A Pilgrim's Guide To The Holy Land
 for Orthodox Christians  by Holy Nativity Convent (Author)

 -Paperback: 192 pages     -OUT of PRINT!

An indispensable companion for any Christians visiting the Holy Lands. Features descriptions, photographs, and the scripture reading pertaining to each site. Also, includes maps, a list of what to take with you and other useful information for pilgrims. Even if you don't go to the Holy Lands, you will find the book of great value.

•    Prologue
•    Map - Overview of the Holy Land
•    Introduction
•    A Brief Historical Perspective of the Holy Land

•   Map - The Old City of Jerusalem

•   The Holy Sepulchre Complex
•   Map - An Overview of the Holy Sepulchre
•       The Anointing Stone
•       Golgotha
•       The Life-Giving Tomb
•       Other Chapels in the Holy Sepulchre Complex

•       Russian Excavations
•       Bethesda

•    Map - The Environs of Jerusalem

•       The Tomb of the Mother of God
•       The Russian Convent of St. Mary Magdalene

   The Mount of Olives

•       Ascension
•       St. Pelagia’s Tomb
•       Eleon—The Russian Convent of the Ascension
•       Little Galilee

   Bethany

•     The Tomb of Lazarus
•     Bethany School
•     Katamon (The Monastery of St. Symeon the God-Receiver)
•     The Monastery of the Holy Cross

Judea

•   Map - The Region of Judea

  Bethlehem

•       The Church of the Nativity
•       The Cave of the Holy Innocents

   Beit Sahour (Shepherds’ Field)

   Hebron

•       The Tomb of the Patriarchs
•       The Plain of Mamre
•       The Monastery of the Holy Forefathers

   The Monastery of St. Sabbas

   The Monastery of St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch

   Emmaus

   Lydda (The Tomb of St. George)

   Hodzeva (The Monastery of St. George of Hodzeva)

   Jericho

•       The Mount of Temptation
•       The Spring of the Prophet Elisseus
•       The Church of the Prophet Elisseus
•       The Monastery of St. Gerasimus

   The Dead Sea

•       En Gedi

Samaria

•    Map - The Region of Samaria
•    The Region of Samaria
•    Nablus (Jacob’s Well)
•    Sebaste (The Prison of St. John the Baptist)

Galilee

•    Map - The Galilee Region
•    Mount Tabor
•    Nazareth
•    Cana

   The Sea of Galilee

•       Magdala
•       Tabha
•       Capernaum
•       Kursi—The Land of the Gadarenes
•       The Jordan River

The Sinai Peninsula

•    Map - The Sinai Peninsula

   Sinai

   The Monastery of St. Catherine

      The History of the Monastery

•       The Life of St. Catherine
•       The Monastery Today
•       The Catholicon
•       The Chapel of the Burning Bush
•       Other Shrines Around the Catholicon
•       The Old Trapeza
•       The Monastery Libraries
•       The Bone Room

   Places of Pilgrimage Outside the Monastery

•       The Mountain Peaks
•    Map - Holy Sites Around Mount Sinai
•       Moses’ Rock
•       Thola

   Epilogue

   Selected Bibliography

   Suggested Reading List

   Glossary

   Items that Previous Pilgrims Recommend for a Trip to the Holy Land

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“This little book is not meant to include everything there is to see and do in the Holy Land. It is meant to lead Christians through the major Christian shrines that have been proven by tradition, time, and archaeology to be authentic. [...]In the Holy Land, in many instances, tradition was the source for both locating the holy sites and explaining their significance. Time and time again, the places and events the Orthodox always held as authentic according to tradition have been proven factual by archaeology or some other science.”

—“Prologue”

Helpful Customer Reviews: 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent Guide! -By  Mel   on January 29, 2009

I was given this book by a priest at Saint Nektarios in Seattle after having lived in the Holy Land for six months. I would have much prefered to have had this book prior to my stay.

The book provides the way around the Holy Land touching on sites that will be of interest and spiritual benefit to the Orthodox Christian. Crisp black and white photos accompany each chapter on a site as well as a rather lengthy exposition (lengthy for a guide book) on the history of the site as well as interesting facts. For example, did you know that the entrance to the door of the Church of the Nativity in Bethelehm has a shorted door in order to prevent foreign armies from keeping their animals in large buildings and to protect in case of a seige? I had asked many guides I came across the reason for the door being short, and none of them could give me a satisfactory answer.

I highly recommend the book!

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