![](../../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/2004/401/jpeg/06t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../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/2004/401/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/14t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dmitry Solunsky church 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/2004/401/jpeg/13t.jpg) Interior of John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/09t.jpg) A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/10t.jpg) A summer house (dacha) on a bank of Volkhov River in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../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/26t.jpg) Ruins of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/460/jpeg/01t.jpg) Towers of Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/19t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/20t.jpg) Interior of John the Baptist church(?) in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). 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/2011/957/jpeg/24t.jpg) John the Baptist church in Old Ladoga (Staraya Ladoga). Leningrad Region, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../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/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/22t.jpg) Dome of a church in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/21t.jpg) Interior of a church 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/2005/460/jpeg/02t.jpg) Interior of Nicholas (Nikolsky) Cathedral in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vasilievsky Pogost Church in Chernavino Village near Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/01t.jpg) Oakmoss lichen (Evernia prunastri) on a tree in Chernavino Village near Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/22t.jpg) Saint George s Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, east from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/21t.jpg) Monastery in Staraya Ladoga. East from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery in Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/12t.jpg) A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../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/10t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/13t.jpg) A church and a bell tower in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../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/2016/1874/jpeg/05t.jpg) Church of an icon of Tikhvin god s mother in Syas Pogost near Novaya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/06t.jpg) Interior of church of an icon of Tikhvin god s mother in Syas Pogost near Novaya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/18t.jpg) Volkhov River near Staraya Ladoga, view from the site of Oleg mounds, 70 miles east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2011/957/jpeg/23t.jpg) Church reflection (flipped image) in Staraya Ladoga. East from Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2011
![](../../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/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/07t.jpg) Tour of a Trinity church 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/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of 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/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/295/jpeg/16t.jpg) A monk of Konevets Monastery landing in Vladimirskaya Bukhta (harbor) of Ladoga Lake, 80 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/05t.jpg) Vyborg Castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/26t.jpg) Vyborg Castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vyborg Castle, view from the tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/04t.jpg) Old city of Vyborg, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/07t.jpg) A.S. in an apartment house near the train station in Vyborg. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/01t.jpg) Old city of Vyborg and port, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../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/2004/402/jpeg/03t.jpg) Old city of Vyborg and Clock Tower, view from the castle. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/402/jpeg/06t.jpg) Monrepo Park in Vyborg, a hill with Column of Paul I. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Uspeniya Monastery from Tikhvinka River in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/16t.jpg) Cemetery of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../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/2013/1243/jpeg/21t.jpg) Monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/18t.jpg) Old stone stairs in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/17t.jpg) Cat sitting on ruins in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/14t.jpg) Cat guarding monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1243/jpeg/12t.jpg) Backyard of monk s dorms of John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/05t.jpg) Vvedeno Oyatsky 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/2013/1243/jpeg/19t.jpg) Old Metal Lathe Enterprise 1330 in John-Bogoslov Cheremenetskiy Monastery, south from Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../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/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/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/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/15t.jpg) Back road of 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/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/2005/484/jpeg/06t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1091/jpeg/10t.jpg) Cathedrals near Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../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/11t.jpg) Troitsky chapel bathhouse on Pogostskoe Lake in Pokrovo Tervenichi Women s Christian Orthodox Monastery. Area of Lodeynoe Pole, Leningrad Region, Russia, August 4, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/411/jpeg/09t.jpg) The Gatchina Palace at evening. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../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/2002/294/jpeg/33t.jpg) A wooden Uspensky Chapel on the main avenue of Konevets Monastery, north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/18t.jpg) Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Staraya Russa, Russia, August 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/591/jpeg/17t.jpg) Spassky Cathedral of Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery. Staraya Russa, Russia, August 11, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2017/2050/jpeg/19t.jpg) Ladoga Lake near Road 41K-064 south from Mys Moryin Nos, east from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 26, 2017
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2933/jpeg/05t.jpg) Old water tower on shore of Ladoga Lake near Morye, west from Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 13, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gate of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/295/jpeg/05t.jpg) Shore of Konevets Island in Ladoga Lake, 80 miles north from Saint Petersburg. Russia, September 8, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/09t.jpg) Sovetskaya Street in Lopuhinka village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/23t.jpg) Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/20t.jpg) Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/12t.jpg) Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../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
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