Tuesday 23.12.

Reception, Tuohus and wine shop 09:00 - 19:00

Church 10:00 - 17:00

Café-restaurant Trapesa 07:30 - 20:00

Library and exhibitions 10:00 - 17:00

Wednesday 24.12.

Reception, Tuohus and wine shop 09:00 - 16:00

Church 11:00 - 18:00

Café-restaurant Trapesa 08:00 – 20:30

Library and exhibitions 12:00 – 16:00

Thursday 25.12.

Reception, Tuohus and wine shop 10:00 - 16:00

Church 10:00 - 17:00

Café-restaurant Trapesa 08:00 – 20:00

Library and exhibitions 10:00 – 16:00

Friday 26.12.

Reception, Tuohus and wine shop 09:00 - 16:00

Church during service hours and 11:00 - 17:00

Café-restaurant Trapesa 07:30 - 18:00

Library and exhibitions 12:00 - 16:00

Night silence in the monastery area and accommodation 22:00-06:00

Reception: tel. 044 425 9228

Overnight service: tel. 044 425 9200

Services

Monday 22.12.

at 06:00         Midnight and morning service and I hour

at 18:00         IX hour, evening service and small post-evening service and pravilo

Tuesday 23.12. Vespers

at 06:00          Midnight service and morning service. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

at 18:00            IX Hour, Vespers, Small Post-Vespers and Pravilo

Wednesday 24.12. Christmas Eve

at 06:00         Midnight and Matins as well as Royal Hours and Hour Service

at 09:00         Great Vespers and Liturgy of St. Basil the Great

at 22:00         Vigil (Great Post-Vespers,

Litany and Polyeleo-Morning Service)

Thursday 25.12. Nativity of Christ, Christmas

 at 00:00          Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

at 17:00           IX Hour and Great Vespers

Friday 26.12. II Christmas Day

 at 09:00        Morning Service, Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and Panagia

at 18:00         IX Hour, Vespers, Small Post-Vespers Service and Great Akathist to the Mother of God

Christ is born – give thanks

Tuesday 23.12 Christmas Eve

16:00 – 19:00  Monastery dinner

Wednesday 24.12 Christmas Eve

08:00 – 10:00 Monastery breakfast

11:00 – 15:00  Monastery lunch      

14:30 - 15:45  Guided tour, Father Joona and Brother Mattias,starts in front of the Service Center

16:00 - 18:00  Monastery borscht soup dinner

19:00 - 20:00  Valamolainen eve

Thursday 25.12      Nativity of Christ, Christmas

08:00-10:00     Christmas breakfast

11:00-16:00     Valamolainen Christmas table

12:00-13:30     Valamo college open for sightseeing

18:30-20:00     Monastery Christmas party, with monastery directorArchimandrite Michael and the brotherhood, restaurant Trapesa

Friday 26.12 II Christmas Day

07:30-10:00     Breakfast

11:00-15:00     Christmas table

The meals mentioned in the program are included in the Christmas package and are served at the buffet table in the café-restaurant Trapesa. According to the Orthodox tradition, Christmas Eve and Christmas Eve are fasting days, which is taken into account in the composition of the meals.

Christmas Eve sauna shifts 13:00-20:00: Women in the sauna of the college hotel, men in the sauna of the monastery hotel. Please bring a towel from your room.