Church's Official Calendar of Celebrations in Holy Land

1999: Dec --- 2000: Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec --- 2001: Jan

2000 - June
1	Thursday	Ascension of the Lord
	Jerusalem	Mount of Olives, Ascension, Pontifical Mass by Fr. Custos Mount of Olives, Pater Noster Church, GC Divine Liturgy

8

Thursday

Ascension for Greek Orthodox

10	Saturday	Vigil of Pentecost
	Jerusalem	Inter-Church Prayer Vigil
	Jaffa	(Saint Peter), Diocesan Confirmation
	Anjara	(Jordan), Pilgrimage to Our Lady of the Mountain
	GC churches	Saturday of the Dead (All Souls)

11	Sunday	Pentecost
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Solemn Entry of Fr. Custos

7	Sunday	Third Sunday of Easter
	Jerusalem	Dormition, Diocesan Confirmation
	Jerusalem	Pilgrimage Ad Coenaculum, with Solemn Vespers in the Upper Room presided by Fr. Custos

13	Tuesday	Saint Anthony of Padua, Patron of the Custody of the Holy Land
	Jerusalem	Saint Saviour Church, Mass with inter-Church presence

21	Wednesday
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Solemn Entry of the Latin Patriarch, Vespers and Procession

22	Thursday	Corpus Christi - Priests' Day
	Jerusalem	Holy Sepulcher, Pontifical Mass by the Latin Patriarch and Procession Notes: Rome, 18-22, International Eucharistic Congress

23	Friday	Holy Martyrs of Jordan
	Amman	(and/or Karak for the south), Solemn Mass

24	Saturday	Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
	Ain Karem	(St. John the Baptist), Pontifical Mass by Fr. Custos; optional pilgrimage to St. John in the Desert

29	Thursday	Saints Peter and Paul - International priestly ordinations
		Notes: Place for ordinations not yet determined
	Tiberias	Pilgrimage to St. Peter's Church (F)

30	Friday	Sacred Heart of Jesus
	Bethlehem	Salesian Fathers, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament