Pilgrimage program to Greece with the visit of Athos
14 days / 13 nights
PILGRIMAGE
Trip route |
Kyiv - transit through Romania and Bulgaria - Thessaloniki - Meteori - Kerkyra - Uranopolis - Athos - transit through Bulgaria and Romania - Bancheni - Kyiv |
Duration and cost of travel |
14 days / 13 nights– 600 euros
18.06. - 01.07.18 |
Transport |
Bus |
The cost is included |
Accommodation in hotels in 2, 3-bed rooms (9 nights), accommodation in monastery cells - 4 nights, travel by comfortable bus Kiev - Athos - Kiev, Ferry to the island. Corfu |
The cost is NOT included extra paid (per person) |
The cost of a visa, insurance - 60 euro / person, diamonitrion - 25 euros; Eating on the road, moving around Athos, visiting paid places and other personal expenses are paid by yourself. For women, additional payment for accommodation for 4 nights in a hotel in Uranopolis - 60 euros and, if desired, an excursion (ship) along the Mount Athos - 20 euros. |
Day 1 18.06 (Mon.) 7.00 - departure from St Sanctuary. Wimz Barbarians on a comfortable bus. Travel through Romania. In the city of Suceava, a visit to the monastery and worship of the relics of St. John Suceava Transit Overnight.
Day 2 19.06 (Tues): Transit through Romania and Bulgaria. Transit Overnight.
Day 3 20.06 (Wed): Breakfast. Check out in Thessaloniki and visit the temples of St .. Demetrius of Thessalonica, St. Sophia, St. Gregory Palamas and others. Moving to Kalambaka (Meteora, Greece). Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay
Day 4 21.06 (Thu): Breakfast. Pilgrimage at the Monastery of Saint Meteora (visit to 4 monasteries). Departure to the city of Igumenitsa to the port, ferry to. Corfu (Corfu). Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Rest on the sea. Overnight stay
Day 5: 22.06 (Fri) Breakfast. Visit the temple of St. Spiridon of the Trinity, the worship of relics of the sun. Spiridon Visits to the churches and monasteries of the city of Kerch. Ferry to Igoumenitsa, departure to Uranopolis. Arrival at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay
Day 6: 23.06 (Sat.) - Breakfast. Obtaining the dyamonitirion (permission to stay) in the representation of the Holy Mountain in the city of Uranopolis (according to the prior permission obtained by the pilgrimage department of the Church of St. Barbara). Purchase tickets by ferry. Departure by ferry to Holy Mountain. Exit from the ferry at the wharf of the monastery (depends on obtaining dyamonitirion). Accommodation in a monastery hotel. Meal. Participation in evening worship.
6 - 10 days. (23.06 - 27.06) Athos
Stay at Holy Athos in monasteries. Trips to the Holy Mountain with the visit of the monasteries: Pantokrator, Iviron, Stavronikita, Dionysite, St. Paul, Skit St. Anna, the Great Lavra and others. During their stay in the Holy Ghost, pilgrims live according to the statutes of monasteries, attend church services. In monastery meals - 2 times a day: morning and evening.
Day 10: 27.06 (Wed) - At 12.00 a sailboat on a ferry in Uranopolis to the hotel. Rest on the sea. Overnight stay
Day 11: 28.06 (Thu) Breakfast. Moving to Surot in the monastery of St. St. John the Theologian and the worship of the shrines (grave of St. Paics of Svyatogorsk), departing through the city of Thessaloniki to Bulgaria, visiting the monastery of St. John Rylsky and the worship of the relics of the saint. Transit Overnight.
Day 12: 29.06 (Fri) - Moving through Bulgaria and Romania to Ukraine. Transit Overnight.
Day 13: 30.06 (Sat.) - Arrival at the Holy Ascension Monastery in Bancheny (Chernivtsi region). Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay
Day 14: 01.07 (Sun) - Participation in the divine liturgy in the monastery. Departure and arrival to Kyiv.