Tour Brest Fortress and Ded Moroz residance

The Brest Cathedral of St. Simeon is the main Orthodox church in the city, which is its true decoration and pride. Built in 1865 in the pseudo-Russian style, the cathedral looks especially majestic in the evening in the rays of night illumination. One of the main shrines of the temple are the relics of St. Martyr Athanasius, Abbot of Brest, who despite tortures and torments did not renounce Orthodoxy. Today, the monument to Athanasius of Brest was installed near the cathedral.

During the excursion before you pages of history of terrible days of the beginning of war when at sunrise on June 22, 1941 the garrison of the Brest fortress the first assumed blows of fascist aggressors will open and more than a month held the fort in a full environment. Already on an entrance you will be met by a shrill voice of Yu. Levitan with the government message about attack on the Soviet Union of troops of fascist Germany and the song by A. Alexandrov the «Sacred war» which became the anthem of those years. On May 8, 1965 fortresses the rank «fortress hero» is given.

The excursion in the Belarusian Father Frost's Estate laid the foundation for formation of new tradition of a celebration of New Year's holidays for children and adults. This really magic place attracts to itself not only school students, but also people of more advanced ages. Already at the entrance you get absolutely to other world, forgetting about daily vanity, completely plunge into the fairy tale. Father Frost's house with workshops, the Snow Maiden's lodge, the museum of children's letters where letters, drawings and hand-made articles which are sent by children from the whole country, a windmill, a magic well and two knights on an entrance are stored: Dub-Dubovich and Vyaz-Vyazovich. Each visitor will receive a New Year's gift from Father Frost and the Snow Maiden.