AVE MARIA
Mother's Day ISIS Initiation

Women in Ancient Egypt Divine Goddess Pilgrimage to Egypt and India

 Day 01:

 - Arrival at Cairo international airport.

 

 - Airport reception and assistance through arrival, visa and money exchange formalities.

 

 - Transfer to your hotel in Cairo.

- Your formal "Mother's Day" "Spiritual Extravaganza" begins with a "three-five course"
"Sound and Light Show" AVE MARIA! Dinner.

- ISIS Minister's "First Initiation Ceremony Ritual" Overnight "Prayer FOR Peace Vigil" in the Pyramid of Giza from 3 am - 5 am.

 Day 02:

 -   After breakfast, your tour in Cairo will start with the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities,   

   considered to be one of the world's most famous museums. Its magnificent 

   collection of antiquities includes mummies, sarcophagi and the fabulous treasures

   from Tut Ankh Amon's tomb. In addition, many of its great number of statues  

   depict the importance of the Egyptian women through history, such as:

  

 

Queen Hetepheres: Wife of Snefru and mother of Cheops. Her collection was   

discovered about 100 meters from the east side of the great Pyramid at Giza. Among this collection is her Alabaster sarcophagus, the remains of a great golden canopy, together with vessels of gold, copper, alabaster and pottery.


Queen Hatshepsut: The daughter of King Thot-Mosis I and one of the most famous women in the Egyptian history. Stories have been told about her unique character. Many statues are showing her in different shapes such as a king or as a Sphinx. You also will have the chance to admire the statue of Prince Ra-Hotep and his wife Nefert. They are the most life-like of all Egyptian sculptures. The state of preservation of the paintings are also amazing as well, but significantly, the statue gives us the idea of how women were equal to men in ancient Egypt.


 - The museum is also rich with many Egyptian goddesses in different shapes 

    such as  birds, animals and also human shapes.


 - After lunch, an optional visit to the famous three Pyramids of Giza, the Great Sphinx and surrounding shops, at your own personal leisure or with an experienced shopping guide.


 - Back to hotel for an AVE MARIA! dinner and overnight in Cairo.

 Day 03:

 - After breakfast, transfer to Cairo airport to board your flight for Luxor. In the air 

   you can see a strip of green in the middle of the desert, here lies Luxor; one of 

   the greatest capitals of the ancient world, the capital of the Egyptian empire for 

   approximately a thousand years.

 

 - Upon arrival, transfer to your hotel for lunch.

 

 - In an afternoon visit to Luxor temple, you can see the small shrine built by Queen 

   Hatshepsut to declare her holy birth through God Amon -Ra, King of the Gods. and other such historic treasures.

 

 -This is where we shall perform our "Second ISIS Minister Initiation Ceremony Ritual".

On the way back, visit the Luxor museum at your leisure, which displays countless treasures and finds relating to the history of ancient Thebes. One of the most interesting pieces is the elegant head of the Goddess Hathor in the form of a cow. Hathor, known as the Mistress of Life, the Great Wild Cow, the Golden One, the Mistress of Turquoise, Lady of Dendera (her cult centre was located at Dendera), is one of our main characters soon to be energetically discovered on the next step of our sacred ISIS Initiation Pilgrimage.

At about 3 KM from Luxor temple stands the once vast monumental area of Karnak.

   Here is where we shall be enjoying dinner, a sound and light show, and unite "face to face" with "Sekhmet," one of the most famous Egyptian Goddesses, and equivalent, energetically, to the famous Indian Goddess, "Kali!"

 

- "Third ISIS Initiation Ceremony Ritual."

 

 - Back to the hotel and overnight in Luxor.

 Day 04:

 - After breakfast, cross the Nile by ferry to the West bank, visiting Goddess Hathor's Dendera to perform our "Fourth ISIS Minister's for Peace Initiation Ceremony Ritual." 

  

From here, we shall drive one and half KM South West to the 

   Queens' Valley, where you'll have the chance to enter one of the highlights of 

   all visits which is Nefertari's tomb, the best loved of Ramses II numerous wives. 

   This tomb is 27.50 Meters long and eight meters under the ground level, when 

   discovered, the sepulcher seems to have been broken into since ancient times, 

   all the objects have disappeared, and the mummy of one of the most famous 

   queens has been pirated. Only the magnificent paintings bear 

   witness to the fact that this was one of the most important and beautiful tombs 

   in the entire valley. Of course, her energy still remains, and shall be rediscovered by ISIS Minister participants.

 

- After lunch, we shall stop by the famous colossi of Memnon, which are all the 

  remains of the burial temple of King Amenophis III, these statues are 20 meters   

  high, portraying the Pharaoh seated on his thrown. You can easily note that the 

  statue of Queen Tiya, wife of Amenophis III flanks the legs of the colossus. On the 

  other side the Pharaoh's Mother, Mut Em Uya.

 

- Cross back to the East Bank an IMPROV dinner with local artists and families, and an overnight transfer to our hotel.

 Day 05-07:

 - After breakfast, transfer to Luxor ship to board your "silent" AVE MARIA! RETREAT and "Fifth ISIS Minister Initation Ceremony Ritual" cruise to Aswan. Arrive in two days with  

   Aswan transfer to your AVE MARIA "spa resort" hotel.

 

Goddess Isis: Afternoon, a visit to the temple of Philae, the romantic and 

  majestic aura surrounding the temple complex of Isis on the Island of Philae, 

  has been luring pilgrims for thousands of years at first, it was the cults of Isis, 

  Osiris and Horus, and the Greco- Roman temple raised in honor of the Goddess 

  drew devotees not only from all over Egypt but the whole Mediterranean. Isis, 

  the sister and wife of the great Osiris, was the Egyptian goddess of healing, 

  purity and sexuality, of motherhood and women, of the promise of immortality 

  and of nature itself. She was worshipped so passionately and her popularity

   was so great that she became identified with all the goddesses of the 

  Mediterranean, finally absorbing them to become the universal mother 

  of nature and protector of humans.

 

- "Sixth ISIS Minister Initation Ceremony Ritual.

- Back to hotel in Aswan and overnight.

 Day 08:

 - After breakfast, transfer to Aswan airport to board your flight for Abu Simbel. 

 

 - Arrive and transfer to the temples' site. The Great temple of Ramses II was 

  dedicated to the Gods Ra-Harakhty, Amun, Ptah and of course to the deified 

  Pharaoh himself. While the smaller rock-cut Temple of Hathor, was dedicated 

  to the cow-headed goddess of love and built in honor of Ramses' favorite wife, 

  Queen Nefertari. - "Seventh ISIS Minister Initation Ceremony Ritual.

 

- Transfer to Abu Simbel airport to board your flight for Cairo.

 

-  Arrive Cairo airport, depart, or transfer to your hotel for an optional tour to Alexandria. 

 

- Overnight in Cairo.

 Day 09:

 - After breakfast, Train to Alexandria, the largest port in Egypt and one of the 

  major summer resorts on the Mediterranean, lies in the north west of the Nile 

  Delta, 225 KM from Cairo. It was also considered the pearl of the Mediterranean 

  and the second capital of Egypt. It's noted for its outstanding location, mild 

  climate all year round and fine sandy beaches stretching over 40 Kilometers.

 

- Afternoon, a visit to the Royal Jewelry Museum; established in 

  " Fatema Al  Zahraa" Palace, this museum is considered a magnificent 

  architectural piece of art. Its halls comprise several paintings, decoration and 

  rare statues, museum houses collection of Mohamed Ali Family Jewelry, all are 

  invaluable and rare pieces.

 

-  Then to the " Montazah " Palace Gardens, which are famous for the beautiful 

  trees and palms, there are also sandy beaches , two hotels, restaurants as well 

  as tourist center.

 

 - Overnight in Alexandria - "Eighth ISIS Minister Initiation Ceremony Ritual."

 Day 10:

 - After breakfast, a visit to the Greco-Roman Museum, houses around forty 

   thousand invaluable relics, some dating back as far as the 3rd century BC. 

   The " Tanger" statues are one of the priceless treasures to be seen in the  

   Museum.

 

- Then to the Roman Theater, over 30 years of excavations have uncovered 

  many Roman remains including this theater with marble seats for up to 800 

  spectators, galleries and sections of Mosaic-flooring.

 

 - Then the Catacombs of " Kom El Shokkafa ", it's a warren of tombs on three 

  levels, also contains triclinium, where relatives used to sit on stone benches to  

  feast the dead.

 

 - Lunch in one of the local restaurants, before your train back to Cairo.

 

 - Arrive Cairo, transfer to your hotel and check in.

 

 - Overnight in Cairo.

 Day 11:

 - Transfer to Cairo airport, to board your flight for final departure, or for second optional tour to India, where ISIS Minister Initiations 9-13 await.

 

 - Assistance through departure formalities.

* Accommodation for 4 nights in Cairo, 2 nights in Luxor, 2 night cruise, 1 night in Aswan and 1 optional night in 

  Alexandria at an additional charge, all on bed and breakfast basis. 

* One full day tour of Cairo, Classical Luxor and half day tour of Aswan including guiding,

   fees and transportation.

* Optional and additional fee tour of Abu Simbel by air from Aswan including air tickets, fees, guiding and transportation.
* Optional and additional fee - Two half days tour of Alexandria, including guiding, fees, transportation and one 

   outdoor lunch.

 * All transfers in Cairo, Luxor, Aswan and (optional and additional) Alexandria including assistance.

* All domestic and international airfare and fees.

*Entry Visa to Egypt. 

 * 1st class train tickets Cairo/ Alex / Cairo.

* Entering inside the Pyramids of Giza, the mummies room in the museum and

  Tut Ankh Amon tomb in the West Bank of Luxor. 

* Items or services which may carry a personal nature such as telephone calls, laundry, 

  tipping, beverages .. 


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