Investiture in the Order of St Lazarus

Saturday the 4th of May the Swedish Priory together with the Norwegian and the Danish priories celebrated a ceremonial investiture at Karlberg Palace in Stockholm. The day before we attended

Welcome home surprise party

The day after coming home we were going home to my parents for supper. This was a moment I had been looking forward to very much. It was all planned

Day 164 Coming HOME!

Going home has a duality to it. With all the new friends, good times and wonderful experiences I and Rebecca now have in the Holy Land it was of course

Day 163 Signing the Pilgrim’s letter

Yet again I felt both humble and that I was on a mission bigger than just myself. My order is an ecumenical order, actually the only one. We strive towards

Day 162 Vigil in The Holy Sepulchre

An over night vigil was the moment when a squire should pray and contemplate before he was going to be knighted in ancient times. Being a member of the order,

Day 159 Walking to Bethlehem

The Military Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is a serious partner in the Holy Land and therefore it was very important for me to maintain an openmindedness and show

Day 158 The end of the symposium

All things come to an end, even the really good ones. The Green Pilgrim Symposium was a great success and according to my knowledge it will be held in Santiago de

Day 156 Turning out the lights

With the order as an important participant in the GPS and this event being a very important one the media coverage was massive. Given the situation in whole I was

Day 155 Gala evening at the YMCA

After the fantastic reception at Jaffa Gate and a nice lunch at Joseph Ashfour´s place me and Rebecca was given a short break before the opening Gala evening for Green

Day 155 Reaching Jerusalem

The final day of walking! At least to reach Jerusalem, read more in a later blog post… It is hard to describe the feeling I was having. So many kilometers,

Day 154 Abu Gosh

I had a special mission in Abu Gosh that had absolutely nothing to do with any mission for peace. Houmous! People all along my way through the Holy Land told

Day 153 Ramat Raziel

The Holy Land is a special place for so many different reasons. Like in Petah Tiqwa I couldn´t find a place to stay with Couchsurfing. Instead a man, actually working

Day 152 Neve Shalom

Neve Shalom, The Oasis of Peace, is quite a special place. The community was created to be an example of peace between jews and muslims. Since 1974 people have lived together

Day 150 Petah Tiqwa

This meeting was exeptional for different reasons. My hosts were Moshe and Iky Gilad. Moshe is working as a reporter at Haaretz, one of the most important newspapers in the

Day 149 Ra’anana

In Raánana I stayed with Tom Bar. And his adorable dog. He is a busy guy running his own firm which must be rather unique. He and his business partner

Day 148 Netanya

My host Yair Amsel picked me up in the center of Netanya. He is a great guy and I´m glad to say he is als a new friend. We spent the