Christmas guided tour with a nativity display

Discover the Christmas story in pictures and view the Holy Night from a new perspective. On Sunday, the 20th of December 2026, the depiction of the Christmas story will be at the center in Stift Rein. Under the title The Mystery in Images – How Pictures Tell the Holy Night, a lecture by Elisabeth Brenner combines art observation with a subsequent nativity scene exhibition.

For centuries, images have told the story of the birth of Christ. They make biblical events visible and convey the significance of the Holy Night through figures, gestures, and pictorial representations. The lecture focuses on how such images tell their stories and what thoughts they can convey.

Elisabeth Brenner addresses the Christmas event from the perspective of its pictorial representation. The topic opens up access to familiar motifs of the Christmas story and encourages a more conscious perception of them.

Following the lecture, there will be a visit to the nativity scene exhibition at Stift Rein. The nativity scene exhibition offers the opportunity to view the Christmas story through its representations and to deepen the impressions from the lecture.

Tickets are available at the monastery shop. Registration is not required.  The Styria Card does not apply to special tours.
Stift Rein is accessible by public transport.