Pilgrimage Tour for Easter 8 days
Tour Date: April 29 – May 06
04.29.2016
Arriving in Tbilisi / Checking in Hotel.
04.30.2016
Breakfast in Hotel and the Program of the day
Visiting David Garedji Monastery – It is a huge compound of cave monasteries of the VI century. The most ancient monastery of the compound David’s Lavra was built in the beginning of the VI century by a monk from Syria, David, he was one of 13 Syrian fathers, who settled down in the nature made caves of Garedji.
Head back to Tbilisi
05.01.2016
Tbilisi Tour
Breakfast in Hotel and the Program of the day.
Metekhi Church – an ancient family church for Georgian kings, here we keep the relics of St. Shushanic. She was an early medieval Armenian Christian martyr, who was murdered by her husband Varsken for defending her right to profess Christianity, it happened in town of Tsurtavi, Georgia.
Tbilisi Sioni Cathedral, place where the Cross of St. Nino, evangelist of Georgia is kept. It was initially built in the VI and finished in the VII centuries. Since then, it was destroyed by foreign invaders and reconstructed several times. The current church is based on version from the XIII century with some changes from the XVII to XIX centuries. Sioni Cathedral was the main Georgian Orthodox Cathedral and the seat of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II until the Holy Trinity Cathedral was consecrated in 2004.
Anchiskhati – The oldest church in Tbilisi. (VI BC)
Museum of Golden Foundation, Museum of Art. Here you find: Khakhuli, Tsilkani and Atskuri icons of Mother Maria, miraculous image of Jesus Christ from Anchiskhati and many more.
Evening Service in the Cathedral of Holy Trinity (Sameba).
05.02.2016
Kakheti Tour
Breakfast in Hotel and the Program of the day.
Bodbe Monastery – place where the relics of St. Nino, evangelist of Georgia, is buried. Bodbe Monastery is built among tall Cypress trees on a steep hillside overlooking the Alazani Valley, where it opens views of the Greater Caucasus mountains. There, 3 km from the convent you can visit St. Nino’s Spring, which, according to local legend, was emerged through Nino’s prayers and is believed to have a healing power.
Signaghi – tour around so called city of love.
Gurdjaani Kvela Tsminda – famous with its unique monument of medieval Georgian architecture. Kvelatsminda church is the only church with couple in Georgia. It is quite modest with its grey stone temple with a cruciform front and rectangular in back. In the middle of the Temple, straight from the roof and up, there are two turrets, covered by umbrella like domes.
Dinner and overnight stay in Telavi
05.03.2016
We continue Kakheti Tour
Breakfast and the program of the day
Alaverdi – Cathedral and Monastery (Cemetery of St. Joseph Alaverdeli).
Ikalto Academy (Cemetary of St. Zenon Ikaltoeli).
Gremmy - Capital of Kakheti in Medieval period. Castle Gremmy with its church of the Archangels.
Head back to Tbilisi.
05.04.2016
Tour to Mtskheta and Kazbegi.
Mtskheta - Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (11th century) and Jvari Monastery (6th century) in Mtskheta are amongst the most significant monuments of Georgian Christian architecture, and are historically significant in the development of medieval architecture throughout the Caucasus.
Samtavro Temple – here the first Georgian Christian King Mirian and Queen Nana are buried. It was built on site of kings’ luxury garden by King Mirian, the garden where St. Nino the evangelist of Georgia lived and preached. In her memory King Mirian built a chapel, still well-maintained nowadays. There are a lot of relics of saints saved in Samtavro temple, among them are relics of St. Father Gabriel Ugrebadze, who was canonized on December 20th of 2012.
Heading to Kazbegi. On the way you will see Ananuri Castle, River Jinvali, observation deck of Gudauri (ski resort) and mineral water source.
Dinner and overnight stay in Kazbegi.
05.05.2016
Kazbegi Tour
Breackfast and the program of the day:
- Jeep tour to Gergeti Holy Trinity Church (2200 meters above sea);
- Waterfalls tour.
Head back to Tbilisi
05.06.2016
Flight back home
Flight back home
Seeing off guests.
Transfer to airport.
Price of the Tour:
Price of the tour starts from $420, depending on number of tourists in group.