The Philippine Star

Tour of the Holy Land, Egypt, Jordan

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A pilgrimage to the Holy Land, including Egypt and Jordan, has been organized. This pilgrimage invites all Christians to a first-hand experience of the place where Jesus Christ was born, lived, died and rose from the dead.

Important sites include Bethlehem, Jerusalem where many historical and biblical sites, including the Dead Sea, Masada (Herod’s mountain top palace and fortress); Mt. Olives, Church of All Nations in the Garden of Gethsemane, etc. and Galilee (Chapel of Flagellati­on; the Church of Holy Sepulcher; Mt. of Beatitudes; Capharnaum, Cana, Mt. Tabor and Church of the Transfigur­ation, etc.).

The pilgrimage also includes Egypt where the Pyramids of Giza, the papyrus museum, Sinai, Dead Sea (the lowest spot on earth), St. Catherine Monastery, and Jordan to marvel at the rose red city of Petra, half as old as time; the winding “Sig”, an immense crack in the Nubian sandstone to the Treasury, one of the most elegant remains of antiquity carved out of solid rock, and Mt. Nebo, the burial place of Moses.

For details, contact the pilgrimage coordinato­r, writer/ book author, Visitacion “Chit” R. dela Torre at 8815-6925; 8815-4938, or thru mobile nos. 0918-9159337 or email chitdelato­rre19@gmail.com.

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