Jerusalem begins to fill up with Christian tourists as Easter approaches. Easter Sunday in 2023 falls on April 9, but special services will take place the whole week before starting on Palm Sunday, April 2, and continue until Easter Monday on April 10. Be prepared for crowds and a wonderful, meaningful experience in the city where you’ll be walking in Jesus’ final footsteps surrounded by fellow believers.
Easter in Jerusalem features an entire week of services, ceremonies, and other events.
Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives Join the popular reenactment of Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. Participants gather at the Church of Bethpage and begin to descend the Mount of Olives, singing hymns and bearing palm fronds. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Armenians, Copts and Syrians make three rounds around the rotunda in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Good Friday The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Celebration of the Passion of Christ on Calvary in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre Procession of the Way of the Cross at the Via Dolorosa with the Franciscan Fathers “Funeral Procession” in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre The Garden Tomb For Protestants, there is a Good Friday meditative service at the Garden Tomb.
Easter Sunday The Church of the Holy Sepulchre Entry of the Latin Patriarch, H.B. Fuad Twal Pontifical mass and procession The Garden Tomb Sunrise services Resurrection service
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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16APR23 1350Z | OSLK | LLJR | Lukas Chylek | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -677 ft/m | 222 nm | 00:20 | View | |
16APR23 1350Z | HECA | LLJR | Pavel Mitov | Cessna Skyhawk (C172) | -322 ft/m | 224 nm | 02:06 | View | |
16APR23 1153Z | HECA | LLJR | David Wrede | Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) | -245 ft/m | 238 nm | 00:55 | View | |
15APR23 0635Z | ORAH | LLJR | Shaun Dale | Grumman F-14 Tomcat (F14) | -617 ft/m | 237 nm | 00:18 | View | |
15APR23 0051Z | HESH | LLJR | Alister Curnow | Diamond DA-62 (DA62) | -64 ft/m | 239 nm | 01:28 | View | |
14APR23 2053Z | HECA | LLJR | Nick | General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon (F16) | -187 ft/m | 229 nm | 00:33 | View | |
13APR23 1617Z | OENN | LLJR | Alex C | Beechcraft Bonanza (36) Turbo (BT36) | -42 ft/m | 238 nm | 01:17 | View | |
13APR23 1257Z | HECA | LLJR | WULSCOTLAND | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -278 ft/m | 225 nm | 00:50 | View | |
13APR23 1151Z | LICR | LLJR | Blacky | Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SU95) | -128 ft/m | 1088 nm | 02:26 | View | |
13APR23 1038Z | HE16 | LLJR | Nexus 11 | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -1166 ft/m | 249 nm | 00:36 | View | |
12APR23 0810Z | HE16 | LLJR | 6 Knots (Ciaran) | Unknown/Generic Undesignated (ZZZZ) | -270 ft/m | 255 nm | 00:48 | View | |
12APR23 0233Z | HECA | LLJR | Cyulator | Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) | -76 ft/m | 246 nm | 01:00 | View | |
12APR23 0008Z | OS57 | LLJR | Bobo | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -93 ft/m | 256 nm | 00:34 | View | |
11APR23 2200Z | LCLK | LLJR | Kim_Snede65 | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -381 ft/m | 206 nm | 00:38 | View | |
11APR23 1831Z | LGAV | LLJR | Cpt. George | Boeing 747-400 (B744) | -45 ft/m | 727 nm | 01:56 | View | |
11APR23 1806Z | HECA | LLJR | Fernando Angeles | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -147 ft/m | 240 nm | 00:47 | View | |
11APR23 0101Z | HESC | LLJR | Angernerve | AERMACCHI M-346 Master (M346) | -164 ft/m | 242 nm | 00:37 | View | |
10APR23 1822Z | HESC | LLJR | Danny Horne | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -335 ft/m | 218 nm | 01:47 | View | |
09APR23 1515Z | HEBA | LLJR | Maurice (wackomoe) Hachey | Cirrus Vision SF-50 (SF50) | -28 ft/m | 385 nm | 01:13 | View | |
09APR23 1153Z | LTDA | LLJR | Devildude1 | Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning 2 (F35) | -294 ft/m | 289 nm | 00:24 | View |