St. Luke of Crimea in Pereslavl-Zalessky

We will visit the places of the city associated with the Pereslavl stage of the life and work of St. Luke. This tour will be interesting for doctors, pilgrims and all those who are not indifferent to the history of Russia. A preliminary application is required.

We will visit the former Zemsky district hospital, where from 1910 to 1917 he served as a surgeon and chief physician, Doctor of Medicine Valentin Felixovich Yasenetsky-Voino, the future St. Luke, Archbishop of Crimea and Simferopol. In the hospital we will meet with the sisters of mercy of the Pereslavl Diocesan Sisterhood. In the hospital park, we will find a three-hundred-year-old oak tree next to the windows of the operating room. We will be in the Sretensky church of the city at the cell icon of St. Luke. We will see the house of the doctor V. K. Schill, where the military hospital was located. In Theodore Monastery we will learn about its history and visit the Museum of St. Luke. We will visit the city cathedrals of the Transfiguration of the Lord, the Vladimir Icon and Alexander Nevsky, where the Saint had his place. We will be in the Nikolsky Monastery of the city, where the icon of the Saint with relics, his personal glasses and phonendoscope are stored. We will find two addresses in the city where St. Luke and his family lived. And we will definitely visit Lake Pleshchevo.

Excursion support along the route. The cost of visiting the Museum of St. Luke is specified before the tour. You will need transport to travel along the route, but a walking option is possible.