Architectural and historical monuments of Slonim Zharovichi and Sonkovichi
Description:
The tour introduces you to the city, which once contemporaries called "Northern Athens". In the city and to this day preserved historical buildings.
During the tour you will see the wonderful church of St. George. Andrei is a monument of Rococo architecture (1775), with fresco panels, decorative wall paintings and architectural modeling; you will see the living yard, which survived the former luxurious "estate of the muses", which belonged to the famous magnatsky family of Oginsky.
In addition, the city will amaze you with its Bernardine monastery (17th century), synagogue (1642). Then you will have a tour of the current Zhirovichi Orthodox monastery of the XVII – XIX centuries, which is known far beyond Belarus. Here, in the Holy Assumption Cathedral, a relic is kept - a miraculously appeared icon of the Mother of God Zhirovich, the smallest of the miraculous icons. At the monastery there is a seminary, refectory, cells, near the Holy Spring. The Epiphany and Holy Cross Churches complement the slender ensemble of the monastery, where thousands of pilgrims flock annually.
During the tour you will see the cathedrals that are part of the monastery complex, visit the holy spring.
The tour ends with an inspection of the church-fortress in the village of Sonkovichi - a bright and miraculously preserved monument of ancient defense architecture of the XV century, where they not only prayed, but also defended themselves from enemy attacks.