![](../../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/10t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery, view from bell tower. 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/12t.jpg) A church window in Uspensky Monastery. Tikhvin, Leningrad Region, Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspensky Monastery in 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/2005/460/jpeg/13t.jpg) Ruins of Trinity Church and bell tower in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/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/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/2005/484/jpeg/03t.jpg) Dorms for monks in Antoniev-Dymsky Monastery near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/07t.jpg) A church of Spaso-Troitsky Skit in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/484/jpeg/08t.jpg) A log house and a church of Spaso-Troitsky Skit in village of Senno, near Tikhvin, Leningrad Region. Russia, December 25, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/459/jpeg/23t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../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/2016/1874/jpeg/08t.jpg) View of Uspeniya Monastery from Tikhvinka River in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../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/07t.jpg) Tour of a 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/06t.jpg) Excursion of ruins of Trinity church in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/09t.jpg) Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../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/11t.jpg) A cook in trapeznaya (church dining room) in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/13t.jpg) Black cat near Uspeniya Monastery in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/10t.jpg) Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/11t.jpg) Altar of Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/12t.jpg) Interior of Uspeniya Cathedral in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../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/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/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/2005/457/jpeg/21t.jpg) Churches of Ivangorod Fortress, view from a wall near Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../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/05t.jpg) Ruins of monk s barracks in Zelenets Monastery. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2005
![](../../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/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/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/2009/756/jpeg/09t.jpg) Smolny monastery from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2009
![](../../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/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/2005/459/jpeg/25t.jpg) Saint George s cathedral in Old (Staraya) Ladoga. 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/2005/457/jpeg/23t.jpg) Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 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/2005/457/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 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/2005/457/jpeg/15t.jpg) Doorway of Uspenskaya Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/07t.jpg) Trinity Church (1755) in Gostilitsy village. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/22t.jpg) Interior of Saint Catherine Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 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/2005/457/jpeg/20t.jpg) Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1874/jpeg/07t.jpg) Dam of a dock in Tikhvin. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/18t.jpg) Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann s castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/13t.jpg) Nabatnaya Tower of Ivan-Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/12t.jpg) Krestovozdvizhensky Cathedral of Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/10t.jpg) Saint George Cathedral in Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 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/2004/402/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vyborg Castle, view from the tower. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 23, 2004
![](../../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/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/2005/457/jpeg/19t.jpg) Town Hall tower in Narva (now on Estonian territory) as seen from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/11t.jpg) Interior of Saint George Cathedral, Yuriev Monastery. Novgorod, Russia, December 18, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/481/jpeg/19t.jpg) Old houses and Church of Savior on Blood at horizon, view from colonnade of Saint Isaac Cathedral at evening. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 19, 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/2013/1149/jpeg/23t.jpg) Round tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress, view from walls. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 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/16t.jpg) Cemetery 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/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/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/12t.jpg) Backyard of monk s dorms of 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/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/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/26t.jpg) Resurrection Cathedral (1887) in Luga. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 24, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/872/jpeg/24t.jpg) Cathedral Kazanskaya Church of Voskresenskiy Novodevichiy Monastery. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 26, 2010
![](../../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/2016/1724/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cathedral in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/409/jpeg/26t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral, view from Bazarnaya Street. Odessa, Ukraine, August 17, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/03t.jpg) A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/08t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Kingisepp. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/595/jpeg/02t.jpg) Shpalernaya Street from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 27, 2007
![](../../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/2007/594/jpeg/09t.jpg) Group of tourists from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/12t.jpg) Benches on a square from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/08t.jpg) Coin Yard from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/07t.jpg) Zayachiy Island from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2014/1432/jpeg/19t.jpg) Church in Gorodets north from Luga, Leningrad Region. Russia, June 12, 2014
![](../../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/2009/756/jpeg/10t.jpg) Neva River and Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge from bell tower of Smolny Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 6, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/594/jpeg/10t.jpg) Roofs of Petrogradskaya Storona from a bell tower of Peter and Paul Cathedral. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 24, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/10t.jpg) Orthodox Church in Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1721/jpeg/19t.jpg) Cathedral of Troitsy (Trinity) Zhivonachalnoy in Miodushi Village. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
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