September 6 - 9, 2024  | Starting at $939*

September 6 - Depart the USA
Your pilgrimage begins as you depart the USA on
your international overnight flight.

September 7 - Arrive in Rome
Today, you will arrive in Rome, Italy, where you will
be met by our representative and travel along the
Appian Way. Step beneath the surface into the
Catacombs of Callixtus, built along the Appian
Way. Here, sixteen popes from the 2nd through 4th
centuries were interred, though they have been
removed to various churches over the centuries.
Check into your hotel this evening and enjoy dinner
and rest.

September 8 - Vatican City & Christian Rome
Visit the Vatican, and explore its museum. Marvel at
the beauty of St. Peter’s Basilica, and stand in awe of
Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. Next,
proceed to the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the
Walls. The present structure stands over the place
where Constantine built the first church over Saint
Paul’s grave. The church features a portrait of every
pope who has served the church. Climb the graceful
Spanish Steps and stop at the famous Trevi Fountain
before returning to your hotel this evening.

September 9 - Ancient Rome
Discover the history woven throughout Rome
with visits to the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the
Forum, Circus Maximus, the Arch of Titus, the Baths
of Caracalla and the Arch of Constantine today.
After touring, you will be transferred to the Port of
Civitavecchia to board the Voyager of the Seas.

Guests taking an extension may be on a different flight than
their group and/or traveling companion.

*A 3.5% surcharge will be added to all credit card transactions

September 17 - 21, 2024 | Starting at $1,098*

September 17 - Delphi
Travel to scenic Delphi, the religious center of the
ancient Greek world and marked by the conical stone
called the omphalos (“navel”). Walk the Sacra Via to the
Athenian Treasury, theatre, and the Temple of Apollo,
where the oracle performed her prophetic rituals. As
you consider the incredible amount of pagan influence
just in Delphi alone, you will gain a new appreciation
for the tremendous spiritual opposition the Apostle
Paul faced in preaching the Gospel of Christ here. In the
Museum are many ancient treasures, including the 5thcentury,
bronzed Charioteer, so detailed you can see his
eyelashes. Overnight in Kalambaka.

September 18 - Verea & Meteora
Follow the path of Paul when he fled Thessaloniki for the
safety of Veria (Berea), where Jews and some honorable
Greeks accepted the new faith (Act 17: 10-12). As you visit
the rock forest of Meteora (“in the heavens above”) in
western Thessaly, imagine the Apostle Paul walking
that treacherous terrain on his missionary journey.
Gaze up at the breathtaking Byzantine monasteries
spectacularly perched on soaring, sheer-sided, grey
sandstone pillars. In the 13th century, monks sought
refuge in cliffside caves before fleeing higher to build
the original wooden shelters that later became these
monasteries. Overnight in Kalambaka.

September 19 - Amphipolis, Philippi & Neapoli
Follow in the footsteps of Paul and Silas to Amphipolis
and explore the ruins of the many Christian basilicas
there. In Philippi is a baptismal site commemorating
where God opened the heart of Lydia (a seller of purple
from Thyatira) to hear the words of Paul (Acts 16:13-
15). Lydia and her household were the first Christian
converts baptized on European soil. View the Romanera
crypt thought to have served as a prison for the
Apostle Paul, and explore Philippi’s famous Acropolis,
marketplace, the Basilica of Paul, and theater. Today’s
last stop is Neapolis (Kavala), one of Greece’s most
picturesque mainland ports, where Paul landed with his
disciples, Timothy and Silas. See the Roman aqueduct
and acropolis before returning to Thessaloniki for
dinner and overnight. Overnight in Thessaloniki.

September 20 - Thessaloniki
Discover Thessaloniki, where Paul was accused of
turning the world upside down with his preaching of
Christ (Acts 17: 3-6). As you explore St. George’s Basilica,
believed to be built over the synagogue where Paul
preached, reflect on the two epistles the Apostle
Paul wrote to the Thessalonian church here. Stroll
through the archaeological museum and the beautiful
basilicas of St. Sophia and St. Demetrios. Along the Via
Egnatia stands the Galerus Arch, and you can look out
over the second-largest city in Greece from the Old
City Ramparts, some dating back to Roman times.
Overnight in Thessaloniki.

September 21 - Return to the USA

Guests taking an extension may be on a different flight than
their group and/or traveling companion.
*A 3.5% surcharge will be added to all credit card transactions.