![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/06t.jpg) Domed hall of Saviour Transfiguration Cathedral of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/04t.jpg) Brown cat near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/31t.jpg) Golden marguerite (yellow chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria, Russian name Pupavka) at the slope near the entrance of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/30t.jpg) Cemetery of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/09t.jpg) A park opposite to Laborer s House of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/32t.jpg) Some yellow flowers in Lower Garden of Valaam Monastery, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/29t.jpg) Warning "Entrance only for Blessed" in a forest at Main Monastery Road, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/14t.jpg) Southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/13t.jpg) Eastern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/24t.jpg) Granite rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/22t.jpg) Pine forest on Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/26t.jpg) Forest on rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/23t.jpg) Small island beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/25t.jpg) View of Nikolsky Island from rocks beside Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/15t.jpg) Monastyrskaya Bay from southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/17t.jpg) View to the north from a shrine on Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/10t.jpg) Small rocky island south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/19t.jpg) A church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/11t.jpg) Wooden bridge to Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of a church of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/16t.jpg) Pier of Skete of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker on southern side of Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/27t.jpg) Marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/12t.jpg) Knotted pearlwort (Sagina nodosa, Russian name Mshanka) on rocks south-east from Nikolsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1633/jpeg/28t.jpg) Flower of marsh lousewort (red-rattle, Pedicularis palustris, Russian name mytnik) on southern side of Monastyrsky Island, on Valaam Island. Karelia Region, Russia, July 23, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cathedral of Saviour Transfiguration on Nereditsa. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cathedral of Saviour Transfiguration on Kovaliovo. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of cathedral of Saviour Transfiguration on Nereditsa. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/03t.jpg) Road to cathedral of Saviour Transfiguration on Nereditsa. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/02t.jpg) Restored Cathedral of Saviour Transfiguration on Kovaliovo. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/348/jpeg/10t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from entrance of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, July 3, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/14t.jpg) A cathedral in Uspensky Monastery at evening. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/05t.jpg) A cathedral in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/21t.jpg) Cathedral of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/11t.jpg) Church bells and a cathedral of Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/22t.jpg) World War II memorial inside Cathedral ruins in Shlisselburg Fortress. Orekhovy Island, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/22t.jpg) Entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/12t.jpg) Pokrovsky Cathedral in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/08t.jpg) Cave Cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of a cathedral of Vvedeno Oyatsky Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/04t.jpg) Cathedral in Sovkhoz Ilyich, now Vvedeno Oyatsky Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/07t.jpg) Interior of a cathedral of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/13t.jpg) Entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/15t.jpg) Stone arch at main entrance of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/09t.jpg) Cave Cathedral of Kievo Pechory Saints in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/14t.jpg) Back entrance of Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/24t.jpg) Altar of Cathedral of Blagoveshcheniya Presviatoy Bogoroditsy in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/25t.jpg) Interior of Cathedral of Blagoveshcheniya Presviatoy Bogoroditsy in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/20t.jpg) Apple garden and a John Bogoslov Cathedral in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/348/jpeg/09t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, July 3, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2003/348/jpeg/08t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, July 3, 2003
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/12t.jpg) Barracks for monks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tour of a Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/09t.jpg) A dome of Trinity(?) Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/05t.jpg) Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/10t.jpg) Trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/08t.jpg) Decaying fresco in Trinity Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/04t.jpg) Blessing(?) of a believer tourist in Blagoveshcheniya Church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/03t.jpg) Nicholas (Nikolsky) monastery and a boat ramp in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/24t.jpg) Interior of a recently open church of Uspensky(?) monastery in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/13t.jpg) Savior-Transfiguration Church (Spaso-Preobrazheniya, built before 1399) at Zavodskaya Street in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1086/jpeg/18t.jpg) Blagoveshchensky Cathedral. Shlisselburg, Leningradskaya Region, Russia, July 27, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/14t.jpg) Altar of Savior-Transfiguration Church (Spaso-Preobrazheniya, built before 1399) at Zavodskaya Street in Porkhov, Pskov Region. Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/23t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/25t.jpg) Saint George s cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/772/jpeg/05t.jpg) Cathedral of Archangel Michael Monastery for women. Odessa, Ukraine, July 2, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/11t.jpg) Trapeznaya (dining facility) in Uspensky Monastery in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1653/jpeg/01t.jpg) Bank of Finland (Suomen Pankki) office building built in 1915 by architect Uno Werner Ullberg, now National Bank of the Republic of Karelia. Sortavala (Karelia), Russia, September 19, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/12t.jpg) A gate of Uspensky Monastery from the side of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/407/jpeg/24t.jpg) A priest of Panteleymon Cathedral sprinkles believers with holy water on Saint Makovey day, the Honey Saviour. Odessa, Ukraine, August 14, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1821/jpeg/21t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral in Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, May 7, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/06t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/04t.jpg) Worship in Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/07t.jpg) Saint George s Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/12t.jpg) Entrance to a church in Tur Malka Russian monastery on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/21t.jpg) Main entrance to Tur Malka Russian monastery on Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/12t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1848/jpeg/08t.jpg) Hammer and sicle public sculpture near Sosnovka collective farm at the entrance of Borovichi. Novgorod Region, Russia, July 3, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/10t.jpg) Saint George Cathedral in Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/279/jpeg/27t.jpg) Over an entrance of St-Germain l Auxerrois cathedral. Paris, July 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/216/jpeg/11t.jpg) Dorms(?) and Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral, view from Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, August 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/11t.jpg) Interior of Saint George Cathedral, Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/225/jpeg/31t.jpg) A top dome of a cathedral of monastery of Sergiev Posad (former Zagorsk) near Moscow. Russia, August 29, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spassky Cathedral of Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Staraya Russa, Russia, August 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/779/jpeg/17t.jpg) Decorations at entrance of Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas. Kronstadt (part of Saint Petersburg), Russia, July 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/779/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mosaic at entrance of Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas. Kronstadt (part of Saint Petersburg), Russia, July 11, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cathedral Kazanskaya Church of Voskresenskiy Novodevichiy Monastery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/83/jpeg/08t.jpg) Smol nyi Cathedral and monastery at a bend of Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 21, 1999.
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