Icon Painting
DURATION: 4 DAYS


DAY 1
Arrive in Minsk. Check-in at "Oktyabrskaya", "Belarus", "Yubileynaya", "Planeta" or "Orbita" hotel.

City tour feautures the historic part of the city - Troitskoye Predmestye (Trinity Suburb), Russian Orthodox church and Catholic Cathedral. Tourists will have a close look at the ICON PAINTING section of the local Arts Museum.

Visit to the Museum of Ancient Belarusian Culture, Ethnography and Folklore (Belarusian Academy of Sciences) featuring weaving, embroidery, icon painting and wood-carving.

Folklore concert "Presentation of Belarus". Foreign tourists make acquaintance of the spirit of the Belarusian people, which finds its reflection in folklore, folk traditions and customs.

DAY 2
One day trip by coach to orthodox churches in Krasnoye (60 km from Minsk) and in Molodechno (80 km from Minsk). Meeting the Belarusian artists - painters and restores.

Evening tasting of national dishes and drinks (Optional).

DAY 3
Full day trip to the village of Zhirovitsa (190 km from Minsk) features Holy Monastery of Assumption (17th century), the Convent of the Nativity of the Virgin, the Theological Seminary. Lunch in the monastery. Return to Minsk.

DAY 4
Visit to Logoisk orthodox church (40 km from Minsk).

On the way back excursion to Folk Arts and Crafts Museum in Raubichi (20 km from Minsk). Displayed in the former Krestogorskaya Church (18th century) are folk costumes, fine fabrics, articles made of straw, pottery, wearing, wood-carving, icon painting.

Gala dinner in the hotel restaurant or outside the city.