“It has become possible to visit the monasteries and churches of the Vologda region without leaving your house. The virtual interactive tour “Sacred placed of the Vologda eparchy” was presented in the regional capital the other day”. The presentation of this interesting project has taken place in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve today.
One of the most attractive moments of the virtual tour is its simplicity and convenience. The authors of the project carried out great and difficult work. Now everybody can visit the sacred places of the Vologda region at any time. “Our goal was to attract attention to the spiritual past, to remind of that role that the church played in the history of our region”, said Mikhail Tumanov, head of the project, docent of the Sub-department of General History and Historical Disciplines in Vologda State Teachers’ Training University.
The Kirillo-Belozersky, the Ferapontov, the Spaso-Prilutsky and the Pavlo-Obnorsky Monasteries, churches of Vologda, Cherepovets, Totma, Veliky Ustiug are marked on the map. On pressing the mouse button on any spot of the itinerary, a visitor can see wonderful panoramas, including the bird’s-eye views. Interactive elements – sound, visual and textual – help to achieve the immersive effect.
Alexander Suvorov, director of the Vologda State Museum-Preserve, pointed out right during the presentation: “Seeing is believing”. The virtual tour has already been placed on the website of the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve in the section “To Visitor”.
It will be placed soon on the websites of other museums and Vologda State Teachers’ Training University where the project has been implemented within the framework of the international open grant contest “Orthodox Initiative 2012”. The financial backing was given by the Charity Foundation of St. Seraphim Sarovsky and the Vologda regional branch of the Russian Geographical Society. The partners of the project were the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve, the Vologda Orthodox Ecclesiastical School, the Vologda State Museum-Preserve, the Totma Museum Association and the Scientific and Publishing Centre “Antiquities of the North”.
Virtual tour “Sacred placed of the Vologda eparchy”
