Recap: Part 5, Holy Week in the Holy Land

Holy Week in the Holy Land!

Spending Holy Week (the week before Easter) in Jerusalem was a real blessing, it was the best Easter I have had yet.  Almost every day my dad and I did something to remember what Jesus did during the last week of his life.

Palm Sunday:
Palm Sunday in Jerusalem was a lot of fun, we went to a processional that followed the traditional route that Jesus traveled into Jerusalem






The Palm Sunday Processional felt like a big party!


Tuesday:

Tuesday my dad and I went to Pater Nosster

We met some students there from left to right: Me, Amy, Rebecca, Jake, and Loie


Maundy Thursday:
Or it could be called: one of the coolest daddy-daughter dates I've had with my dad

It started with a Cenacle Procession to the Upper Room, where Jesus washed the feet of his disiples


Then dad and I walked by Gethsemane

We also stopped for dinner at a place in the Old City Called 'The Armenian Tavern'.  They had good food!

Then we went to a Catholic service to commemorate the washing of the feet


Good Friday:
Good Friday was a really interesting day, first we went to Christ Church, an Anglican Church, where we saw... my principal?  My principal, well, actually he is the 'Head of Secondary' gave the sermon, it was interesting because he talked about an example of a class he teaches during his sermon, and I realized that he was talking about my class!



We also went to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre 




Then we stopped by the Garden Tomb, surprisingly, not many people were there, so it was a really peaceful place and a wonderful spiritual experience to be able to read the scriptures and sing hymns next to Gordon's Calvary.





Easter Sunday:
My dad and I woke up really early, so that we could go to an Easter sunrise service




My dad and I with the Pastor

Then we came home and our normal Easter Traditions, such as finding Easter candy and having Easter dinner





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