Friday, 8.08

Russian delegates depart from Moscow

Monday, 11.08

Russian delegates arrive in Nice

Accommodation

Prayer service

Dinner, free time

Evening prayer

Tuesday, 12.08

Prayer, breakfast

Prayer service for the start of the Pilgrimage in St. Nicholas Orthodox Church

Lecture on the history of Orthodoxy in Nice

Visit to the Orthodox Cathedral and Cemetery, memorial service

Lunch

Free time, possible visit to the museums of Chagal or Matisse

Departure for Cannes

Accommodation, dinner

Prayer

Wednesday, 13.08

Morning prayers, breakfast

Departure by ferry for Lerinsat Island

Prayer service for St. Honorat, St. Vicent de Lerin and other saints of Lerin (from IV to IX centuries) in the chapel built in IX century

Visit to an old abbey, prayer at the relics of the saints of Lerin.

Picnic lunch

Free time. A swim in the Mediterranean.

Return to Cannes, free time

Dinner

Prayer

Thursday, 14.08

Prayer, breakfast

Departure for Frejus

Visit to Frejus Catherdral

Picnic lunch

Departure for a convent

Arrival in the Catholic Convent of Le Thoronet (located in the woods)

Accommodation, dinner

Prayer

Friday, 15.08

Prayer, breakfast in the convent

Visit to the abbey built in the XII century

Free time, obedience in the convent

Lunch

Departure for the Lake of Corses (in 20 km from the monastery), free time, a swim in the lake

Prayer service for St. Phereol

Return to Le Thoronet

Dinner

Prayer

Saturday, 16.08

Prayer, breakfast

Departure for La St. Vaume (the Holy Mountain)

Arrival in the town of St. Maximin on the Holy Mountain

Prayer service at the relics of St. Mary Magdalene

Departure for La St. Vaume

Lunch at the Monastery’s Hotel

A walk in the mountains to the grotto of St. Mary Magdalene

Visit to the grotto of St. Pilon

Free time

Dinner

Vigil, confession, preparation for communion

Morning prayers

Departure for Marseille

Liturgy in the Orthodox Parish of St Iriney of Lyons (Patriarchate of Constantinople)

Lunch

Prayer service in Cathedral of St. Victor, bowing to the relics of St. John Cassian and St. Victor

Guided tour of the Cathedral

Tour of the town, free time

Dinner with the parishioners of St. Iriney Church, free time

Prayer

Monday, 18.08

Prayer, breakfast in Marseilles

Departure to St. Marie de la Mer

Prayer service to Myrrh bearing women and Sarah, their maidservant

Picnic lunch at the sea

Free time, swim

Departure to Tarascogne, dinner at a restaurant, accommodation

Vigil, confession

Morning prayers

Departure for Arles

Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. Trophim

Prayer service for St. Trophim, St. Ceasar ant other saints. Bowing to the relics of St. Anthony the Great.

Late breakfast – early lunch

Visit to the Roman amphitheatre

Visit to the ancient cemetery of the early Christians in the Monastery of St. Honorath.

Return to Arles

Dinner

Departure for Avignon

Accommodation at the hotel and in the families of parishioners

Evening prayers

Wednesday, 20.08

Prayer, breakfast in the hotel

Prayer service for St. Argerie the Martyr in the Orthodox church of St. Cosma and St. Damian, bowing to the relics of St. Argerie

Visit to the Palace of the Popes

Lunch

Departure for the Orthodox Convent of the Veil (Patriarchate of Constantinople). Meeting with Archimandrite Plotin

Vigil at the Convent

Return to Avignon, dinner, free time

Evening prayers

Thursday, 21.08

Prayers, breakfast at the hotel

Guided tour of Avignon

Lunch

Departure for St. Antoine L’Abbaie

Visit to the cathedral and the former monastery of St. Anthony the Great

Departure for St. Marcelen, accommodation

Dinner, free time

Evening prayers

Friday, 22.08

Prayers, breakfast

Departure for St. Jean-en-Rouen. Visit to the Russian Orthodox Parish of St. John of Damascus and the icon-paining studio.

Tour of the studio

Picnic lunch

Departure for the Monastery of St. Anthony the Great (Patriarchate of Constantinople), the trip includes a 4 - 5 km walk.

Tour of the monastery guided by a monk

Vigil at the monastery, bowing to the relics of St. Anthony the Great and other saints

A walk back to the bus and return to St. Marcelen

Dinner, free time

Evening prayers

Saturday, 23.08

Prayer, breakfast

Departure for Paris. Vigil in the Three Saints Church of the Moscow Patriarchate

Dinner

Accommodation in Montigny (25 km from Paris)

Evening prayers

Prayer

Departure for Paris

Liturgy in the Three Saints Church

Lunch

Departure for St. Genevieve-de-Bois (Russian Orthodox Cemetery), memorial service

Bowing to the relics of St. Genevieve de Paris in the Church of St. Etien du Mont in Paris

Free time
Dinner

Return to Montigny

Monday, 25.08

Prayer, breakfast

Departure for Paris

Visits to Sainte-Chapelle and Notre Dame de Paris

Diiner in Le Jardin du Luxembourg.

Bus tour of PAris

Free time
Dinner

Russian delegates depart for Russia