Pilgrimage to Italy requires special preparation and the right attitude, because its participants are not an ordinary sightseeing trip, but a serious meeting with the most important and most revered common Christian shrines . Relics of the Catholic Church are of exceptional importance for Orthodox believers . First, in the Italian land rests a lot of all-Christian apostles and saints who lived before the separation of churches . Secondly, the legacy of the Crusades is affected, as a result of which the Catholic world "about "A considerable number of sacred artifacts from the Holy Land . In the temples of Rome, Venice, Florence, Bari and other cities the relics of the holy apostles Paul, Mark, Thomas, Matthew and Andrew, revered in Russia by Nikolai Sadnik . are carefully preserved. Among the world-famous Shrouds - the Turin Shroud with the manifested image of Christ, the Savior's crib, the ladder that led Jesus to Pontius Pilate, part of the Cross of the Lord and the crown of thorns . A visit to the churches dedicated to a saint is accompanied by a detailed account of the guide about his life and the martyr st .
The classic pilgrimage program
Routes of full-fledged pilgrimage Travel covers about 7-10 Italian cities, including Rimini, Venice, Florence, Rome, Amalfi, Salerno, Bari, Loreto, Ortona, Lanciano. On average, a trip on this route takes a week, but the program can be adjusted on the spot according to the desires and mood of pilgrims. Possible changes may also depend on the calendar of church holidays.
As part of a classic trip, pilgrims visit the Cathedral of San Marco in Venice, in Florence - the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, which holds the head of St. John Chrysostom, and the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker . The program of Rome includes such shrines as the church of Santa Croce in Jerusalem (for the sake of the honest and life-giving Cross of the Lord), the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano (with a holy staircase and part of the Virgin's vestment) , Cr the Church of San Giorgio in Velabro and, of course, the Vatican . The program also includes a liturgy in the Basilica of St. Nicholas in Bari, a visit to the church of St. Francis in . Lanciano and the house of the Virgin in Loreto .
Tours in Bari and Northern Italy
The Italian city of Bari is considered the Italian center of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians. Among the believers, the tour "To St. Nicholas the Wonderworker" is in demand, the program includes the church service at the relics of St. Nicholas, visiting the Basilica of St. Great Martyr Archdeacon Laurence and the Church of St. Martyr Boniface and St. Alexius. The cost of a four-day tour in Bari starts from 500 EUR, this price includes medical insurance, hotel accommodation, meals - breakfast, tour guide services; flights and visas are paid separately.
Tour of the "Sanctuary of Northern Italy" will introduce travelers to the Christian treasures of Ravenna, Venice, Milan, Turin, Genoa . In Venice, pilgrims will take part in the divine liturgy in the Orthodox parish of St. . righteous Wen- The Myrrh-bearers, visit the St. Mark's Cathedral, the Greek church of St. George . and the St. . of the righteous Zechariah . During the trip to Lido, they will visit St. Nicholas' Church with parts of his relics, and on Murano worship the relics of St. . @ Great Martyr Barbari . Besides, participating The tour will be visited by the main cathedrals of Verona, the cathedral of Milan, the Basilica of St. Ambrose of Milan, the church of St. . martyr of Lavrentia . The main purpose of the trip to Turin will be the cathedral where the Turin Shroud is kept .
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