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Publication in the community "Montenegro"

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Pilgrim Montenegro: religious tourism

If you have already mastered religious tourism and actively practice this kind of rest from the worldly vanity, be sure to visit Montenegro. Such a concentration of Orthodox shrines, as here, is not found in any European country. In this small territory there are more than 800 architectural monuments of sacred character: 570 temples and 60 monasteries. There are also mosques, and Catholic and Protestant churches.

Interestingly, even with such favorable initial data, religious tourism in Montenegro is by no means a developed industry. At least, the number of those who are interested, which the sphere could successfully withstand, does not visit the country, and especially comfortable conditions and pilgrimage programs are simply not created. What is the reason for this? The matter is that religious tourism in Montenegro is not a priority from the very beginning. There are very few such trips, travel agencies that offer religious tourism are usually quite small. Accordingly, statistics indicate that pilgrims are not the most promising visitors to Montenegro. But whether religious tourism will develop depends on the authorities and the Tourist Association.

However, do not forget about the fact that the private sector of Montenegro is now popular. Ie, tours are not very much needed: tourists come to the country on their own, and pre-arranged rent of a house or apartment in Montenegro. Then pilgrims take a car for rent and go to monasteries and temples with or without a guide. Usually, amateur religious tourism presupposes certain information training - people already know which shrines will be visited, and often travels are tied to iconic Orthodox events (holidays, commemoration days, periods of open access to shrines).

Religious tourism in Montenegro is, above all, Cetinje. As a rule, the influx of pilgrims coincides with the usual tourist season. Guests of Montenegro go to Cetinje Monastery to see such Christian artifacts of world significance as part of the relics of John the Baptist, a piece of the Cross and, of course, the power of Montenegrin saint Peter Cetinsky. And in the National Museum as an exhibit exhibited the image of the Mother of God of Filermo.

Holidays in Montenegro can not do without visiting the monasteries, even if it is not strictly religious tourism. By these magnificent monuments, harmoniously merged with nature, no one can pass. Three monasteries surround Skadar Lake, and on its 20 islets there are 2 dozen small churches. And the Monastery of Moraca, whose age has reached such a venerable figure as 8 centuries, attracts the ranks of pilgrims to the ski resort of Kolasin.

And Boka Kotor is at all the home of several Christian saints who are buried in other countries and annually attract hundreds of thousands of pilgrims. Thus, the pious Sixtus V, the legendary Pope of Rome, was born in Montenegro.

In a word, religious tourism in Montenegro is a very promising area, and now the Tourist Union has turned its eyes more often to this side. In the meantime, pilgrims can mostly visit the monasteries and monasteries of Montenegro, the benefit of renting real estate in Montenegro is available, and you can live next to interesting objects.

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