Minsk – Polotsk – the Monastery of Zhirovitchy – Minsk , 5 days/ 4 nights

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 384.

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Day 2

Day 1

Arrival in “Minsk-2“ International Airport . Transfer to the hotel with guide assistance Check-in at the 3-star hotel in the centre of the city. Meeting with Company management. Time at leisure. Dinner.

Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Minsk including architectural, historical and cultural monuments of the 17th 18th cent., historic part of the city – Trinity Suburb and orthodox churches. Meeting with Deans of Orthodox Churches. Meeting with Minsk Diocese Representatives. Visit to the Museum of Old Belarusian Culture featuring weaving, embroidery, old icons and wood-carving. Dinner. Attending service in the Holy Trinity Cathedral.

Breakfast. Departure for The Monastery Of Zhirovitchy (190 km). It is known since the 15th cent. as a place for orthodox pilgrims. Visit to the Monastery: Holy Monastery Assumption (17th cent.), the Convent Of The Nativity Of The Virgin, the Theological Seminary. Joint service and meal. Late return to Minsk . Dinner

Breakfast. Tour to the Khatyn Memorial (60 km) erected on the site of the village of Khatyn – one of the 186 Belarusian villages burnt to ashes by the Nazis during World War II. On the way back visit to Raubichy Folk Arts And Crafts Museum. Displayed in the former Krestogorskaya Church are folk costumes, fine fabrics, articles made of straw, pottery, weaving, icon-painting. Visit to the orphanage or to the house of aged-people (presenting souvenirs and books). Farewell dinner with folk-show.

Breakfast. Transfer to the Airport for Your departure flight.

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