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Listed below are pilgrimages and tours centered around Eastern Orthodox churches, monasteries and sacred sites, ordered by destination. Click on the name of the tour to see full details, request free brochures, and inquire about availability. These are paid listings, subject to editorial approval. (Would you like to see your tour or retreat in this directory? Please contact us.)
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Summary | Duration | Price per Person | Dates | Destinations |
| Russian Icon Tour | The first comprehensive study tour that includes all of the major and many less famous but important monuments and collections of the Russian Sacred Art. We concentrate most of our trip on exploring numerous places where religious art is most brilliantly and explicitly present. Along our tour we will see a lot of sites in both world famous and very secluded locations of rural Russia. | 16 days | $3100 | May 24 - June 10, 2008 | Russia |
| In the Footsteps of Irish Fathers | A pilgrimage and educational tour of Early Christian Ireland. Although this trip is proposed with an Orthodox Christian traveller in mind, it will doubtless be edifying and beneficial to anyone who is interested in Christian monasticism, the history of the Christian Church or the history of Ancient Ireland in general. | 16 days | $3750 all-inclusive | June 20 - July 5, 2008 | Ireland |
| Byzantine Greece | A tour of Byzantine and Early Christian Greece, including both churches and museums of sacred art. The tour is Orthodox-themed, but all faiths are warmly welcomed to join. | 13 days | $2800 - 3150 | Aug 31 - Sept 14, 2008 | Greece |
| Ancient and Holy in Turkey | This tour is offered as a unique combination of the Holy and Ancient Sites of Turkey. In 15 full days we will attempt to cover the most important historical monuments of Anatolian Civilizations from the Hittite times through present with very special attention given to the Byzantine sites and Holy places of the Eastern Christendom. | 17 days | $2700 - 3200 | September 13-29, 2008 | Turkey |
| Ancient and Holy in the Holy Land | Join our pilgrimage and educational tour of religious, historical, and archeological sites in Israel and Jordan. Orthodox Christian themed, but all faiths warmly welcomed. | 14 days | contact for info | Oct 5-18, 2008 | Israel, Jordan |
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