Sacred places, hidden meanings 6/2026

05.06.2026 00:00 - 07.06.2026 00:00

Registration ends: 22.05.2026 00:00 - If registration has already closed, please inquire about course places by calling 017 570 1810.

myyntipalvelu@valamo.fi, p. 017 5701 810

, 300€/Student hotel 1 room, incl. accommodation, tuition, meals, 270€/College hotel 2 rooms/person, incl. accommodation, tuition, meals

Course description

Tourism has made travel easy and functional, but at the same time, experiencing space can easily become superficial. The course aims to go deeper than the surface into the meaningful, experiential and historical dimensions of holy places and spaces. What was pilgrimage like before tourism? What makes a space holy? How have holy places been mystified? The lectures will examine the history of the meanings of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Sinai and other Greek and Armenian holy places. The course will be taught by professor and author, Father Serafim Seppälä.

Course program

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Teacher

Seppälä Serafim

Archimandrite Serafim Seppälä is an award-winning author and professor of systematic theology and patristics at the University of Eastern Finland.