SYNKOVICHI- KRAKOTKA- ZHIROVICHI
Tour of the Holy Places of Belarus
Synkovichi - Krakotka - Zhirovichi
06:30 | Departure. |
10:00
10:45
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Transfer to Synkovichi.
Not far from Zhirovichi, in the village of Synkovichi, Zelvensky district, there is the oldest defense-type temple in Belarus in honor of the Archangel Michael. In the temple there is an opportunity to venerate the Miraculous image of the Icon of the Mother of God “Vsetsarina”. Tour of the Temple. |
11:30
12:00
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Transfer to the Veliko-Krakotsky Monastery. A tour of the monastery complex, which includes 2 temples, a gate chapel with an arched passage, a refectory for pilgrims, a residential monastery complex, a carpentry workshop, outbuildings, a pilgrim’s house, a vegetable garden, an apiary, a pond. As an architectural ensemble of the monastery, it represents a picturesque three-dimensional composition. |
13:00 | Arrival in Zhirovichi.
A tour of the spiritual center of the Zhirovichi country with a visit to the largest Orthodox male Zhirovichi monastery in Belarus, where believers from all over the country and abroad come together. The iconostasis of the cathedral contains the miraculous image of the Mother of God of Zhirovichi – the smallest of the miraculous icons of the Mother of God of Zhirovichi, there is a Cross in which the relics of the saints of God are placed. Unique in the monastery is a high staircase that imitates the ascent to Golgotha. The Holy Dormition Monastery, Epiphany, Holy Cross and St. George Churches are included in the shrine complex. The architecture of the monastery ensemble combines features of Baroque, Rococo, classicism. On the territory of the monastery there is a font in which you can plunge, a chapel where you can collect holy water, monastic trading shops where you can buy candles, an icon or a cross, as well as eat what the monks prepare. Guided tours are conducted by novices of the shrines, who tell about the life and way of life of the monks, about the miracles of the icon of the Zhirovichi Mother of God. Visit to the Assumption Cathedral. |
14:00 | Dinner. |
15:30 | Visit to the holy spring. If desired, you can plunge into the holy water, drink holy water and take it with you. |
~16.30 | Departure home. |
accompanying services;
excursion service;
travel by bus;
organization of lunch;
visiting facilities and organizing excursions according to the route program.
donation Zhirovichi Monastery-2 b.r.
donation in Synkovichi Church – 1 b.r.
donation in Krakotka – 2 b.r.
visiting icon shops, buying holy water.