Holy Trinity of Alexander Svirsky Monastery

- Guide guide meets with a sign "Karelia Lines".
The place and time of the meeting are agreed with the manager when booking.

Departure from Petrozavodsk to the Alexandro-Svir Monastery.
Travel information from the guide.

The distance from Petrozavodsk to the Alexander Svirsky Monastery is 175 km, the journey time is 2.5 hours.

- Arrival at the monastery. The time of stay in the monastery is 3 hours.

It is one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries in Russia.

- Walking tour. The duration of the tour is about 1.5 hours.

During the tour you will visit the Preobrazhensky and Trinity complexes of the monastery, as well as get acquainted with its history and architecture.

The relics of Alexander Svirsky, which are located at the monastery, have healing power and myrrhage to this day.

Amazing frescoes of the Holy Trinity Church are more than 500 years old, and they have retained all the brightness of their colors. Near the monastery you will see the unusual Holy Lake, which has the shape of a cross.

- Free time.

- On the territory of the temple there is also a chapel built on the place of the appearance of the Holy Trinity to the Monk Alexander of Svir.

You can take a piece of these holy places with you by drawing water from the holy spring and taking consecrated sand in the Chapel.

- Return to Petrozavodsk.