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Other Recommended Freedom Trail Tours

04 Friday Jul 2025

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One question that often comes up when a person comes to Boston for the first time is, “How long is the Freedom Trail?” or “How much time does it take to do the Freedom Trail?” They are surprised to hear that most 1-1.5 hour tours only cover 1/3 of the whole trail. Today, I embark on a rare tour that covers the entire 2.5 mile stretch that begins on the Boston Common and ends in Charlestown at the Bunker Hill Memorial: It is called Footloose on the Freedom Trail and it is offered once a year on July 4th by a great non-profit organization entitled Boston by Foot.

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Alive on a Friday Night

11 Friday Apr 2014

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Park Street Church Alive with Activity on Friday Nights

Park Street Church Alive with Activity on Friday Nights

A church meeting on a Friday night?! Most mainline congregations in this country fight just to keep people in the pews at the regularly scheduled “church time” of Sunday morning. But why would any church in its right mind schedule a gathering on Friday night when most Americans are thinking about pizza and a movie? Because the right mind for the Church is the mind of Christ who fills all time and existence with Himself, just as the famous Church on Park Street in Boston has done with a time slot usually reserved for worldly indulgence. Continue reading →

Giving Group Tours

24 Saturday Aug 2013

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IMG_0968I don’t usually like giving tours to large groups, but today we led a fairly successful Faith-based Freedom Trail tour of downtown Boston with a group of 11, and my first child guest! Okay, so it was my oldest daughter who went (age 8), but I was still impressed that she found it all interesting.

The group was from my own Orthodox Christian parish, and enough Russians were present to insist on walking the entire way. Usually to get to the section of the tour in New Boston (Back Bay) and behold the crown jewel, Trinity Boston, I take my guests on the subway. But this time, every one of these hearty souls wanted to walk the full length of the Common and Public Garden.

It was a real treat for me as the tour guide since we were able to pass by the new location of the First Church in Boston, a place not usually visited on the standard Faith-based Freedom Trail. Let me customize a group tour for you! I love the special challenge of a church group like the one I hosted today.