Pilgrimage to the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky in Vladimirtranslated

From September 13 to 15, we invite you to the city of Vladimir, where you will have the opportunity to venerate the right hand of St. Spyridon of Trimythous. The Right Hand was delivered from the island of Corfu to Russia with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. Let us venerate the relics of St. Spyridon of Trimythous. We will visit the Assumption Cathedral (1160), built for the shrine of the Russian land, the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, like a precious ark. Here is the tomb of the Grand Duke, the founder Andrei Bogolyubsky and his successors. We will visit the Dmitrovsky Cathedral (1197), the walls of which are decorated with carvings with images of saints, a bizarre pattern of animals, birds, and trees. Let's discover the Mother of God Nativity Monastery (1191), in which Saint Alexander Nevsky was buried. The relics of the noble prince were kept here for 460 years. In this monastery the Most Holy Theotokos appeared to Metropolitan Maxim. Now there are the relics of St. Athanasius (Sakharov), Bishop of Kovrov, author of the service “To all the saints who shone in the Russian land” and other troparions to the new martyrs.

We will take a tour of the Holy Dormition Duchess Monastery (1200), the tomb of the Grand Duchesses, its founder Maria of Vladimir, as well as the wife of Alexander Nevsky -…