My Name is Sam Makarios, born and raised in the old city of Jerusalem.I started my life as a full-time guide in 1996 when I was only 22 years old and I joined the Archaeological Team of Palestine, following my passion to excavate the past and share it with others. Nevertheless I do not consider guiding as merely a job, I regard it as a message. I believe in God and I follow his words when He said be my witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and all over the world. So as a Christian from Jerusalem I took this responsibility to share my faith, became a full-time guide, one of the only three guides that have two license from both ministries of tourism the Israeli and the Palestinian.

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I have two brothers living in San Juan Puerto Rico where we own a restaurant. I went to PR in 2002 when the political situation in the Holy Land erupted. I've worked there with my brothers for a couple of year and that’s where I've learnt my Spanish. I came back in 2005, and I've been here since, reading my bible and share my faith with other believers.

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In 2008, we got married, my wife Ala and I, and we were blessed with two kids, Maria born in 2014 and Michael born in 2016. 

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In 2021, since pilgrimage to the holy land have had been on hold for more than a year thanks to the Covid pandemic, and it hurt to see the holy sites empty, those  that were once buzzing with pilgrims from all around the world, the idea crystalized in my mind: if people can’t come to the Holy Land, then why don’t I take the Holy Land to them?! That was when I started my initiative: Bringing the Holy Land to you