Excursion "Holy Places of Muscovy"

From 5 000₽ per group

Category:

Culture

Subcategory:

Guided tours

Description

Type: Single-day activity
Duration: 2 hours
* Moscow cannot be imagined without holy places, where pilgrims from all over the world flock. We suggest you go there with us! During the walking tour you will learn: • Which icon did Marina Tsvetaeva call the heart of Moscow?; • What is Komsomol Christmas and how did the celebrants treat the Iverskaya Chapel?; • how the miraculous icon of the Kazan Mother of God was found and where the most famous Old Believer, Archpriest Avvakum, served.; • where Simeon Polotsky, an outstanding theologian of the 19th century, taught; • how the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the tallest building in Moscow, was built and destroyed, and why the grandiose Palace of Soviets was never built in its place. - We will visit the Iveron Chapel to worship the wish-fulfilling icon. - Then we will visit the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which saved Moscow in a terrible time. - After that, we will go to the Zaikonospassky Monastery. - We will visit the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church. - At the end of the tour, we will have one of the most beautiful city panoramas. A car tour will open up to you: • how are the legendary military commander Tamerlane and the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow connected? • what healing power do the holy spring of the Pokrovsky Monastery and the touch of the relics of the blessed elder Matrona possess? • What secrets does Russia's most famous convent, which is under UNESCO protection, keep? - During our pilgrimage tour, we will visit the holiest sites of the ancient city. Let's start the journey at the walls of the ancient Sretensky monastery. - We will learn the history of the monastery, see the great shrines and visit the Church of the New Martyrs. - Then we will visit the very heart of the capital and worship the Iveron Icon. - Let's go to the Novospassky Monastery. - Then we will visit the Pokrovsky Convent, where the relics of the most famous saint on Moscow soil, the elder Matrona, rest. - If desired, we can finish our trip here or finish the tour at the walls of the Novodevichy Monastery.
Available languages

Russian

Group type

Group

Age restrictions

Kids are allowed

Training level

Not required

Transfer

Transfer not included

Details

Starting point

* Sretensky Monastery.

Finish point

* Novodevichy Monastery

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