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At mount Athos Only for Men

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  Overview :     The tour begins at 08:30 from Ouranoupoli with the tour gide. Athos is an amazing monastic country, where unceasing prayer for the whole world rises. Mount Athos is a special place, halfway between Heaven and Earth. Over the past 1,300 years, Athos has taken a special position among other countries: the way of life here is not subject to worldly laws. Holy Mountain is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and is part of the Greek state, where the state language is Greek. Today on Mount Athos there are 20 functioning monasteries, which have the status of patriarchal stauropegic (17 Greek, 1 - Russian, 1 - Bulgarian and 1 - Serbian). In addition to the monasteries on the Holy Mountain, there are 12 monasteries, cells, kathismes, and hesychastyria. Totally, about 1,500 monks live on Mount Athos, including the Kelliots and the Scythian inhabitants. Only men can be pilgrims to Athos. The trip to Athos includes visits to five mona...

Day Tour to Athens

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Overview: Athens is the historical capital of Europe, with a long history, dating from the first settlement in the Neolithic age. In the 5th Century BC (the “Golden Age of Pericles”) – the culmination of Athens’ long, fascinating history – the city’s values and civilization acquired a universal significance. Over the years, a multitude of conquerors occupied Athens, and erected unique, splendid monuments. In 1834, it became the capital of the modern Greek state and in two centuries since it has become an attractive modern metropolis with unrivalled charm. We will visit the Parthenon, the Erechtheion with its famous caryatids, the Propylaea and the Wingless Temple of Nicky (on the Acropolis), which since 1987 have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. We will visit the Acropolis Museum. We will see the temple of Olympus Zeus, the Odeon of Herodotus Atticus, on whose stage today various performances are presented, the white marble stadium where the first Olympic gam...

Day Tour to Porto-Lagos

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Overview :     The monastic state has strict rules. Only men can get here, and only after receiving a special permit. Women can't step in Mount Athos land. The pilgrimage center "Thessalonica", has a lot of people who is wishing to join the shrines of Athos, that’s why we have a special program "Adoration of the Holy Virgin's Belt". Many thousands were able to cruise around Mount Athos and join the Belt of the Blessed Virgin. For the first time such an opportunity for women too. The belt and other shrines were brought to the ship by monks from the holy monastery of Vatoped. The program "To the Belt of the Blessed Virgin" is for those who wish to experience the mother's love of the Virgin, ask her for protection, blessing, forgiveness, the pilgrimage center "Thessalonica" offers a new program "Pilgrimage to the Belt of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Porto Lagos (at the monastery's courtyard Vatoped) ». It can be done b...

Day Tour to Holy Thessaloniki

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Overview :     Our tour will start from the Acropolis and the ancient walls surrounding the historical center of Thessaloniki. There you can admire the panoramic view of the city, stretched on the shores of the Thermal Gulf. After we will make a sightseeing trip to the shrines of Thessaloniki by bus, with stops near the main sights. We will visit the temple of the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica, in which his holy relics rest, and in the underground part there is a crypt where St. Demetrius died. The next stop is at the Roman Agora, a tour of the square of Aristotle, the monastery of St. Theodora Mirotochiva, where her holy relics are kept. Also we will visit  The temple of St. Sophia the Wisdom of God. Then we will have a opportunity to pray in the Metropolitan Church of Thessalonica . After that, we will visit the monastery of Theodora, where the relics of this Solunsky saint and of the  Davida Solunskogo. After this, we will have free time, ab...