Mr. Rafi Tavitian

Mr. Tavitian was born in Jerusalem. He studied at Brothers and Armenian schools and continued his studies at the Salesian Technical School in Bethlehem. Mr. Tavitian studied Hebrew in Jerusalem and later travelled to Spain, Greece and Germany to study their languages. He attended the guiding school at Bethlehem University in order to become a tour guide. He passed all the required exams and became one of the professional guides in the area. He lives in Bethany and speaks eight languages and has a wide experience in guiding especially the Christian sites. He is married and has three daughters; two of them became nuns, one with the Carmelite Sisters and the other with the Rosary Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church.

Mr. Ramzi Sadi

Mr. Sadi was born in Bethlehem. He completed his secondary school at Terra High School in Bethlehem.

After finishing his studies at the Salesian Technical school he moved to the American University and studied management information. In 2008 he enrolled in Tour Guiding at the Dar Al Kalima College and graduated in 2010 with a Diploma Degree as a tour guide in English and Arabic.In 2013-2014 he completed a comprehensive studies program in advanced Spanish language in Spain, and became a general tour guide in Arabic, English and Spanish. Mr. Sadi is considered one of the most knowledgeable tour guides in the area for his wide knowledge of the historical sites in the Holy Land, especially Bethlehem.

Mrs. Irina Shahnubaryan

Mrs. Irina Shahnubaryan was born in Yerevan – Armenia; she completed her secondary school at the Armenian High schools where she learned the Russian language too, lately she moved to the Holy Land and got married to one of the seminarians who studies theology at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem before his ordination. Mrs. Shahnubaryan enrolled in Tour Guiding; she got her license as an official tour guide from the Ministry of Tourism in Armenian and Russian languages. Beside her studies and as a wife of a Priest, she has a great information about the Holy Land and considered one of the most knowledgeable tour guides for her wide knowledge of the historical and religious sites especially Bethlehem.