Easter Programme Schedule. 29th March – April 19th
Subject to minor changes
Thurs 29th
9.00amWelcome and Orientation Tim Lowe (TL)
12.30pmLunch (Daily at this time unless a different time is announced.)
1:00-5pmField trip: Jerusalem Environs Allan Rabinowitz (AR) booked
5.30pm Evening Prayer
6.00pmDinner (Daily at this time unless a different time is announced.)
7.00pm Introductions. All residents invited. Dining room
Friday 30th
8:15-3.30pmField trip: Mount of Olives, Old City (TL)
5.30pm Evening Prayer.
7.00-7.30pmThe programme: explanation/questions/how much walking etc Chapel Seminar Room.
Saturday 31st
9.00-11.00 Lecture: Biblical Geography Paul Wright
2.30-5.00pm Lecture: Gospel of John – Palm Sunday Fr. Peter DeBrul
5.00pm Catholic Mass (Optional)
April
Sunday 1st PALM SUNDAY
Worship with local Christians, though time is limited.
12.00pmLunch
1.00-5.30pm Procession from Bethphage to St Anne’s Church, Old City where the Latin
Patriarch will greet the pilgrims.
No Communal Evening Prayer
Monday 2nd
7.30-12.00pmField trip: Second Temple Jerusalem. (AR)
5.30pmEvening Prayer
6.45 – 8.15pmDiscussion: Jerusalem Liturgies during Holy Week. TL
All residents welcome. Chapel Seminar room
Tuesday 3rd
8.30-3.30pm.Field trip:Herodian, Shepherd’s Field, Bethlehem, Mosque of Omar EG
5.30pmEvening Prayer
Wednesday 4th
9.00-11.30amLecture: Judaism Ancient and Modern Debbie Weissman 2.30-5.00pm Lecture: Josephus and the Jewish Revolt Paul Spilbury
5.30pmEvening Prayer.
Thursday 5th Holy Thursday
9.00-11.00am Lecture: The Gospel of John Part 2 Fr. Peter DeBrul
Holy Thursday Service in the Old City.
Friday 6th Good Friday
8.30-9.30amReflection: Orthodox Easter Reflection TL
Good Friday Services in the Old City.
Saturday 7th Holy Saturday
Free morning
3.00-5.00pmLecture:The Death of the Messiah and New Beginnings TL
Easter Vigil in the Old City
Sunday 8thEaster Sunday Free Day.
Catholic Mass (Optional) Time TBD
5.30pmEvening Prayer
Monday 9th
8:00-5:00pmField trip: Masada, Dead Sea, EinGedi, Qumran AR booked
No Evening Prayer
Tuesday 10th
8.30-5.00pmField trip: Jericho, Baptismal site, Desert Monasteries. TL
No communal Evening Prayer
Wednesday 11th
9.00-11.00amLecture: Introduction to Islam Yazid Said
5.30pmEvening Prayer
Thursday 12th
8:30-4:00pmField Trip: Hebron and Tent of Nations TL
5:30pmEvening Prayer
Friday 13th
9:00-11:30amLecture:Fall of Jerusalem and Emergence of Christianity (PS)
5.30pmEvening Prayer
Saturday 14th Free Day
7:00pmPreparation for Galilee
15th -18th April Galilee GuideGhadaBoulos
7am departure from Tantur
. Accommodation in the Restal Hotel, Tiberius.
Visit the main Christian sites including Caesarea Maritima, Sepphoris, Nazareth, Cepharnaum, Mount of Beatitudes, Tabgha, Caesarea Philippi, and the Golan Heights.
Thursday 19thFree Morning
5.30-5.55Evening Prayer.
7:00 pmParty and Close of Programme
Friday 20th Departures
Lecturers and Guides will include
Fr Timothy Lowe (Rector Tantur)
Dr. Paul Spilsbury, Visiting Scholar, Tantur
Dr Debbie Weissman, Lecturer.
Dr Paul Wright, Jerusalem University College.
Allan Rabinowitz,Jewish Israeli Tour Guide
GhadaBoulus, Arab Israeli Tour Guide
Rev. Dr.Yazid Said, Visiting Scholar, Tantur
Elias Ghareeb, Palestinian Tour Guide
14th April 2011