Author Archives: Kenes Christian Tours

You probably would never think about sojourning to the Land of the Bible without visiting holy Jerusalem old and new, Bethlehem, the coastal plain from Jaffa to Caesarea, and the many sites in the Galilee, including Nazareth, the Jordan River, Capernaum,…

Visitors find rare hidden artifacts from Israel and beyond in hands-on sifting project “And it shall come to pass … that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above…

Like a scene from a blockbuster movie, archaeologists excavating last month in the Judean Desert made a stunning discovery at Qumran.  Dubbed the ’12th Dead Sea Scrolls cave,‘ artifacts dated from the 2nd Temple-period found inside attest to the cave’s detection…

Together with our amazing partners at Uniglobe One, one of Canada’s premier travel agencies, Kenes Tours is proud to have hosted the AIA.ORG (Athletes in Action) & C.F.L. (Canadian Football League) Holy Land Tour, which took place this past January 22nd-30th.

The first thing a Westerner who visits the Holy Land during the holiday season should keep in mind is that most of the Christians living in Holy Land are Orthodox, and celebrate Christmas on January 7th, two weeks after the date…

The Holy Fire is described by Orthodox Christians as the most renowned miracle in the world. It occurs every year at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem at the same time of the year for centuries; always taking place…

Located at the center of one of the world’s oldest churches-The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem-is the shrine which, according to tradition, contains the tomb in which Jesus’s body is believed to have been interred after the crucifixion.  For…

For Christian visitors to Jerusalem, opportunities for interesting and meaningful experiences seem to be endless.  Home to major sites of reverence to any pilgrim such as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher to the Mount of Olives, the Stations of the…

Jerusalem’s Friends of Zion Museum, which opened in 2015, tells the story of the tens of thousands of non-Jews who played a critical role in creating the reborn State of Israel.   The vision of minster and journalist Dr. Michael…