Under Tabor, over the Donets. The Svyatogorsk Lavra

Departure from Kharkov to Svyatogorsk.

Svyatogorsk. Legends and facts of origin Svyatogorsk Lavra. Visiting the upper tier of the Lavra, the skete of Anthony and Theodosius, the skete of All Saints, the burial place of St. John the Recluse of Svyatogorsk, the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of the Intercession, the Cathedral of Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. One of the most revered shrines of Ukraine - the Svyatogorsk Icon of the Mother of God - is located in the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Lavra.
 
 

It is possible to visit the museum of the reserve, chalk caves, a boat trip along the Seversky Donets to distant caves.
 

Free time in the monastery. 

You can walk along the magnificent embankment opposite the Lavra, soak up the sun on the sandy beach, swim in the Seversky Donets.

For inquisitive groups, we offer a visit to the skete in the village. Adamovka, opened in 2008. It was in Adamovka on June 4, 1896 that Mikhail Maksimovich, the future Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco, was born. The year 2021 marks the 125th anniversary of the saint's birth. The skete contains an icon with a particle of the relics of St. John and several of his personal belongings (an epitrachelion, an entrée, a bishop's omophorion, a priznik, and also the chair in which the saint died).

We offer children's groups in Svyatogorsk to rest in the Dragonfly rope park: 5 trails of various difficulty levels, quests, rides, trampoline, archery, climbing wall and much more.

Transfer to the private cheese factory of the Svyatogorskaya goat farm. Excursion to the farm, goat breeds, presentation of cheeses, riding horses, tasting of goat's milk products. Here you can buy farm products - cheese, milk, cottage cheese, etc.

Charming. The Museum of Folk Architecture, Life and Children's Art in Prelestnoye is an open-air complex that recreates a traditional Slobozhanskoye village of the XNUMXth century: a windmill, residential rural huts, barns, forges, the only museum of children's art in Ukraine, a restaurant with traditional dishes of Ukrainian cuisine.

On the way back - Holy Ascension Church with the famous miraculous Peschanskaya icon of the Mother of God and the holy water bath in Izume.

Return to Kharkov.

transport service by luxury buses (Meresdes, Neoplan, Wolksvagen, Scania, MAN, Setra, etc.), escorting the group by guide, excursion service, medical insurance and accident.