Where We've Been: 
In the past
22 years the Down
Ancient Paths
travel study program has successfully completed all of the following ventures:
2020 - (Cancelled due to Pandemic) - Early Christian Footsteps in Greece and Turkey including an Aegean Cruise (with an optional extension to Malta)
2020 - (Cancelled due to Pandemic) - In Search of John and Charles Wesley in Britain: Exploring the Roots of the ‘Second’ Protestant Reformation(with an optional extension to Channel Islands)
2019 - Russian Windows on the Orthodox Christian East: Moscow, The ‘Golden Ring’ and St. Petersburg (with an optional extension to Kiev)
2019 - The Cross, The Conquest and The Civilizations of the Aztecs and the Maya in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala
2019
-
The Cross, The Crescent, and Christopher Columbus in Southern Spain, Gibraltar
and Morocco
2019
-
Russian Windows on the Orthodox Christian East: Moscow, The ‘Golden
Ring’ and St. Petersburg (with
an optional extension to Kiev)
2018
-
On the Viking Trail to Norway, Denmark and Sweden: A Medieval Story of
Christianizing Pagans (with
an optional extension to Copenhagen and Stockholm)
2018
-
The Quest for Christian Beginnings in Argentina and Brazil (with
Amazon Cruise)
2017
- Following
The Conquistador (Pedro de Valdivia),
The Academic (Thor Heyerdahl),
and The Explorer (Ferdinand Magellan)
to Chile and Easter Island: High
Adventure in the Southern Hemisphere
2017
- The
Reformation Institute: A 500th Anniversary Journey into the World of Martin
Luther and the Protestant Reformation
(Berlin, Prague, Leipzig, Halle, Eisleben, Erfurt, Eisenach and the Nazi
concentration camp of Buchenwald)
2017 - The Cross, the Conquest and the Civilization of the Incas in Peru and Ecuador (Peru, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands)
2016 - Summer School in the 'Greater' Holy Land (Jordan/Israel)
2016 - Milestones of Christian Memory in Southern Spain: From the Apostle Paul to Christopher Columbus (Spain)
2016 - Magnificent Ethiopia: Where the Ancient Voices Still Speak (Ethiopia)
2015 - In the Footsteps of the Pilgrims (Rome, Rieti, Assisi, Siena, San Gimignano and Florence)
2015 - Summer School in the Other Holy Land (Turkey and Patmos)
2015
- Following
in the Footsteps of the Apostle Paul
(Greece
and Cyprus)
2014
- Retracing
the Footsteps of Ancient Celtic Christians in the United Kingdom
(England/Scotland/Wales)
2014
- Summer
School in the 'Greater' Holy Land
(Jordan/Israel)
2014
- The
Quest for Ancient Christians in Tropical South India
(India
via Hong Kong)
2013
- Summer
School in the 'Other'
Holy Lands
(Turkey/Greece/Albania)
2013
- Magnificent
Ethiopia: Where Ancient Voices Still Speak
(Ethiopia)
2012
-
The Search for Ancient Christians on the Silk Road
(China/Central Asia)
2012
-
Mediterranean Chapters in the Story of Western Christianity
(Rome
to Venice Cruise)
2012
-
Summer School in the Holy Land
(Israel/Jordan)
2011
-
Pilgrims, Monks and Martyrs on the Emerald Isle:
The Irish Roots of Celtic Spirituality
(Ireland)
2011
-
The Malta Institute:
Exploring 'the Sacred' at a Mediterranean Crossroads
(Malta)
2010
-
Holy Days and Holidays in Egypt: Experiencing
an Ancient Christian Coptic Christmas
(Egypt)
2010
- Oberammergau
Passion Play and Cities of the Baltic Cruise: A
Journey Through Civilization to the Cross
2010
- Summer
School in the Holy Land
(Israel/Jordan/Syria)
2009
- Summer
School in the 'Other' Holy Land
(Turkey/Patmos)
2009
- The
Quest for Ancient Christians in Tropical South India
(India/Singapore)
2008
- Summer
School in Two Holy Lands
(Ethiopia/Israel)
2006
- Summer
School
in the Holy Land
(Israel/Jordan)
2006 - Letters
from the Apocalypse
for Pilgrims in the Third Millennium (Turkey/Patmos)
2005 - The
Christian Odyssey 2005:
Following the Star to the Christian East (Ethiopia/Syria/Armenia/Byzantine
Istanbul)
2004 - In
the Steps of the Holy Family:
A Pilgrimage to Coptic Egypt & Nile Cruise (Egypt)
2004 - Summer School in the
Holy Land (Israel)
2004 - Egyptian
Desert Solitudes:
A Pre-Lenten Journey to Judaeo-Christian Roots (Egypt) --
(Click
here for video footage)
2003 - The
Christian Odyssey 2003:
In Search of the Early Church (Cyprus/Turkey/Greece)
2002 - An
Egyptian Journey to Classical and Christian Antiquity
(Rome/Egypt)
2001 - The
Christian Odyssey 2001:
In Search of the Early Church (Turkey/Greece/Malta)