LELIUMAI: visiting the Benedictines. Advent tour
About this event
LELIUMAI is an ancient Lithuanian name for Advent, which has survived to this day in folk songs. Therefore, we invite you to an Advent tour to visit the Benedictine sisters at St. Nicholas Church. Having begun its history exactly four hundred years ago, full of difficulties, trials, and losses, the Kaunas Benedictine Sisters' Monastery is being rewarded with unexpected discoveries. The life of the monastery is shrouded in legends, yet each of them contains at least a grain of truth. St. Nicholas, after whom the church cared for by the sisters is named, receives special attention as Christmas approaches. Is there a connection between this saint and Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, or Father Frost? Curious? The exact meeting place will be announced via email only to tour participants who have purchased tickets. The tour will take place both outdoors and indoors – please dress appropriately for the weather and, if necessary, bring protection from precipitation. The ticket price includes a tour of the Benedictine St. Nicholas Church with guide Rimutė, as well as a symbolic donation for the preservation of the visited church's heritage.