{"id":83006,"date":"2026-02-19T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/?p=83006"},"modified":"2026-02-21T20:13:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:13:15","slug":"gold-star-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/holy-land\/gold-star-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Nativity CEO Honored in the Holy Land"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><section class=\"vc_section vc_custom_1771539129638 vc_section-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1768418461047\"><div class=\"about-ipad wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1768418441375\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1768418556698\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Nativity Pilgrimage CEO Receives High Honor From Latin Patriarchate<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>A Message of Hope for the Holy Land<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1771702263539\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with Msgr. William Shomali, General Vicar, awarded the Golden Medal to Nativity Pilgrimage CEO Mr. Khaled Jacoub, in the presence of Fr. Rami Askria, and Mr. Issa Jamil Kassissieh, Ambassador of the State of Palestine to the Holy See, for his continued help and support of the Holy Land.<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Mr. Jacoub says:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1771702651148\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h5 style=\"line-height: 1.8; font-weight: 600; text-align: justify; margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px;\">&#8220;I am deeply grateful and truly humbled to have received the Golden Medal from His Eminence, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with His Excellency Bishop William Shomali. I sincerely thank His Eminence for his trust and for this meaningful recognition. I receive this honor with humility, as a blessing and a responsibility to continue serving the Church, the Holy Land, and our community with faith and dedication. This moment would not be complete without my family and loved ones, whose support and prayers have always been my strength. I thank God for this grace and entrust all that I do to Him.&#8221;<\/h5>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khaled-Award.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"Nativity Pilgrimage CEO Khaled Jacoub receiving Holy Land Award\" title=\"Khaled Holy Land Award\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khaled-Award.png 800w, https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khaled-Award-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khaled-Award-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Khaled-Award-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/nativity-pilgrimage-ceo-receives-high-honor\/attachment\/khaled-award\/\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left  vc_custom_1771704481692\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vc_single_image-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Khaled-Award__800x1000-700x800.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Nativity CEO Khaled Jacoub receives award for support of the Holy Land\" title=\"Khaled Award 800x1000\" loading=\"lazy\"  data-dt-location=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/holy-land\/gold-star-award\/attachment\/khaled-award__800x1000\/\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4>We invite everyone to show their support for the Holy Land by joining an upcoming pilgrimage\u2014or creating one of their own. Each journey is thoughtfully designed to renew faith as you walk in the footsteps of Jesus and witness the Bible come alive.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>View all of our Holy Land itineraries or customize one of your own!<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"the7_shortcodes-inline-css\">#default-btn-709b623550a5bdc040b0192d8bd92e38.ico-right-side > i {\n  margin-right: 0px;\n  margin-left: 8px;\n}\n#default-btn-709b623550a5bdc040b0192d8bd92e38 > i {\n  margin-right: 8px;\n}<\/style><div class=\"btn-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/spiritual-destinations\/holy-land\/\" class=\"default-btn-shortcode dt-btn dt-btn-l link-hover-off anchor-link\" id=\"default-btn-709b623550a5bdc040b0192d8bd92e38\" style=\"width:600px;\" title=\"Tierra Santa\"><span>VIEW ITINERARIES<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nativity Pilgrimage CEO Receives High Honor From Latin Patriarchate A Message of Hope for the Holy Land His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with Msgr. William Shomali, General Vicar, awarded the Golden Medal to Nativity Pilgrimage CEO Mr. Khaled Jacoub, in the presence of Fr. Rami Askria, and Mr. Issa Jamil&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":83141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[240,420],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holy-land","category-media","category-240","category-420","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nativitypilgrimage.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}