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CATHOLIC PILGRIMAGE HIGHLIGHTS

Inspiration tours, a Christian Company operated by the successors of the very first Church is devoted to providing the full spiritual satisfaction for every single pilgrimage as we offer the main ‘highlights’ special to Catholic groups:

 
We ensure that a pious Christian guide is appointed on the tour, in which his heartfelt recites will enrich group’s spiritual needs.

An unforgettable Mass are daily arranged all over Catholic Sanctuaries, where the leading priest will recite his prayers. 

The pilgrimage will gather near Christ Tomb in a Solemn Entry, this twelfth century ceremony commemorates the entry into the Tomb by the Crusader leader Godfrey de Bouillon, taking the title of  the Defender of the Holy Sepulcher.

Next day early morning the pilgrims will leave hotel towards the old city to attend High Mass by the Sepulchre at 6.30 a.m. This will be in the group's own language and held by the leading priest.

One of the main hightlights is the "Via Dolorosa" or "Via Crucis" which designates a stretch of road between the Antonia fortress and Golgotha, along which Jesus Christ walked bowed under the weight of the Cross. As with his disciples long ago, today Jesus Christ invites us to go with him on a life’s journey to glory. Those who accept the invitation find that the path begins on the road to Calvary: “Take up your cross and follow me.”

The way of the Cross is the road which leads to Paradise; it is the sure way to holiness.
The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love.
-- St. Paul of the Cross

The Holy Hour in Gethsemane, the group will attend a special service in The Holy Hour at 8 pm on Thursday nights in the Church of All Nations in Gethsemane, commemorating Christ’s Agony in the Garden before his betrayal.
There He said to His Apostles: "My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay ye here and watch with Me." Later He said to them: "Could ye not watch one hour with Me? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation." [Matt. 26:38, 40, 41]

Pilgrimage Certificate from The Franciscan Custodians of the Holy Land. 

We can specially arrange for groups to meet with the Latin Patriarch, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land. A meeting with His Beatitude is an interesting opportunity.

The Christian community in the Holy Land is an integral part of keeping Christianity alive in the land of Christ’s birth, His ministry and Resurrection. For this reason, we often try to arrange a meeting with a local parish for liturgy and a blessed meal with your fellow believers.

 
 
 
 
 


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The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the birth place of Christ.

The Church of Nativity main entrance from inside.

The Basilica of Annunciation in Nazareth which stands over the traditional site of Gabriel`s announcement to Mary that she would give birth to the savior of the world.

A 20 century photo of fishermen sailing in the Sea of Galilee

The Beatitudes Church, located on a small hill overlooking the Sea of Galilee near Tabgha, the Mount of Beatitudes is the traditional site of Jesus delivery of the Sermon on the Mount "Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." (Mt 5:1-5)

The Franciscan Church of the Transfiguration (or Church of the Savior) built in 1924, it stands of the foundation of earlier Crusader and Byzantine churches.

The garden of Gethsemane is located at the foot of the Mount of Olives in the Kidron valley. it is still rich today in olive trees hundreds of years old and it is possible that these may be shoots of the same trees that witnessed Jesus last night before his arrest.

An ancient olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemane, twisted and gnarled.

Dominus Flevit Church (meaning the cry of the Lord) located on the upper western slope of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. It commemorates a different occasion on which Jesus was moved to tears.

The 11th Station (the nailing chapel); HERE Jesus was nailed to the Cross.

The stone of Anointing/Unction: This stone commemorates the preparation of Jesus’ body for burial by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus (John 19:38–40).

Tomb Of Jesus Christ Fourteenth 14th Station Of The Cross.

The Grotto of finding the True Cross with signs of tool cuts in the rock proving that the Garden of Golgotha served as a quarry between the eight and the first century BC.

The renovated 115-foot dome over the venerated tomb was unveiled Thursday On 2nd January 1997, a 12-pointed star whose rays symbolize the outreach of the 12 apostles. The diameter of the dome is about 20.5 meters; the height is 34 meters.

The repairs of the dome of the Holy Sepulcher in 1867-1869.

Emmaus Nikopolis is home to a 4th or 5th century Byzantine basilica that was substantially rebuilt by the Crusaders. Its apse and walls remain standing and there is a simple stone altar in the apse. One artifact can be seen at the church, which is a replica of an interesting Byzantine inscription found here. It reads, "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

A carved cross marks the spot of the Eighth Station "The Women of Jerusalem Weep over Jesus" After the suk of Khan es-Zeit, Via Dolorosa proceed upwards for about 20 metres. A stone embedded in the wall of the Greek Monastery of Saint Haralambos has a Latin cross and the Greek words "Jesus-Christ conquers".
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