THE ROLE OF PILGRIMAGE EXCURSIONS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF EXCURSION SERVICES IN THE TERNOPIL REGION

Abstract

Religious excursions occupy an important place in the organization of the excursion business and the formation of the Ukrainian state, especially today. Excursion potential includes two main components - conditions and resources. As for religious excursions, we can say that the conditions are opportunities and prerequisites for the favorable development of this type of tourism. We have highlighted the following composition of conditions: nature, history, population, culture, economy and politics. Religious excursions, in contrast to purely pilgrimage trips or hikes, are shorter, they are not timed to religious holidays, and both adults and children can participate in them.

Many pilgrims from the East and West visited Ukrainian land, attracted by the grandeur of the Kyiv-Pechersk and Pochaiv Lavra, Sophia of Kyiv, cultural and sacred monuments of other regions of Ukraine. Such a recognized spiritual center of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine has long been the village of Zarvanytsia, Ternopil region. And after restoration and reconstruction, this place of pilgrimage became even more solemn and elevated. A huge number of people come here every year from all districts of Ternopil Oblast, as well as from all regions of our country. Many guests arrive from abroad: Poland, England, Canada, the USA.

In the article defines the role of religious excursions in the organization of the excursion business and the formation of the Ukrainian state, especially today. The characteristic features and peculiarities of the religious excursion potential, in general,and in the Ternopil region, in particular, for the organization of pilgrimages and religious excursions are considered. The importance of providing religious and pilgrimage excursion services and the development of this direction in the future is analyzed.The article presents an analysis of the main constituent parts of the religious excursion potential. The remarkable spiritual center of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine, which has long been the village of Zarvanytsia, is characterized. Emphasis is placed on the importance of religious pilgrimages and excursions during the war for the restoration of psychological and mental health.