Holy places and monasteries

Here are the monasteries and shrines our groups travel to, and the monasteries whose workshops made the items in the shop. About each place we tell what we know ourselves and show photos from our own trips.

St Gabriel of Samtavro (Urgebadze)

His relics rest at Samtavro monastery, Mtskheta. His life, help through his prayers, a prayer note to the relics, icons with a particle of cloth.

Samtavro monastery, Mtskheta

Georgia. The relics of St Gabriel of Samtavro.

Pühtitsa Dormition convent

A convent in Kuremäe, day trips from Tallinn

Valaam Transfiguration monastery

The Transfiguration monastery on Lake Ladoga

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem

Golgotha and the Tomb of the Lord, the place of the Crucifixion, burial and Resurrection of Christ

Bodbe monastery

A convent in Kakheti, the relics of St Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles, the enlightener of Georgia.

Monastery of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, Borjomi

Georgia. A convent in the Borjomi gorge, the second place where we take prayer notes.

Alajõe, Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos

The Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos on the shore of Lake Peipus. A trip for the patronal feast on 21 September.

Pskov-Caves monastery

The Holy Dormition monastery in Pechory, founded in 1473. Icons from its workshops are in our shop.

Danilov monastery

A stauropegial monastery in Moscow. Icons from its workshops are in our shop.

Relics of St George the Victorious

All Andija silver is consecrated on particles of his relics: crosses, pendants and rings.

Svetitskhoveli cathedral

The patriarchal cathedral in Mtskheta.

Alexander-Svirsky monastery

The monastery of St Alexander of Svir, where his holy relics rest

St Spyridon of Trimythous, Corfu

The relics of the wonderworker in the church of the old town of Kerkyra

Mount Athos, the Holy Mountain

The Orthodox monasteries of Greece on the Athos peninsula

St Catherine's monastery and Mount Sinai

One of the oldest active Christian monasteries in the world

Seraphim-Diveyevo convent

The relics of St Seraphim of Sarov and the Holy Kanavka of the Mother of God

Solovetsky monastery

The Transfiguration monastery on the islands of the White Sea

St Catherine's church, Pärnu

An 18th-century Orthodox church in the centre of Pärnu

Church of the Vladimir icon of the Mother of God, Valga

A wooden Orthodox church in the south of Estonia

Church of St Vladimir, Narva-Jõesuu

The church of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Grand Prince Vladimir by the sea