+1 (800) 653-0017
hello@canterburypilgrimages.com
Your pilgrimage begins as you depart your local airport on an overnight flight(s) to Greece. Meals and drinks served on board. (flights not included, see “Group Flights” section below.)
Upon arrival in Athens, you will collect your bags and transfer to the hotel for check-in followed by a welcome dinner where you will meet the group. Overnight in Athens.
Today our tour takes us to the Acropolis and the ruins of the Parthenon, and Mars Hill with a view to the Ancient Agora of Athens – St Paul addressed the judges of Athens at Mars Hill. We will also enjoy a panoramic tour of other ancient sites and landmarks of modern Athens. Dinner on your own, overnight in Athens.
Today we’ll visit Corinth (Acts 18:1-18), exploring the Archaeological Museum, Market Place, and Temples. We will stand on the Bema and celebrate Mass where St. Paul preached and visit sites associated with Aquila and Priscilla. Following lunch we’ll visit Cenchreae, an ancient port St. Paul returned to from his second missionary journey to Syria. Dinner together at our hotel and an overnight in Athens.
Following breakfast, we will transfer to Lavrion Port for our cruise embarkation. First stop, the quaint isle of Mykonos, called the island of windmills. Experience the waterfront lined with shops and cafes and then stroll the charming walkways through a maze of whitewashed buildings before returning to the ship for dinner and evening entertainment. Mass at St. Barbara Catholic Church at Lavrion port.
This morning we arrive in Kusadasi, we debark our cruise ship and make our way to Ephesus one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and where St. Paul spent three years during his ministry. We’ll visit Mt. Koressos and the humble chapel that lies on the site of the little house where the Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days. Later we arrive at the island of Patmos and the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, who received the Revelation here that forms the last book of the New Testament. Overnight on board the cruise ship.
Today we visit the island of Santorini which is perhaps the most breathtaking of all the Greek Islands. The town of Thira where white-washed houses, narrow streets, open-air cafes and glittering boutiques cling to steep cliffs, is accessible by footpath, cable-car, or mule. Again, you will return to the ship for dinner and evening entertainment. Mass at the Catholic Church of Santorini. Overnight aboard ship.
After we disembark from the cruise ship, we’ll begin our journey to Metéora, in route we’ll stop in Delphi. We will visit the Treasury of Athens, the Theater, an archeological museum, and the first monument built in the ancient world to “One God.” After lunch we’ll continue to Metéora, where we will ascend huge granite rocks to view architectural wonders that are over 700 years old. Visit the monastery of Metamorphosis with its church and museum containing priceless historic and religious treasures. Dinner and overnight in Kalambaka.
We start today by visiting Berea, and the bema where St. Paul preached. After, we’ll head to Thessaloniki to walk the places where St. Paul walked, including the Agora where he preached and the walls where St. Jason’s home was and where St. Paul also lived. We will also see St. George Church, the Galerius Arch, and the Basilica of St. Sophia and St. Demetrios. Dinner on your own and overnight in Thessaloniki.
After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for our guided tour beginning with Kavala, the port where St. Paul first landed with Timothy and Silas. We then continue to Philippi, where St. Paul was imprisoned. We will view the prison, the marketplace, basilica, and theater. We will have Mass today at the river where one of the first Christians in Europe was baptized, Lydia. We’ll also visit Amphipolis, the famous starting point of Alexander the Great on his mission to “conquer the world.” We will have a farewell dinner tonight marking the end of our pilgrimage together. Overnight in Thessaloniki.
With a renewed sense of pilgrimage and an invigorated love of our Catholic faith, we say farewell to our fellow pilgrims as the pilgrimage comes to a close this morning (flight not included).
