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Introduction A pilgrimage is a journey undertaken for a religious motive according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Since three major world religions all have its beginnings in a relatively small area in the Middle East, which today encompasses part of Egypt, part of Jordan, and present day Israel, (this area is also known as the Holy Land), it would be a big loss to visit this area and overlook its religious aspect which so profoundly influenced and still influences this beautiful, mystical land. |
I wanted to visit the Holy Land for a long time and when I finally got a chance to go there I became nothing short of ecstatic. I was invited to join a group from my old parish in Slovenia which decided to visit places that are mentioned in the New Testament. Since many of our travelers had never really traveled to such an "exotic" place before we all prepared for our trip way in advance. We studied various books including the Bible, and attended a couple of lectures so that we would be ready and basically know what we are looking at. |
With all my heart I can say now: it was everything we learned and expected and so much more that we can not even describe. Some of our travelers were homesick for the first couple of days but as the time went by (we were there for a week) all we wanted was to stay a little bit longer. |
JERUSALEM |
TEL-AVIV |
DEAD SEA |
MASADA |
MOUNT TABOR |
BETHLEHEM |
QUMRAN |
AKKO (THE HISTORIC ACRE) |
Map of Ancient Israel: http://www.bible-history.com/geography/ancient-israel/israel-first-century.html |