A festive service at the Intercession Cathedral of Moscow Kremlin. Celebrating Christmas.07.01.1992#635655
Alexy II, the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia at the ceremonial Christmas Liturgy at the Patriarch Epiphany Cathedral.06.01.1992#596129
The Lithuanian SSR. The Hill of Crosses near Siauliai is a place where religious pilgrims leave crosses with requests or grateful messages.06.09.1991#8758630
Buryatian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The 250th anniversary of Russia officially recognizing Buddhism. A festival at the Buryatian State Opera and Ballet Theater.01.07.1991#6357864
Buryatian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The 250th anniversary of Russia officially recognizing Buddhism. A Buddhist during a ceremony at the Ivolginsky Datsan.01.07.1991#6357861
Buryatian ASSR. Tsogchen-Dugan, the main temple of Ivolginsky Datsan. A piece of the interior.01.07.1991#6357857
Buryatian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The 250th anniversary of Russia officially recognizing Buddhism. Buddhists during a ceremony at the Ivolginsky Datsan.01.07.1991#6357854
A view on the Assumption Cathedral. The Cathedral of the Smolensk-Kaliningrad Eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church.10.06.1991#532829
Father Mikhail Dronov during a lesson with his pupils. Children's Sunday church school at the Church of the Resurrection Slovusheye.01.09.1990#543262
Father Mikhail Dronov during a lesson with his pupils. Children's Sunday church school at the Church of the Resurrection Slovusheye.01.09.1990#543261
The pupils of Sunday school during a break between the lessons. Children's Sunday church school at the Church of the Resurrection Slovusheye.01.09.1990#543260
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region.27.08.1990#8305813
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region.27.08.1990#8305812
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region.27.08.1990#8305807
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Head of the seminary's agricultural department N. Tarter with his wife.18.08.1990#8342403
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. A member of the church.18.08.1990#8342401
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Saturday leisure.18.08.1990#8305811
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Students of the seminary's agricultural department at a vegetable farm.18.07.1990#8342410
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Students of the seminary's agricultural department at a vegetable farm.18.07.1990#8342406
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. A seminary student in a greenhouse.14.07.1990#8342405
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Pastor Artur Shtele conducts the baptism ceremony.01.07.1990#8307629
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. In summer, students work at the academy's farm.01.07.1990#8307628
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. In summer, students work at the academy's farm.01.07.1990#8307627
The Zaoksky Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Graduation ceremony during a Saturday mass.01.07.1990#8307622
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Managers of the seminary during a graduation ceremony.18.06.1990#8342416
The members of the ceremonial meeting in the Schevchenko Kiev State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre dedicated to the Millennium of the Baptism of Russia.01.06.1990#633178
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Students combine hard work with prayers.18.05.1990#8342417
Zaoksky Spiritual Seminary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (now Zaoksky Adventist University). Zaoksky, Tula Region. Head of the seminary's agricultural department N. Tarter with his students.18.05.1990#8342408
Solemn procession from the Church of Saints Gateway to Cathedral Square on Saint Mary's Day.01.05.1990#820280
The World Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders in Moscow. Soviet theoretical physicist and public activist Yevgeny Velikhov, left, and Metropolitan Pitirim of Volokolamsk and Yuryev, right, during a meeting of the forum's Organizing Committee.10.01.1990#6721494
The World Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders held in Moscow. Musician and composer Dmitry Pokrovsky and Director of the Kuibyshev Motor Company Pert Viter, left to right, at a souvenir stall.10.01.1990#6721489
A public prayer in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour to mark the 150th anniversary from the start of the cathedral building.10.09.1989#543255
The Church of Ascension on Torg is the earliest of the preserved monuments of Ustyug stone architecture. 1648.01.01.1989#454136
Priests during a service for the Soviet soldiers who died in Afghanistan. The Regional Council of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Holy Trinity - St. Sergius Laura.09.06.1988#633060
The St. Sophia Assumption Cathedral (1683-1686) with bell tower in the Tobolsk Kremlin is Siberian first stone church and the oldest preserved building beyond the Urals area. The members of the restorators' assistants club "Good Will" took part in the church restoration.01.05.1988#461597
A joint service of the representatives of Churches and religious unions of the Soviet Union and the USA.08.12.1987#674032
Artist Alexander Chashkin is painting the icon "The Virgin of Vladimir". The icon painting workshop of the Moscow Patriarchate.01.07.1987#673914
Belarussian SSR. Ivan Kupala folk day, marking the blossoming of the life-giving forces of nature. According to an old legend, a woman who wants to get married must float a wreath down the river on Kupala night. The young man who gets the wreath out of the water will become her betrothed.06.07.1986#8743319
A street scene in Tallinn. Estonians believe touching a chimneysweep's button brings luck. 01.09.1985#53068
Wooden ritual mask made more than 2,000 years ago. Chukchi Local History Museum in Anadyr.01.05.1983#783407
Eskimo funeral rite with a bonfire. Traditionally, the Eskimos - animists (from the Latin anima, animus, "soul" and "spirit", respectively) believe in the existence of the soul and spirits, in the animation of all nature. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug.26.09.1982#8253784
The archpriest of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral Ioann Mamulashvili. Mtskheta. XI century.01.07.1980#671618
A view on the Cathedral of St. Isaac built in honour of St. Isaac of Dalmatia in Leningrad.01.05.1973#535087
