About us

We cordially welcome all visitors to this site, which gives pilgrims and all those who are interested in the history of Crimea the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the pilgrimage department of the Simferopol and Crimean diocese. Pilgrimage is prayerful and penitential work, spiritual work on the cleansing and transformation of one’s soul. The pilgrimage department organizes trips to the Christian shrines of our blessed peninsula. For nonresident pilgrims, accommodation and meals are offered in Orthodox boarding houses located on the seashore in Alupka, Novofedorovka, Feodosia and Sevastopol. On this site you can learn about the most famous and new one-day routes, multi-day programs developed by department staff, as well as other useful information. The history of Russian pilgrimage is a history of asceticism, a history of striving for holiness. May spiritual joy and knowledge of the truth that the Lord brought into this world and with which the Orthodox shrines of Crimea are abundantly filled await you along this path. The pilgrimage department of the Simferopol and Crimean diocese carries out its activities with the blessing of His Eminence Tikhon, Metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimea.