Saints of Yaroslavl. Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the city of Tutaev Feodorovsky Cathedral

One of the manifestations of the “miraculousness” of the icon is that a woman who has cheated on her husband at least once cannot see Jesus on the icon. Icon - Image of the All-Merciful Savior. At first, the icon belonged to the monastery of Borisoglebsk (the right bank of modern Tutaev) and was placed in the dome (it was the “sky”) of the monastery... In the 18th century, the icon of the Savior was taken by Metropolitan Arseny Matseevich to Rostov. After 40 years she returned. Returning the icon from Rostov the Great, people carried it in their arms. In the place where they stopped to wash it from road dust, a healing spring began to flow on the Kovat River... Throughout the past centuries, a list of healings from the miraculous icon was kept. The image of the All-Merciful Savior is one of the most revered icons not only for a single Tutaevsky church, but also for the entire Yaroslavl diocese. The image is chest; the right hand of Jesus Christ is raised for blessing, in the left there is an open Gospel. Over time, the icon became very dark. According to legend, the icon was painted in the first third of the 15th century by the holy Venerable Dionysius of Glushitsky for the wooden church of princes Boris and Gleb. Initially, it was located in the dome, it was like the “sky” of the temple. Later it was moved to the chapel of Saints Boris and Gleb above the Royal Doors, and in the 18th century, after renovation, it was placed in the main room of the temple. Over many centuries of being in the temple, this image of the All-Merciful Savior was repeatedly glorified by miracles - the icon became miraculous. For this reason, lists were repeatedly made from her. One of them, created in Romanov, an important icon-painting center of the Volga region, is now in the Andrei Rublev Museum. In 1749, by order of Metropolitan Arseny of Rostov, the icon was taken from the cathedral to the bishop's house. And although in 1763, for criticizing Catherine’s policies, Arseny was deprived of the rank of metropolitan, demoted to monkhood and exiled to a monastery, the icon continued to remain in the metropolitan chambers. Only almost half a century later, in 1798, the icon was returned to the Resurrection Cathedral. From Rostov to Borisoglebsk the image was carried in their arms. According to legend, three miles before Borisoglebsk, on the banks of the Kovat River, they decided to wash the image from road dust, and at this place a spring flowed, which is still considered holy and healing. In memory of this event, prayer services are held near this place, and the custom has been established to make a religious procession with the image of the Savior around the city on the tenth Sunday after Easter. Until the end of the 19th century, the procession walked only along the Borisoglebskaya side. After the celebration of the 900th anniversary of the baptism of Rus', it was established that a religious procession should also be held along the left bank - on the last Sunday before the feast of Elijah the Prophet.

Pilgrimage to the holy places of the Yaroslavl region

With the blessing of the rector of the Church of the Nativity Holy Mother of God/Nikitsky/ of the city of Kaluga, Archpriest Alexei Pelevin, children, parents, teachers of the Sunday school at the temple and parishioners of the temple went on a pilgrimage to the holy places of the Yaroslavl region.

On June 11, late in the evening, the pilgrims took their seats on the bus. Seeing off his spiritual children on their journey, Fr. Alexey wished to spend the pilgrimage in labors and prayers, and, of course, to receive spiritual strengthening. Having received the blessing of the abbot, the Kaluga residents set off on their journey. Driving through Kaluga, everyone together remembered the history of the emergence of their hometown, the history of the revival of Kaluga as a spiritual center, and the history of the Nikitsky Church. The road ahead was long and at night, so children and adults, having read the evening prayers, began to prepare for bed.

The bus entered Yaroslavl land at dawn. There was an incredibly thick and unusually beautiful fog over the Volga. And those who did not sleep were able to see the beauty of the morning nature and hear the Divine singing of birds.

At seven o'clock in the morning the Kaluga residents arrived in the city of Tutaev. At the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, the group was met by the rector of the church and dean of the Romanovo-Borisoglebsk district, Priest Vasily Mozyakov. The history of the Resurrection Cathedral dates back to the distant 13th century. Then, on this site, Yaroslavl monks founded a small temple in honor of Saints Boris and Gleb. In the middle of the 17th century, the vaults began to collapse, and the building had to be rebuilt. The two-story, seven-altar stone cathedral was erected by 1678. And since then it has undergone virtually no changes. The walls of the vast interior, as well as the gallery of the Resurrection Cathedral, are decorated with frescoes depicting biblical scenes. The history of the creation of the world, the baptism of Rus', illustrations for the Lives of the Saints. The cathedral is divided into two equal and at the same time completely independent parts - upper and lower. Despite the very advanced age of the cathedral, services are constantly held in both parts. In the upper, summer, - from the feast of St. Nicholas to the Intercession, in lower temple- the rest of the time. The upper temple is more festive and elegant, while the lower one is cozy and warm. The Resurrection Cathedral is not only the symbolic center of the Tutaevsky right bank, but also one of the most valuable architectural monuments of the Yaroslavl region. One of the central places in the cathedral is occupied by the icon of Boris and Gleb. In Tutaev these saints are especially revered - they have long been considered the patrons of the city. And the main shrine of the cathedral is considered to be a huge, about three square meters, icon of the Savior Almighty, darkened by time. Its creation dates back to the 15th century. According to legend, it belongs to the brush of the holy Venerable Dionysius of Glushitsky, a native of the Vologda province who lived in the 15th century. The icon is so cloudy due to the fact that at that time icons were covered with sunflower oil for preservation, and it darkens over time. The layer of oil was removed from all the icons of the cathedral, but for some reason this one was not. There is a long-standing tradition of crawling with prayer under the miraculous icon of the Savior on your knees. For this purpose, there is a special window in the icon case under the icon. In the board under the holy image, along which many people crawl every day, over the course of two centuries, it was as if two ruts had been worn out.

Before the start of the Divine Liturgy, pilgrims were able to get acquainted not only with the history of the cathedral, but also prayerfully fall before the icon of the All-Merciful Savior and, without breaking tradition, crawl under this miraculous icon. Co observation deck, located just below the cathedral, children and adults were able to see the beauty of the nature of the Yaroslavl land, majestic temples and Mother Volga.

And 4 km from the right bank Tutaev, not far from the Tutaev-Yaroslavl highway, on the shore small river Kova (a tributary of the Volga) is the holy source of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, which was visited by pilgrims. Goes side by side with this source ancient legend. When visiting the Resurrection Cathedral in 1749, Metropolitan Arseny Matsievich of Rostov saw a large icon of the Savior painted by the famous painter Dionysius Glushitsky. He took her to his bishop's house in Rostov the Great, where she remained for more than 40 years, until the residents of Tutaev asked to return their shrine. This happened already under the new saint - Archbishop Arseny Vereshchagin. From Rostov itself the Tutaevites carried the icon in their arms. Not reaching the city three miles, they stopped near the Kovat River, decided to wash the image from road dust and then honorably brought it into the hometown. And in the place where the image stood, a key hammered clean water. This happened on September 18, 1793. In Tutaev there is a belief that the water of the spring is healing and cures believers of all diseases. 57 streams of water gush from the bottom, grains of sand swirl. A font was made next to the well. Having plunged into the holy spring, the Kaluga residents headed to the Holy Vvedensky Tolgsky Monastery in Yaroslavl.

Tolgsky Monastery is a suburban Yaroslavl monastery, 6 km from Yaroslavl . The monastery was founded in 1314. That year, on August 7, at the mouth of the Tolga River, an icon of the Mother of God miraculously appeared to Bishop Tryphon of Rostov. The bishop, who was touring the lands under his control, stopped for the night on the right bank of the Volga. At midnight he woke up and, going out into the street, saw a pillar of fire on the other side and a bridge leading there across the river. Tryphon crossed the river over the bridge. In the forest, on the branches of a huge tree, he saw a source of unearthly light - an icon of the Mother of God. The next day, the bishop, inspired by the vision, himself began to cut down trees at the site of the miraculous phenomenon. His companions and townspeople arrived in time to help him; the temple in honor of the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God was built in one day. The Holy Vvedensky Tolga Monastery began with this church. For a long time he had little land and was not rich, but he sacredly kept his treasure - the miraculous Tolga Icon of the Mother of God. In 1553, Ivan the Terrible, suffering from pain, drove past the monastery to Belozero. He stopped here for the night and, in front of the miraculous icon, was healed of the leg disease that had tormented him for so long. The amazed king sent rich gifts to the monastery. Among other things, there were cedar seedlings. They were planted on the monastery land, and the trees took root. Soon a cedar grove of 160 trees grew in the monastery. This was considered a miracle, because cedars grow poorly here, but in the monastery they not only felt great, but also bore fruit. On average, cedars live 250 years, and now in the monastery grove there are only 27 trees that are still doing well. On August 21, the miraculous icon is taken out of the temple. She walks with a religious procession through the cedar grove, and people remember how she came to them from the branches of a huge tree.

The pilgrims lived in the Tolga Monastery for three days. In the morning everyone went to the Divine Liturgy together and received the Holy Mysteries of Christ.

This year, on August 21, the monastery will celebrate its 700th anniversary of its foundation, so the sisters have a lot to do. And after the Divine Liturgy, both adults and children went to help the sisters. Adults worked in the fields, and children did simple work: they picked leaves from birch trees blessed on the day of the Holy Trinity, so that the sisters could then sew fragrant pillows from them. The abbess, Mother Varvara, was very pleased with the work of the Kaluzhans. For their efforts, the children were rewarded with the opportunity to ride in an electric car. The monastery had a very gracious atmosphere and pilgrims from Kaluga were treated friendly!

The territory of the monastery itself is buried in flowers, swans and ducks swim in the pond (children were even allowed to feed them), and peacocks walk in the cedar grove. After labors of grace, the pilgrims went to the monastery meal, where they were fed breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared with prayers. In general, pilgrims in the monastery are fed only twice a day: lunch and dinner. But our group was rewarded by Mother Varvara for their gracious and hard work with breakfast. After lunch, the pilgrims went on excursions.

During these days, Kaluga residents visited the temple in honor of Michael the Archangel in Yaroslavl, where the relics of Yaroslav the Wise reside. After being destroyed during the years of the atheism, the temple is being restored, and work is underway to restore the painting. Children and adults were allowed to climb the bell tower. The bell tower in the Church of the Archangel Michael is very high, so it offers a beautiful view of Yaroslavl.

A walk around Yaroslavl introduced Kaluga residents to the history of Yaroslavl architecture. Yaroslavl architects knew how to not only build well, but also show a special local character in their works. The first in a string of beautiful churches, built one after another in the city, was the Church of St. Nicholas Nadein. Nowadays, distorted by later reconstructions, surrounded by modern buildings, it is a little lost among other architectural monuments. And in the 17th century, the first stone church in Yaroslavl Posad made a huge impression on its contemporaries. Following it, the Church of the Nativity of Christ appeared in Yaroslavl, decorated with tiles, with a unique gate church-bell tower. In the middle of the century, the pearl of Yaroslavl architecture was erected - the Church of Elijah the Prophet. It is unusually picturesque. The asymmetrically located volumes of the temple are strictly balanced and proportional. Now the Church of Elijah the Prophet stands in the center of the main square of Yaroslavl. These temples were built at the expense of wealthy merchants. Later, the residents of the settlement began to build stone churches in their parishes. This is how three temples appeared along the shore of Kotorosl - the Church of St. Nicholas the Ruben, the Church of the Savior on the City and the Church of the Archangel Michael. Built at different times, they formed a very interesting and harmonious ensemble.

Both adults and children noted the beauty and majesty of the Kazan Convent. Mother Claudia, who turned out to be close both in spirit and kinship to the Kaluga land (her grandmother lived in Kaluga, and she herself maintains contact with Kazansky convent in Kaluga), with joy and a smile on her face, she met the Kaluga residents and told most interesting story about the founding of the monastery. During the Time of Troubles in May 1609, Yaroslavl withstood a 23-day siege by Polish invaders. This victory in the minds of the Yaroslavl residents was associated with the intercession of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. In honor of the icon that saved the city from invaders, in 1610 the whole world built a wooden church of the Kazan Mother of God near the city Zemlyanoy Val “in a smaller fort”, “in a swamp”. Soon, 72 nuns from the Nativity Monastery, which was burned by the Poles, settled next to the church, which was located near the Church of the Epiphany on the site of the current Epiphany Square. These events marked the beginning of the history of the Kazan Convent in Yaroslavl. All the first buildings of the monastery were wooden, including the walls. The stone church was built only in 1649, but a large city fire in 1658 destroyed all the wooden buildings of the monastery, significantly damaging the stone church, which was soon rebuilt. From 1770 to 1850s. gg. the monastery was almost entirely built in stone. The cell buildings were rebuilt, and instead of the old “unseemly” stone fence, a new one was built, still with four towers in the corners. In 1835 - 1838 it was rebuilt, and in 1845 the cathedral church was consecrated in the name of the icon of the Kazan Mother of God. In the monastery there was an icon-painting and gold-embroidery workshop, the works of which were awarded a diploma of the Highest Award of the Ministry of Finance for participation in the Paris Exhibition of 1900. The Kazan Monastery in Yaroslavl was famous for the church singing of a large monastic choir (up to 200 people), as well as for baking a variety of prosphoras. After the Yaroslavl uprising of 1918, the monastery was abolished, all its property was confiscated, and the nuns were sent to the Tolgsky monastery, where they remained until its closure. The fate of the miraculous icon is still unknown. From 1919 to 1922 There was a concentration camp on the territory of the monastery. In 1928, the State Archive of the Yaroslavl Region was located in the Kazan Cathedral. After 80 years, in 1998, the Kazan Monastery was reopened. Immediately he was given a new miraculous copy of the Yaroslavl Kazan Icon, completed by the nuns of the monastery before its closure. Since 2000, the Kazan Monastery has housed the relics of St. Agafangel (Preobrazhensky), Metropolitan of Yaroslavl and Rostov, canonized as saints, new martyrs and confessors of Russia. Since 2001, services began in the Kazan Cathedral. In 2002, the ancient religious procession with the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God to the city of Tutaev was revived. Currently, there is also a regency school at the monastery, where they train future regents, ushers and psalmists for the churches of Yaroslavl and other dioceses.

But how can you visit Yaroslavl and not take a boat ride on the Volga!.. A path leads straight from the Tolga Monastery to the pier. A walk along the Volga delighted everyone. Calm surface of the water, soft waves at the stern of the ship... the beauty of nature that God gave us! But the children had a special joy, because they got the opportunity to swim. That day, the water in the river was warm, and even many adults could not resist and decided to swim with their children.

Another of the holy places that Kaluzhans visited - in the south-east of the Yaroslavl region, 15 km from the village of Petrovsk, located on the Moscow-Yaroslavl highway, in the semi-abandoned village of Godenovo, among several surviving residential buildings, a stone temple in the name of St. John Chrysostom rises on a hillock, where the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, one of the greatest shrines of Orthodox Russia, found its abode.

His slender snow-white silhouette, like a bird, soars alone over the endless expanse of surrounding fields and forests. Pilgrims from all over the world come here. Those who arrive here for the first time do not immediately understand why this area attracts so many people. And only after plunging into it does he see that nature itself and the surrounding landscape create a special mental state of peace, tranquility and the Creator’s providential care for us. Like a precious ark, hidden from the vanity of the world, it preserves the great Orthodox shrine, one of the priceless treasures of Russia is the Life-giving Cross of the Lord. Created not by human hands, but by the Providence of God. Miraculously descended from heaven to earth.

The pilgrims arrived in Godenovo closer to lunch, when the service had already ended. However, a prayer service was served before the miraculous Crucifixion. After praying and glorifying the Life-Giving Cross, they opened the glass door that covers the Cross, and everyone venerated the feet of the Savior. It was cool in the temple, but the Cross was warm!!! The warmth was enveloping, all-encompassing, all-pervasive... We asked in prayer for blessings on the way back. The answer was amazing peace of mind.
“It will be done for you according to your faith,” said the Lord. And it is given by faith to those who believe. And it is not given - due to unbelief.

Three days passed spiritually and gracefully. On the last evening of their stay in the monastery, the Kaluga residents heard words of gratitude, prayerful parting words and blessings from the abbess of Mother Varvara and the blessing of the Mother of God herself, venerating her miraculous image as a farewell.

In the morning fourth day a group of Kaluzhans arrived at the Trinity - St. Sergius Lavra. The illustrious monastery of the Life-Giving Trinity was founded by St. Sergius of Radonezh in 1337. For centuries, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra has been one of the most revered all-Russian shrines, largest center spiritual education and culture. Within its walls a host of Russian ascetics labored. Orthodox Church, and among them prpp. Nikon of Radonezh, Maxim the Greek, spiritual writers St. Epiphanius the Wise and Pachomius Logothetes. For centuries, a unique library of handwritten and early printed books has been collected in the Lavra. Hundreds of Russian monasteries were founded and spiritually equipped by the monasteries of the Lavra. Over its long history, the Trinity Monastery has been repeatedly attacked by enemies. In 1608-1610. The monastery withstood the siege of a 30,000-strong army of Polish-Lithuanian invaders (there were about 3 thousand besieged in the monastery itself). The defense of the Trinity Monastery, unparalleled in courage, was marked by miraculous phenomena of St. Sergius of Radonezh and other saints of God, who strengthened the spirit of the heroic defenders of the Orthodox stronghold. In 1744 the monastery received the honorary name Lavra. In the XVIII-XIX centuries. In the vicinity of the Lavra, the Bethany monastery, Bogolyubsky, Chernigov-Gethsemane monasteries and the Paraclete monastery arose. These small monasteries, spiritually and administratively connected with the Lavra, showed the world remarkable elders and ascetics.

In 1920, the Trinity-Sergius Lavra was closed. Since 1920, its buildings have housed a historical and art museum and other institutions. Some of the buildings were occupied for housing. The revival of the monastery began in 1946. On Holy Saturday, the revived Lavra bells announced the first service in the Assumption Cathedral. The restored monastery continues to play an outstanding role in the life of the Russian Church. Within its walls in 1971, 1988, 1990. Local Councils were held.

Thousands of pilgrims flock to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra from all over Russia, from near and far abroad. The oldest building on the territory of the Lavra there is the Trinity Cathedral (1422-1425), in which the holy relics of the Abbot of the Russian Land, St. Sergius of Radonezh, rest, and to which the Kaluga residents came to venerate. On this day, the Lord vouchsafed us all to partake of His Holy Mysteries in the holy monastery.

On the way home, adults and children stopped at the Pokrovsky Khotkovsky (Khotkov) monastery, one of the most ancient in the Moscow region, its history dates back almost seven centuries. Despite its long history, this monastery did not become famous for any extraordinary events or miracles; there were no miraculous icons or outstanding architectural structures in it. But an inexhaustible stream of pilgrims and simply admirers of Russian history has always been and is heading here. All Russian tsars and emperors, members of their families, grand dukes, Russian nobility, as well as ordinary Russians invariably came to Khotkovo. During the tsarist period, it was unthinkable to imagine a pilgrimage trip to the Trinity Monastery, which over time began to be called the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, without visiting the monastery in Khotkovo, located near the monastery.

Just one circumstance distinguished and distinguishes the Khotkovsky Monastery from all Russian monasteries. This is his closest inextricable connection with the family, which gave the world the main spiritual authority of Ancient Rus' and to this day, one of the most revered Russian saints - Sergius of Radonezh.

In memory of the will of Sergius of Radonezh, pilgrims tried and are trying to visit the Khotkovo Monastery and venerate the tomb of his parents. The monastery, according to legend, was founded in the first quarter of the 14th century. The parents of this great Russian saint are the Rostov boyars Kirill and Maria. Here they are in 1335-1336. They accepted monasticism, were buried here in 1337, and in 1992 they were canonized (canonized as Russian saints). The parents of Sergius of Radonezh were buried in the refectory of the Intercession Church of those years; their tombs were for a long time a place of mass pilgrimage for Orthodox Russians.

Both before and now, turning in prayer to Saints Cyril and Mary, Orthodox people ask for help in giving strength and patience for worthy service to the Lord God, the Motherland, and their families; they pray for the birth of good children, their long and glorious life for the benefit of Orthodoxy and the Fatherland; they ask for help in asking God for forgiveness of their own sins, not for their own sake, but primarily out of concern for the fate of their children.

“We do not praise him, as if he demands praise, but we only ask that this true imitator of Christ pray for us.”
/Pachomius Logothetes (1458-1471)/

Having bowed to the parents of St. Sergius, peaceful and filled with spiritual grace, the bus with pilgrims headed for Kaluga. Four days flew by in one breath. The Kaluga residents worked for the glory of God, and prayed, and worshiped the Holy Things.

Thank God for everything!

1. Sightseeing tour of Yaroslavl with a visit to existing churches
2. Visit to the Tolga Monastery with a tour of the monastery (Miracle-working Tolga Icon of the Mother of God, relics of Ignatius Brianchaninov, etc.)
3. Visit to the Assumption Cathedral in Rostov the Great (St. Leonty of Rostov - assistant in childbearing, gift of wisdom and patience)
4. Visit to the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Monastery (St. Demetrius of Rostov, Vatopedi Icon of the Mother of God “Consolation and Consolation”, etc.)
5. Visit to the Varnitsa Monastery ( veneration of the Cross installed at the site of the appearance of the elder to the youth Bartholomew)

Detailed description of the program. See price at the end of the page

1st day (To the Shrines of Yaroslavl)

• Group meeting in Yaroslavl (Epiphany Square, in the parking lot near the Temple of the Epiphany)
• Sightseeing tour with inspection and visiting of temples:

1.Assumption Cathedral (visit)

Shrines:relics of Yaroslavl wonderworkers, holy noble princes Theodore, David and Constantine, Vasily and Constantine

2. Elijah the Prophet, Michael the Archangel, John the Baptist (external inspection)

3. Savior on the City (visit)

Shrines of the Temple: Venerable Seraphim of Sarov with part. Relics, fresco image of the All-Merciful Savior (17th century); an icon of the Holy Trinity with an acorn from the Mamrian oak tree, brought by Orthodox pilgrims from the Holy Land even before the revolution; icon - reliquary "All Saints" with the image in the center of the icon of the Mother of God "The Tsaritsa" and about 1000 images of the holy saints of God, along the perimeter of the icon - 120 of the most revered images of the Most Holy Theotokos (the reliquary contains 131 particles of the relics of the holy saints of God and a particle of the Life-Giving Tree of the Cross of the Lord); icon-reliquary of all Kiev-Pechersk saints with 84 particles of holy relics; reliquary icon "Softening Evil Hearts"(with particles of the relics of God's chosen saints, including Mary Magdalene and Blessed Matrona of Moscow); revered image of the Mother of God "Increasing Mind"

4. Epiphany Cathedral (visit)

Shrines: miraculous list from the icon of the Mother of God "Inexhaustible Chalice", “particles of the relics of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker"

5. Kazan Cathedral of the Kazan Convent (visit)

Shrines:miraculous icon of the Mother of God "Kazanskaya", relics of St. Agathangela

• Moving to Svyato-Vvedensky convent (evening meal, overnight) Evening service (carrying out the ark with the Robe of the Lord) Starts at 16:00, ends at 19:00

Day 2 (Tolgsky Monastery - Rostov the Great)

• 6:00 Morning prayers, midnight office, akathist, if the day before there was a simple service, the service begins at 5:30 with a prayer service in front of the Tolga Icon of the Mother of God.
• 7:00 Divine Liturgy
• 09.30 - Morning meal (weekdays) or 10.30 - Sunday and holidays.

• 11.00 -12.00 Excursion to the Tolga Holy Vvedensky Monastery (on weekdays)
• from 12.00 - 13.00 - Sundays and holidays.

During the tour, visitors will learn the history of the monastery and the life of the sisters today. They will worship the miraculous icon of the Mother of God “Tolgskaya”, the relics of St. Ignatius Brianchaninov.

• 11.30 - 12.30 transfer to Rostov the Great. Travel information. Excursion around Rostov the Great.

Assumption Cathedral in Rostov the Great

The pilgrimage to Rostov the Great begins with the Assumption Cathedral outside the wall of the Rostov Kremlin, built in the 17th century in the image of the Heavenly City of Jerusalem on Earth. (An excursion around the Kremlin territory is not included in the cost of the program and is carried out additionally upon request, as well as upon prior notification. Cost -300 rubles/person)

Then the path will continue to the shore of Lake Nero, where a 4-meter-high Worship Cross was installed and consecrated on an 18-ton boulder, in memory of the baptism of the first inhabitants of Rostov by Prince Vladimir Svyatoslavovich in 991. Only in two cities did Prince Vladimir personally perform and participate in baptismal ceremonies - in Kyiv and Rostov the Great. In Russia, not a single city has been awarded such an honor. Rostov has been and remains one of the spiritual centers of the country for centuries, and the installation of the cross confirms its high status.

12.30 - 13.00 Assumption Cathedral of the Rostov Kremlin (relics of Leonty of Rostov). Vladimir the Baptist's visit to the place of baptism of Rostovites on Lake Nero.

13.30-14.30 Visit to Spaso-Yakovlevsky monastery(relics of Demetrius of Rostov, Vatopedi icon of the Mother of God, relics of the holy spring).

Shrines of the Yakovlevsky Temple:

• Relics of St. Abraham of Rostov. They pray to him to drive away evil spirits from people and to convert unbelievers.
• Relics of St. James of Rostov (under cover). People pray to him for help in difficult financial circumstances and illnesses.
• Cross with a particle of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord. Ark with particles of the relics of the saints of the Kiev-Pechersk saints.

Shrines of the Conception Cathedral: revered image of Saints Joachim and Anna (fresco), patrons of family and marriage. They are prayed to for help in various family problems, as well as spouses who do not have children.

Shrines of the Dimitrievsky Church:Relics of St. Demetrius of Rostov. He is the patron saint of teachers and students, historians, writers, and theater workers.The miraculous Vatopedi icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Consolation, or Consolation” is the cell image of St. Demetrius, given to him as a blessing to write the Lives of the Saints. This icon was a witness to his pastoral and prayerful works. In front of her, on October 28, 1709, Saint Demetrius was found reposed in kneeling prayer.

Arks with particles of relics:

1. Vmch. Demetrius of Thessalonica,
2. Vmch. and the healer Pan-teleimon,
3. blgv. book Alexander Nevsky,
4. Rev. Sergius of Radonezh,
5. St. blzh. Matrona of Moscow.

The revered Shestokovskaya Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Comes from the flooded Afanasyevsky Monastery in the city of Mologa, given as a blessing to the reviving monastery by its first confessor, the famous elder Archimandrite Pavel (Gruzdev).

A revered copy of the miraculous icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary “Tenderness-Rostov”.

On the territory of the Spaso-Yakovlevsky Dimitrievsky Monastery there are four church shops where you can buy bread baked in the monastery bakery that does not go stale, goat and cow milk, cheese, and other dairy products produced on the monastery farm. At the monastery walls, local fishermen will offer pike caught in Lake Nero

14.30 -15.30 Visit to the Holy Trinity Varnitsky Monastery (homeland of St. Sergius of Radonezh).

Varnitsky Monastery

Rostov the Great is the birthplace of Sergius of Radonezh. Varnitsky Monastery was founded in the 15th century on the site where the house of his parents, boyar Kirill and Maria, stood.

You will learn about the happy childhood of Sergius of Radonezh, about his parents, and visit the site of the “appearance of the elder to the youth Bartholomew.” This event, when “the Lord gave him the knowledge of literacy,” you could see in the painting of the artist Nesterov.

Cost of the excursion for organized groups of pilgrims

The price includes: excursions, accommodation, dinner, breakfast, travel.

Additionally, you can order lunch or a monastery meal - 350 rubles.

A visit to the Rostov Kremlin is not included in the price of the program. A tour of the Kremlin costs an additional 300 rubles per person. and upon prior notice.

It is possible to board the train in Rostov Veliky

The city of Yaroslavl was founded in 1010. It was a wooden fortress around which artisans and traders settled. Sometimes fires broke out in the city, or enemies attacked and set fire to wooden Yaroslavl, and then everything burned down.

After the fire, the residents rebuilt their city, even more beautiful and richer than before.

This continued until the Mongol-Tatars attacked Rus'. In 1238, Yaroslavl was sacked and destroyed by the hordes of Batu Khan.

The city was completely deserted. Its ruler, Prince Vsevolod, died in the battle on the Sit River. Almost the entire Yaroslavl squad died along with him.

Miraculously, the two sons of Prince Vsevolod, Vasily and Konstantin, escaped. They saw a terrible picture when they returned to devastated Yaroslavl. It was necessary to restore the city, support the disadvantaged, widows and orphans. How many centuries have passed since then, and Yaroslavl residents still tell how the Yaroslavl princes Vasily and Konstantin spared the residents of the city, took very small taxes, only “three money per soul,” according to another version, “three chicken eggs.” These princes also avoided participation in internecine princely “squabbles.”

And so the city was reborn. This was largely the merit of two Yaroslavl princes - Vasily and Konstantin.

Both princes were buried in the Assumption Cathedral. In the 16th century, the cathedral was rebuilt and under its ruins the incorruptible relics were found, as they learned from the inscriptions on the coffins, of the holy princes Vasily and Konstantin Vsevolodovich.

Having opened them, they buried them again in the same place. And suddenly a strong storm arose in Yaroslavl with thunder, lightning and torrential rain. This storm lasted for two whole weeks. The residents of Yaroslavl understood that the shrine should not be hidden. The holy relics of princes Vasily and Constantine were solemnly transferred to the newly built cathedral and placed in a chapel consecrated in their honor.

Thus the relics of the holy princes rested peacefully for 243 years, until a fire broke out in the Assumption Cathedral in 1744. On February 20, having extinguished the candles at the end of the service, the guards placed the cinders in a box standing near the shrine with the relics of the holy princes and locked the cathedral. Poorly extinguished cinders caught fire and burst into flames. The flame reached the wooden canopy standing above the shrine, and then spread to the shrine itself. As a result of this fire, the relics of the Yaroslavl princes Vasily and Constantine were burned.

Now they rest in the Fedorovsky Cathedral in Yaroslavl. The memory of Saints Basil and Constantine of Yaroslavl is honored on July 3/16 and June 8/21.

But this happened much later...

In the meantime, Rus' groaned under the yoke of the Mongol-Tatar yoke. It was necessary to pay a huge tribute to the Horde; As soon as the Tatars came running, they robbed and killed. Each prince had to travel to the Horde to receive a label from the khan confirming his right to reign in this city.

This is how the Yaroslavl prince Fyodor Cherny went to the Horde. Yes, in the Horde he not only received a label, but also converted many to the Christian faith. The khan's daughter fell in love with the handsome Yaroslavl prince, married him and accepted her husband's faith - the Christian faith.

In the Horde they had two sons - David and Constantine. Finally, Fyodor Cherny with his wife and children returned to Yaroslavl.

The time of his reign became a time of peace and quiet on Yaroslavl land. The Tatar raids stopped, and the clever Prince Theodore managed to avoid princely civil strife.

Theodore Cherny and his wife Anna built churches in Yaroslavl and ordered beautiful icons for these churches. And this at a time when other cities were experiencing decline and ruin. The reign of Prince Fyodor the Black and his sons David and Konstantin was truly a blessing for Yaroslavl.

These princes were buried in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery.

For about two hundred years, the relics of the Yaroslavl princes Fyodor the Black and his sons David and Konstantin lay undisturbed. And so in 1463 it was decided to bury them. But when the covers were removed from the dead, numerous miracles and healings began to occur. Taking what happened as a sign, those gathered did not dare to “put the coffin with the princes in the ground.” So in 1463, princes Theodore, David and Constantine were canonized.

The noble princes Fyodor and his children David and Konstantin were revered not only in Yaroslavl, but throughout Rus'. Great and small, rich and poor, came to the holy Yaroslavl princes for blessings. Tsar Ivan the Terrible visited the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery four times, prayed at the relics of the holy princes, and through their prayers, healing was given to Queen Anastasia. In 1612, the militia leaders Minin and Pozharsky, before the campaign to liberate Moscow, resorted to the prayerful help of the Yaroslavl princes. In 1613, the young Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich arrived at the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery with his mother, nun Martha. They also asked for blessings from the holy Yaroslavl princes Fyodor David and Constantine. In 1704, Metropolitan Dmitry of Rostov, using money donated by Yaroslavl merchants, built a new cypress shrine for the relics of the holy princes.

On June 22, the relics were placed in a new shrine. The saint established this day to be celebrated as a day of remembrance for the Yaroslavl wonderworkers.

In 1763, Empress Catherine II visited Yaroslavl and, before going to the Assumption Cathedral, where she was expected, “listened to a prayer service and venerated the relics of the Blessed Princes Theodore, David and Constantine” in the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery.

For several centuries, until the closure of the Spassky Monastery in 1923, people went to the Yaroslavl miracle workers for help and received what they asked for. The holy relics of the noble princes, returned to the Church in 1988, are located in the Feodorovsky Cathedral in Yaroslavl.