Upcoming Pilgrimage to Eastern Europe
Fr. Bong Tupino will be the pilgrimage chaplain for the April 16 to 29, 2017 edition of ‘Enthralling Eastern Europe’, a ‘Journeys of Faith’ pilgrimage tour that takes pilgrims through Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
Poland stops include Warsaw; Lichen with Poland’s biggest basilica and its i c o n o f the Lady o f S o r rows ; Czestochowa with the Black Madonna icon in the Jasna Gora Monastery; Wadowice, birthplace of St. John Paul II; Wieliczka with the salt mine that has a salt chapel; Krakow for the Wawel Castle and Cathedral, as well as St. Mary’s Church; Auschwitz-Birkenau with its Nazi concentration camp and the Convent of Sr. Faustina and the Sisters of Divine Mercy. In Hungary, visit Budapest then visit Pannonhalma with its famous abbey. In Slovakia, visit Bratislava’s Old Town and St. Martin’s Church. Czech Republic stops include Telc with its chateau and town square; Cesky Krumlov with its castle; Tepla with its famous abbey; Prague with the Church of our Lady of Victories and its Sto Nino de Praga, Charles Bridge, St. Vitus Cathedral, Golden Lane, and other sights.
There’s also the option to extend the pilgrimage to Russia, with s tops in Moscow and St . Petersburg. In Moscow, guests get to tour the Kremlin with its Annunciation and Assumption Cathedrals, the Red Square with St. Basil’s Cathedral, the Armory Museum, Alexandrovs k iy Cemetery, Chirst the Savious Cathedral , the Moscow underground metro stations, Tretyakov Gallery, and the Old Circus. In St. Petersburg, take in St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Pushkin Palace, Catherine’s Palace, Peter and Paul Fortress, Yusapov Palace, Hermitage Museum, the Winter Palace, and Peterhof Palace. With the Russian continuation, the pilgrimage will end May 4, 2017.
Journeys of Faith has been specializing in Catholic pilgrimage tours since 2001. Aside from ‘Enthralling Eastern Europe’, they also offer the following pilgrimage tours – ‘Journeys to the Land of the Bible’, ‘Marian & Mystical Journeys ’, ‘Adriat i c Coas t wi th Medjugorje’, and ‘Turkey Treasures with Greece’. Cubao Diocese clergy who have led pilgrimages for Journeys of Faith include, aside from Fr. Bong, Bishop Raul Martirez, Fr. Dennis Soriano, Fr. Jun Arvie Bello, and Fr. Aytoy Opiniano.
