Raifa Monastery + Temple of All Religions

We will visit with you in the Volga-Kama Reserve, just 20 minutes drive from the city. It was here in the 17th century on the shore of the mysterious lake settled monk Filaret. And now for 400 years on this place - one of the most beautiful monasteries of the Kazan Diocese - Raifa Bogoroditsky Monastery. We will visit the temples of the 18th and 19th centuries, learn the amazing history of the monastery and the legend of frogs on the lake. You will see the main shrine of the monastery - a list of the 17th century "Georgian" icon and, if you wish, take water with you from the spring consecrated by Patriarch Alexy II. We will get acquainted with the unusual acoustics of the Trinity Cathedral and hear chants performed by the monastery quartet “Provcha”.

On the way back we will visit an amazing architectural object, which the author called the Ecumenical Temple. According to his idea, in the appearance of this “Temple” 16 religious and philosophical currents of the world are embodied! We will see in one building a mosque and a church, a pagoda and a church, Buddhist and Krishna temples at the same time and learn why religious ceremonies are never held there.