Day 1 New York Today our flight takes us Cyprus, dinner and breakfast will be served on flight.

Day 2 Larnaca/Limassol We are met at the Larnaca airport and assisted by our local representative and transfer by bus to Limassol where we will stay for the entire trip. Dinner Overnight at hotel.

Day 3 Limassol/Nicosia After breakfast we will depart for Nicosia, The island's capital. Nicosia offers visitors plenty to see. A short visit to the Cyprus Handicraft Center begins our tour, followed by a visit of the Cyprus Archaeological Museum containing priceless artifacts of the island's rich past. We continue along the Green Line, which divides the city in two, and the 16th century Venetian Walls, to the Archbishopric. Here you will visit the Cathedral of St. John and the Byzantine Museum, which houses the largest collection of icons on the island. We will continue to St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral, the headquarter for the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. We will meet fellow Anglican and see history unfold. We will continue our tour with a short visit to Laiki Yitonia, a recently restored 19th quarter of the city with Taverns and Craft shops . Free time will be given to stroll around the picturesque old town. Back to Limassol for dinner and overnight. .

Day 4 Mt. Olympus/Kykko Today we will travel through idyllic mountain villages, this tour will take us just below the highest point on the island, Mount Olympus standing 1,952 meters above sea level. On the way we will visit Archangelos Michael church in Pedoulas, which is a painted steep-pitched church in the lower part of the village dating back to 1474 (Included in the Unesco list). We will then drive to Throni Peak to see the tomb of Archbishop Makarios, first President of the Republic of Cyprus. From there we will visit the island's most famous monastery, Kykko, where Makarios was a novice. Among the many items of interest here we will be able to admire the miraculous icon of Christ and the Virgin Mary painted by St. Luke himself. Visit at Kykko Museum that houses an important collection of consecrated vessels and Cypriot antiquities. After Kykko Monastery we continue with a visit to Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis church, which was, build in the 11th century using roughly cut stones (Included in the Unesco list) and continue with a visit to a traditional village Kakopetria . The old quarter of the village has been declared a protected area and traditional houses have been restored. Upon arrival in Limassol we will stop at the St. Barnabas' Anglican Church. Dinner and overnight.

Day 5 CURIUM- PAPHOS Our day begins with a visit to Curium, an impressive Greco-Roman site that includes mosaics and a superb amphitheater. Petra tou Romiou, the very spot where the legendary goddess of love emerged from the foaming waves in our next stop. On the way visit Agia Paraskevi church in Geroscipou village. We will proceed with a visit to St. Neophytos Monastery founded at the end of the 12th century by the Cypriot hermit and writer Neofytos. In the monastery, the church contains some of the most beautiful icons of the Post-Byzantine period of the 16th century. It is a very interesting ecclesiastical museum. Once in Paphos we will pass by the catacombs of Ayia Solomoni, the Byzantine castle of forty columns and St. Paul's pillar. Apostle Paul and Barnabas spent time in Paphos. We will visit the Anglican connection (Ayia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa. After a stroll round the picturesque harbor we begin our return journey. Return to Limassol for dinner and overnight.

Day 6 FAMAGUSTA & KERYNIA After breakfast, we will start our visit to the occupied side of the island. Our first visit will be Agios Nikolaos Church in Famagusta -(in the 16th century was converted in to a Mosque named later Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque). It was constructed between the years 1298-1312 in the Lusignan period. The Lusignan Kings would be inaugurated as the King of Cyprus at the St. Sophia Cathedral in Nicosia first, and following they would be crowned as the King of Jerusalem at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in Famagusta. Then we continue our visit to Othello's Tower which was built in the 12th Century during the Lusignan period, to protect the town of Famagusta. Our next stop will be Salamis. The history of Salamis goes back to the 11th Century BC. The first inhabitants of the town came here from Engomi after the earthquake of 1075 BC. (it was one of the 12 City Kingdoms of Cyprus During the Ancient Time. It was founded by Tefkros the son of Telemonas who was the King of Salamis in Greece, after the Trojan War. We will then pass by the Nestorian Church St. George of the Foreigners and St. Barnabas Monastery. St. Barnabas, born of a Jewish family returns to Cyprus after his studies in Jerusalem and in 45 A.D. starts to work with St. Paul as a missionary for Christianity. Because of his activities he was killed by his compatriots. In the afternoon we will visit the St. Andrew's church in Kerynia and the Kerynia castle. The castle stands on a site that was in use during the Hellenistic and Roman periods of 111-11 B.C, dominates the entrance to the harbor of Kerynia village. The first recorded reference to the castle was in 1911 when Richar the Lion Heart conquered Cyprus on his way to the crusades. Return to Limassol for dinner and overnight.

Day 7 Pyla/ Ayia Napa Village/Larnaca After breakfast we will visit Pyla village the only village that has been inhabited by Greeks and Turks after the Turkish Invasion in Cyprus. We will continue traveling along the green line and will reach Dheryneia Village where we will be able to see from a distance the dead city of Ammochostos, which is under Turkish Occupation. We continue our tour with a visit to the charming medieval monastery dedicated to ‘Our Lady of the Forests' stands in the middle of Ayia Napa Village surrounded by a high wall. Its 16th century church is partly underground and cut into the rock. The hostel west of the church belongs to the World Council of Churches. Then we continue our tour to Larnaca town. We will visit Saint Lazarus Church. Saint Lazarus is the patron saint of Larnaka. Kition became his second home after his resurrection by Christ, and he lived here for another 30 years. Saints Barnabas and Mark ordained him Bishop of Kition. In the 9th century Emperor Leo VI erected a magnificent church over his tomb. The church, one of the finest examples of Byzantine architecture in Cyprus was faithfully restored in the 17th century, and the iconostasis is an excellent example of baroque woodcarving. We will also visit St. Helena's Anglican Church. Return to Limassol for a farewell dinner and overnight.

Day 8 Limassol/Larnaca/USA Today we bid farewell to our newly made friends as we transfer to the Larnaca airport for our flight to USA. Arrive home same day.