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Experience and walk where Jesus walked, from his birth place of Nazareth (Luke 1.26, 4.16-29, Matthew 2.23), to the Galilee where he preached the Sermon on the Mount ( Matt, 5, 6, 7, 8 ), to where his apostles abandoned him in the Garden of Gethsemane, and where he fell three times on the villa dolorosa in way to suffering on the Crucifixion in Jerusalem, and to the Garden Tomb (Luke 23) where you can celebrate the resurrection with a time for prayer. 

In the Gospel of Matthew, the Virgin Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus escape from Palestine into Egypt out of fear from persecution of Herod the Great. The Holy Family traveled all the way to Assiut, and on their way back home spent several weeks in Old Cairo. Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church stand traditionally on the spot where the Holy Family rested at the end of their journey in Egypt. They may have even lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress.

There are two important traditions related to Bethphage, a village at the time of Jesus on the eastern slope of Mount of Olives. This is the holy place where Jesus sent two of his disciples to fetch a colt and an ass that he would use for his entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10) , “saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me” (Matthew 21:2). Bethphage is also the site where Jesus met Martha, and after her sister Mary (John 11:17-34) upon his return from exile from Jordan to resurrect Lazarus.