Description
Venue: Exhibition Center of the Grand Hotel "Zhemchuzhina"
Exhibition Goals:
- Familiarizing the general public to the values and roots of Orthodoxy
- Reviving religious beliefs, truth, beauty and depth of Orthodoxy in the society
- Resistance to sects
- Healing the soul, mind and body through education, enlightenment, faith and joyfulness
Orthodox exhibition-fair "Orthodoxy (Fast of St. Peter and St. Paul)" - is an unique event in the spiritual life of everybody. Representatives of hundreds of monasteries and convent, of workshops and orthodox publishing houses, of restores and skilled craftsmen come to take part in this important event from throughout Russia. Every visitor has the opportunity to get in touch with Holy things, to pray before wonderworking icons, to order occasional religious rites, to buy candles and icons, religious films and books, craftsmen masterpieces and jewelry, to taste cloistral meal, honey and wine, to seek assistance and advice from wise dean and priests.
Exhibition Sections:
- Monasteries, temples, parishes
- Special projects, charity, pilgrimage and spiritual centers
- Russian orthodox icons (painted, carved, embroidered)
- Icons in precious framework with hot enamels
- Icons on enamel (finift)
- Children name icons to order
- Religious and jewelry products; monastery, temple and church attributes; artistic handicraft
- Temple decoration
- Church utensils:
- boxes for icons
- wall and floor icon cases
- amulets and pectoral images
- crosses
- iconostasis
- vestments
- headdresses for priests
- epitaphios
- aer
- antimins
- corporals
- blisters
- church banners
- eagle rugs
- belts
- tablets
- bookmarks
- embroidered articles
- accessories for church ceremonies
- Bell casting
- Clothes
- Orthodox publishers, calendars
- Children orthodox literature:
- Bible
- Psalters
- educational
- patristic
- historical
- fictional
- Orthodox poetry, audio and video production
- Orthodox schools, gymnasiums, lyceums and orphanages
- All things for the rite of baptism
- Lenten meal and honey
- Church wine
- Dishes and covers
- Gifts for orthodox holidays, orthodox souvenirs for adults and children
- Construction and restoration of churches, chapels, temples, cathedrals and monasteries