – Basilica of Holy Sepulchre
6.00 – 7.20 Breakfast
09.40 By Bus to Jaffa Gate – then walk into the Old City and arrive at the
Holy Sepulchre
Meditation of the last Stations of the Cross ending in the Church of the
Sepulchre
10 Chapel of Divesture
- Jesus stripped of His garments
11 Mosaics showing where Jesus was nailed to the Cross
12 Greek Orthodox Chapel marks site of the Death of Jesus
13 The Stone for Anointing the Dead marks where Mary received Jesus’ body
after He had been taken down from the Cross
14 Inside the Sepulchre:
-the Chapel of the Angel where Mary Magdalene saw the Angel
-the Tomb
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 Buses leave for Mt. of Olives – Visit the Ascension ‘Chapel’
Visit the Pater Noster Church
Walk downhill along the Palm Sunday route
Visit the Greek Orthodox Church where our Virgin Mary was laid out
the Assumption
16.30 Depart for the Church of All Nations
17.00-18:00 Roman Catholic Mass at the Church Of all Nations, also known as
of the Agony
18.30 Depart for hotel
19.00 Healing prayer
19.45-20.00 Intercession prayers focused on Peace in the Holy Land
21.30 -22.30 Adoration
Friday, August 30th, 2013 Jacob’s Well - Nazareth
6.00-07.00 Breakfast
7.00 -7.30 Hotel Check out
7.30 Depart for Nablus en route to Nazareth
09.00 Stop at Nablus – Visit Jacob’s Well where the Samarian woman gave
Jesus water.
10.30 Departure for Nazareth (checkpoint crossing, West Bank)
12.00 Visit to Mt. Precipice ( Luke 4 29:30) to enjoy the view of both Nazareth and
the valleys around it .
13:00 Lunch in Nazareth – St Gabriel restaurant or
14.00 Lunch in Nazareth – Holy Land restaurant
14.40 Rotating visit to include:
Visit the Greek Orth. Church of St. Gabriel with Mary’s well
Visit the Grotto of the Annunciation
Visit St. Joseph’s Church (Home of The Holy Family) and
St. Joseph’s workshop
16.00 – 17.15 Roman Catholic Holy Mass in the Upper Basilica of the
17.15 Transfer to Hotels ( we will be distributed between 3 hotels) – Check in
19.30-19.50 Speech (at main hotel- buses will transport those in the other two
19.55 – 20.15 Speech (buses leave for the other hotels)
20.30 Dinner at Individual Hotels in Nazareth
Saturday, August 31
st
, 2013, Mount of Beatitudes – Galilee – Tabgha -
6.00 – 7.30 Breakfast in Individual Hotels (buses leave for main hotel)
7.45- 8.10 Speech in Main Hotel (Golden Crown)
10.15 Depart for Mount of Beatitudes
11:15 Visit Church of Beatitudes
12:15 Depart for Sea of Galilee
12.30 -13.00 Visit Tabgha – Church of the miracle of the Multiplication of the
13.15 - 14:15 Visit the Church of the Primacy of Peter
14:30 -15:30 Lunch at one of two restaurants in Capernaum
16:30 Visit Archaeological site and St. Peter’s Church
18:00 Leave for hotel back to Nazareth
19:00 Maronite Liturgy at the Hotel
20.30 Dinner at Individual hotels
*There might be a rotation of visits due to the size of the group.
Sunday, September 1st, 2013 Yarden, Mt. Tabor
6.30-7.30 Breakfast
08.00 Group A – Depart for Mount Tabor
Group B – Depart for Yardenit on the Jordan River – place of Baptism
12:30-13:30 Lunch in the area – Sahara restaurant
14:00 Visit the Basilica of the Transfiguration
Visit the Church at Nain (where the widow’s son was healed)
16.30 Holy Mass at Church of the Sermon of the Mount (Melkite Mass)
18.00 Depart for Hotels
19.30-20.45 Dinner (each group at its hotel)
21.00-22.30 Farewell meeting at the swimming pool area - Sharing of witnesses,
priests and lay people
Monday, September 2nd, 2013
UniGlobal Media Group has been tapped as "Official PR Rep and Documentarian" for the
True Life in God Holy Land Pilgrimage, which will involve see all the most holy Christian
sites starting in Bethlehem, moving through various places en route to Jerusalem for five
nights, then to Nazereth for three nights. This came out of our involvement publicizing
True Life in God's founder Vassula Ryden's book, Heaven is Real, But So Is Hell: An
Eyewitness Account of What is to Come, in the spring of 2013 and the following
months of continuing efforts to bring attention to TLIG and Vassula's work.
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True Life in God Christian Holy Land Pilgrimage, Aug 24, to Sept. 2
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Our journey will begin with a visit to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to see the
Grotto where Jesus was born. We will also visit the beautiful Chapel of the Innocents, and
the Chapel of the Angels. Our program will then take us to Ein Karem, which is the place
of the Visitation of Our Lady to St. Elisabeth and the birthplace of St. John the Baptist. On
the way we will visit Jericho and Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. We will
also visit the house and tomb of Lazarus at Bethany.
Our journey will begin with a visit to the Church
of the Nativity in Bethlehem to see the Grotto
where Jesus was born. We will also visit the
beautiful Chapel of the Innocents, and the
Chapel of the Angels. Our program will then
take us to Ein Karem, which is the place of the
Visitation of Our Lady to St. Elisabeth and the
birthplace of St. John the Baptist. On the way
we will visit Jericho and Qumran where the
Dead Sea Scrolls were found. We will also visit
the house and tomb of Lazarus at Bethany.
We shall be spending 5 nights in the eternal city of Jerusalem. As part of our programme we will walk in the footsteps of Jesus to Gethsemane. We will
then proceed to the Lithostratos and follow the Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa to Calvary and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
After Jerusalem we shall go north to Nazareth for a further three nights. Among the sights, we shall be visiting the Mount of the Beatitudes, Mount
Tabor, the scene of the Transfiguration, the Sea of Galilee, Capernaum and Tabgha where the Miracle of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes
took place.
This Pilgrimage will be a journey to the very source of Christianity, the place where “the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us”. For many, it will be
a once in a lifetime experience which we will share as one family in Christ. Inspired by the True Life in God Messages, we welcome the opportunity to
live and worship in unity with all Christians, as well as other faiths irrespective of denomination, nationality or “man-made” divisions.
Ecumenical bonding is the essence of the True Life In God pilgrimages as we pray in unity to our one Lord. Knowing TLIG pilgrimages to be
memorable and uplifting events for both clergy and laity, we look forward to welcoming you on the 2013 pilgrimage.
Our Program will commence in Jerusalem, with pilgrims arriving on SUNDAY, August 25th, and will end in Nazareth. Pilgrims will depart for their
respective countries on Monday, September 2nd. Arrivals and departures will be via the airport of Tel Aviv.
Date Recorded: 9/9/2013
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