Pleiades of Orthodox shrines: Montenegrin monasteries
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Pleiades of Orthodox shrines: Montenegrin monasteries
Rest in Montenegro is never just a rest. The popularity of the Slavic Adriatic is so great due to the fact that swimming in the sea you will not be limited, although you can swim here for days. Everyone will find here something of their own, whether active sports, cultural expeditions, visiting seasonal festivals or meditating on lakes. So the Orthodox pilgrims who want to join the great shrines of world significance will be able not only to visit the legendary Montenegrin monasteries, but also to admire the wonderful local nature and visit a number of other sights.
Pilgrim trips to Montenegro have been organized for a long time, and there are many such offers on the tourist market. If you are planning to visit some Montenegrin monasteries and temples, just pick a suitable route and book a trip. But Montenegro has become so much for Russians that not everyone chooses tours - you can see everything yourself.
It plays a big role and simplicity of accommodation: the private sector of Montenegro and inexpensive hotels are always at your service, rent is quite inexpensive. Perhaps your friends and like-minded people have real estate in Montenegro. Staying with loved ones and making pilgrimages along with them is a fairly common tradition among Orthodox Russians. In this case, you yourself get the opportunity to plan your route and visit those Montenegrin monasteries that are interesting and important to you. At least, you can choose from about 700 objects.
What can you advise those for whom Montenegrin monasteries - wealth is not yet mastered?Start with the famous monastery of Moraca, where the relics of St. Harlampius are kept. In the monastery of Kosierevo you can join the relics of the apostle Luke himself, in Cetinje a particle of the relics of St. John the Baptist and part of the Crucifixion. And the miraculous icon of the Mother of God in Savina Monastery annually gathers thousands of pilgrims from all over the world.
Montenegrin monasteries located high in the mountains are objects not accessible to all travelers. So, before the Ostroh monastery, cut into the rock, you need to walk for a long time along the mountain paths, cars can only reach certain points of the mountain serpentine.
If you want to spend the night in a hospitable monastery yard, come to Kotor (St. Nicholas Church), Plevly (Abode of the Holy Trinity), Podgorica (Christ's Cathedral of the Resurrection), Piva or Moraci. Here you will certainly be fed and arranged for overnight.
Montenegrin monasteries are not only a storehouse of the most ancient Orthodox shrines. This is a real treasury of kindness, affability and a special pious cosiness that you will feel everywhere.
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