The city is golden. Monasteries and temples of Kiev

               Departure from Kharkov to Kiev by train number 124 in 22-41

1 day Meeting the group in Kiev at the station in 8-33.

Sightseeing tour of To Kiev: Vladimirsky Cathedral, Mikhailovskaya Square, St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery, the highlight of the Baroque - St. Andrew's Church, Sofia Kievskaya, built by Yaroslav the Wise, "Golden Gate", monument to Bohdan Khmelnitsky, Institute of Noble Maidens, Starokievskaya Gorka, Landscape Alley, National University named after T. Shevchenko, Teacher's House, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences, a monument to Princess Olga, embankment The Dnieper, a monument to the founders of Kiev, Kiev's Venice, Askold's grave. Lunch.

Excursion to the National Historical and Cultural Reserve "Kiev-Pechersk Lavra»

Holy Assumption Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - the oldest monastery of Rus, an object of world cultural heritage of UNESCO. The monastery in 1051 was built. Antony Caves as a cave monastery. The main relic is the relics of the Reverend Fathers of the 11th - 15th centuries, the epic hero Ilya of Murom, Nestor the Chronicler, the heart of the Lavra - the cell and the relics of the founder of the monastery Antonia Pechersky are buried here.

Excursion around the Lavra: Uspensky Cathedral (1073) - the oldest stone structure of the Lavra; The Great Laura Belltower with height of 96,5 m is the highest point in Kiev (374 steps); Trinity Gate Church, Near and Far Caves. There are several museums on the territory of the Lavra: Museum Books and bookshops, Museum of Historical Treasures Ukraine, museum of microminiatures Museum of Ukrainian Folk Decorative Arts, etc.

Walking tour around Podol  with a visit to the Florovsky Monastery and a pharmacy museum. Florovsky Monastery: the fresco of Seraphim of Sarov, the relics of St. Helena of Kiev Florovskaya, a healing spring ...

Mysterious museum-pharmacy: a phytobar with fragrant liqueurs, a cell of a monk of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra of the XNUMXth century, a healer's hut, an alchemist's cellar.

2 day Breakfast. Excursion "Secrets of Kiev Deserts".

Kitaev deserts - Holy Trinity Kitaevsky Monastery in the Goloseevsky district of Kiev, one of the last monasteries built in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The most famous of the Kitayev elders were Dosithea and Theophilus. Kitaeva Monastery is unique in that the relics of all 12 apostles are collected there in the church of the Twelve Apostles (except for St. John the Theologian, taken with his body to Paradise, and the traitor Judas Iscariot, who fell away from the apostolic face), as well as the relics of other righteous and saints. Healing spring, holy font, caves, tombs of Kitaev's righteous men Dosithea and Theophilus.

Holosievskaya desert. An amazing abode with an amazing fate is the place of monastic feats of Kyiv devotees of piety of the XVIII-XIX centuries, and from the second half of the XIX century - the giving of the Kiev Metropolitans. The monastery houses the relics of St. Alexis Goloseevsky.

Desert Feofaniya - Holy Panteleimon monastery. The sket was formed in the territory of Lazarevschina - a country farm, once famous for its apiary. For a long time the monastery was under the jurisdiction of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. On the territory of Feofania is the Panteleimon Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in Kiev neighborhoods. 

It is also possible to visit the Nicholas Monastery of Jordan, Pokrovsky Monastery, the monastery in Tserkovschina.

Lunch. Free time. Departure from Kiev by train number 124 in 21-20.

               Return to Kharkov in 6-37.

railway pass (reserved seat), ticket booking, group supervision by the tour operator representative, excursion service for 2 days, transport service, accommodation in the hotel of the chosen category, meals according to the program, insurance.