The Nativity Trail 2009
The Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) and Siraj Center for Holy Land
Studies proudly announce re-inaugurating the Nativity Trail from
Nazareth to Bethlehem in 2009.
Now, 2000 years after the historic journey of Joseph and Mary, the
modern city of Bethlehem invites you to make a symbolic and historic
journey by walking Palestine's Nativity Trail.
This walking trail was originally inaugurated in 1999. However, the
route has been recently researched again and modified to suit the new
changes on the ground
Meeting the people while walking the Nativity Trail will be an
opportunity to meet a diverse range of people: Franciscan priests on
Mount Tabor, Muslim clerics at village mosques, Greek Orthodox monks
in desert monasteries, hillside farmers and their families, small-town
shopkeepers and craftspeople, Bedouin shepherds watering their flocks
at ancient cisterns, and many more interesting people.
The Nativity Trail is an opportunity to understand the Geopolitical
situation in the Holy Land by observing it while walking through the
valleys and mountains of Palestine. It gives the participants the
chance to have a first hand experience of the situation on the ground.
The Nativity Trial is not just a trip; it is a journey of dialogue,
openness and interaction with new people.
Participants will be able to understand the Flora and Fauna of
Palestine and the Bible, and will be able to embrace the culture that
lasted in Palestine for thousands of years.
Dates: 12 Mar 2009 until 23 Mar 2009
23 Apr 2009 until 04 May 2009
08 Oct 2009 until 19 Oct 2009
29 Oct 2009 until 09 Nov 2009
12 Nov 2009 until 23 Nov 2009
13 Dec 2009 until 24 Dec 2009 ( Christmas
Trail)
For more information about the Nativity Trail please visit our
website:
www.atg.ps; www.sirajcenter.org
You are most welcome,
ATG and Siraj
George S. Rishmawi
Coordinator,
Siraj, Center For Holy Land Studies
Beit Sahour, Schoold Street
P.O.Box 48
Palestine
Email: [email protected]
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Website: http://www.sirajcenter.org
Tel: +972 2 274 8590
Fax: +972 2 274 8774
Mobile: 0599 180 872
USA number: 1 989 607 9480
