PILGRIMAGE TO ATHOS

2 DAYS

Tours
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Pilgrimage tours

program

7.45 - meeting with the tour guide
COVID-19 tests
Obtaining the Athos visa at the Pilgrims Bureau
Departure to Athos by regular boat at 8:45
Arrival at the pier of Xenophon Monastery
Adoration of the shrines of the monastery. (Miracle-working icon of Virgin Mary "Hodegetria", icon of St. George, relics of St. George, St. Panteleimon, St. Marina)
Transfer to Vatoped Monastery
Bowing to the honest belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary, miracle-working icons "Vsetsaritsa", "Joy or Comfort", "Eleotochivaya"
Transfer by car to the capital of Athos, Karyes
Visit to the main cathedral of Mount Athos, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (968)
Visit to the Monastery of St. Andrew. Evening service
Overnight in the monastery

After the Liturgy and the meal the pilgrimage to the monasteries:

- Ilyinsky skete. The list of the Tikhvin icon of the Mother of God
- Stavronikita. Worship of the miracle-working icon of St. Nicholas "the Oyster"
- Iversky. Veneration of the icon of the Mother of God "The Gatekeeper"
- Filofei. Worship of the "Sweetest Touch" icon
- Karakal - Nameless icon of the Mother of God, miraculous icon of Peter and Paul and the icon of the holy martyr Gedeon, at which a great number of healings of oncological diseases take place
- Athanasius of Athos Source
- Russian Pantheleimon Monastery