Back entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Pokrovsky Cathedral in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Cave Cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Interior of a cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Cathedrals near Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Cave Cathedral of Kievo Pechory Saints in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Troitsky chapel bathhouse on Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Interior of a cathedral of Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Cathedral in Sovkhoz Ilyich, now Vvedeno Oyatsky Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Vepsian Ethnographic Museum in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Folk Museum of Vepsian Culture in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Exhibition of Folk Museum of Vepsian Culture in Tervenichi Village. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Excursion on a shore of Oyat River in Sovkhoz Ilyich, area of Lodeynoe Pole. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Museum of Orthodox Christian Odessa in Archangel Michael Monastery for women. Odessa, Ukraine, July 2, 2009
Red priest cap in Museum of Orthodox Christian Odessa in Archangel Michael Monastery for women. Odessa, Ukraine, July 2, 2009
Church models in Museum of Orthodox Christian Odessa in Archangel Michael Monastery for women. Odessa, Ukraine, July 2, 2009
Model of Odesskiy Spaso Preobrazhenskiy Sobor church in Museum of Orthodox Christian Odessa in Archangel Michael Monastery for women. Odessa, Ukraine, July 2, 2009
Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Interior of Christian Orthodox church in Konevets Monastery, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
View of Uspeniya Monastery from Tikhvinka River in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Cemetery of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Cat sitting on ruins in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Old stone stairs in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
View from a road to Spaso-Troitsky Skit (remote part of a monastery) in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Cat guarding monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Entrance of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Backyard of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Old Metal Lathe Enterprise 1330 in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Stone arch at main entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Orthodox Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Orthodox cathedrals inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
Orthodox Church inside Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
A gate of Christian Orthodox monastery on Konevets Island in Ladozhskoe Lake, with a Russian inscription "Close gate firmly. Draught destroys the painting". North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, September 8, 2002
Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Barracks for monks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A cathedral in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
A cathedral in Uspensky Monastery at evening. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
An Orthodox church in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem). The Middle East, August 15, 2002
Apple garden and a John Bogoslov Cathedral in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
Syas River near Sias stroy, view from a window of a tourist bus. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
Forest road in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Forest road in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Road in pine forest in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Narrow forest road in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Trapeznaya (dining facility) in Uspensky Monastery in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
An Orthodox church remotely seen from entrance of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
A gate of Uspensky Monastery from the side of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
Dymskoe Lake near Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Believers used to swim three times around the cross (either clockwise or counter clockwise) to be healed. Russia, December 25, 2005
An Orthodox church in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
Stone constructions in area of Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Creek in a forest in area of Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Mossy holes in area of Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Stone embankment of a creek in area of Bienkovsky Mansion in Zakhodskoe, 50 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 7, 2016
Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
Road in Miodushi Estate. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Dam of a dock in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
A cat at the entrance of wooden Orthodox Christian church in Sapiornoe. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 23, 2015
View from a road in Miodushi Village. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
The Gatchina Palace at evening. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 22, 2004
Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Monument of heroes partisans at a road stop north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
Interior of Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Resurrection Cathedral (1887) in Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
Gorchakovshchina (Gorchakovsky) Waterfall near Volkhov. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Altar of Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
Recently built wooden Orthodox Christian church of Boris and Gleb in Agalatovo. North from Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 29, 2011
A yard of a Christian Orthodox church in Konevets Island in Ladozhskoe Lake, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
Field road to Kaybolovskoe Gorodishche (old Estonian settlement). Kingisepp Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
Mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Various mosses in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Waterfalls near Ragusha River, near Mozolevo Village. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
A yard of a Christian Orthodox Rozhdestvensky Cathedral in Konevets Island in Ladozhskoe Lake, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
Tourist excursion of Christian Orthodox church in Konevets Island in Ladozhskoe Lake, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
Wall painting in a Christian Orthodox church in Konevets Island in Ladozhskoe Lake, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
Bud of a small plant in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Yellow moss in Duplianskoe Marsh south from Sluditsy, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 23, 2013
Gorchakovshchina (Gorchakovsky) Waterfall and red sandstone cliffs near Volkhov. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
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