Pilgrimage or tourism. What's the difference: book exhibition at the State Educational Institution Secondary School No. 4 in Bresttranslated

On November 10, 2026, the book exhibition “Pilgrimage or Tourism. What's the difference? from the library collections of the Holy Nativity of the Mother of God convent in the amount of 32 books on the topic. It will last until December 2026.

Both pilgrimage and tourism are related to the theme of travel. However, despite the similarities, they have different natures. Even when visiting the same holy places, pilgrims and tourists do so in different ways.

Tourism is a journey for educational purposes. And one of the popular types of tourism is religious tourism. The main thing in this type of tourism is getting to know the history of holy places, the lives of saints, architecture, and church art. All this is discussed on excursions, which are the most important element of a trip for a tourist.

An excursion can also be part of a pilgrimage - but not the main one and not at all obligatory, but only auxiliary. The main thing in pilgrimage is prayer, worship and religious worship of shrines. Orthodox pilgrimage is part of the religious life of a believer. In the process of making a pilgrimage, the main thing during prayer is not the external performance of rituals, but the attitude that...