The first place in the TOP-10 was taken by the Holy Trinity Seraphim-Diveevsky Monastery on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, which received a quarter of all votes of the respondents. The second and third places in the ranking were taken by the Valaam Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Karelia and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra in the Moscow region, respectively.
Also in the top ten most visited monasteries are the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery in the Pskov Region and the Assumption Monastery in Bakhchisarai (Republic of Crimea). In addition to them, the Moscow Novodevichy Convent and the St. Petersburg Alexander Nevsky Lavra were in the top ten - while the latter was included in the annually updated rating for the first time.
“We are very pleased that our Nevskaya Lavra is among the leaders in terms of attendance by tourists and pilgrims. This year, the blooming of unprecedented varieties of roses pleases visitors to the oldest monastery in St. Petersburg from the first days of summer to this day - come and see, 'Rossiyskaya Gazeta quotes a facebook page belonging to Natalia Rodomanova, head of the communications sector of the St. Petersburg Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church.
