A priest during a service in the Church of the Virgin Mary's Holy Veil in the Kizhi churchyard to mark Transfiguration of the Saviour Day.19.08.2016#2916562
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, performing a thanksgiving prayer at the Christ the Savior Church in Kaliningrad.21.03.2009#381541
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill performing a thanksgiving prayer at the Christ the Savior Church in Kaliningrad.21.03.2009#381540
The Holy Gate with the carved gilt frames for icons of the "Annunciation" and four Evangelists is an exhibit of the exhibition of Old Rite believers' arts "Icons and Symbols of Old Believers" opened in the Russian museum.24.12.2008#365987
An evening service in the Exaltation of the Cross Orthodox community in the village of Poteryayevka, Mamontovo District.14.07.2008#323441
The official enthronement ceremony at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Theophany. The newly-elected Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II is mounting the Holy Throne.10.06.1990#8293161
Father Alexander, third left, and other priests in the courtyard of the Resurrection Church on the Debra, Kostroma.01.11.1988#6289049
British schoolchildren Jacqueline Smith and Stephen King, winners of the writing contests "Why I would like to visit the USSR," visit Kiev-Pechora Lavra, Ukrainian SSR. Background: the Trinity gateway church.03.06.1988#6542358
The State Museum-Reserve Rostov Kremlin, an imposing stone fortification, built in the 16th and 17th centuries in the old city of Rostov Veliky. This photo shows the domes of churches, as seen from the fortress wall's Hodegetria Tower. Right The Gateway Church of Saint John the Baptist, built in 1683 above the gate of the Rostov Kremlin's western wall. Left: The Baroque Church of the Virgin Hodegetria, built in 1693 during the tenure of Metropolitan Joasaph.06.09.1981#8810092
Kolomenskoye Moscow State Integrated Art and Historical, Architectural and Natural Landscape Museum-Reserve. The portal of Sretenskaya Church, the village of Chekuevo, Arkhangelsk Region, in Kolomenskoye. 17-18th centuries.01.06.1970#835792
Holy gates - a detail of the iconostasis of the Arkhangelsky Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. 01.01.1970#96599
The Peter and Paul Cathedral in Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg) in the Peter and Paul Fortress. The family vault of the Russian emperors.16.12.1969#6445304
Rostov Veliky. The Church of Christ Resurrection (a gateway church) on the territory of the Rostov Kremlin, built in 1670.15.07.1969#6665208
Rostov Veliky. The churches of the Rostov Kremlin: the gateway church of Christ Resurrection (1670) and Dormition Cathedral on the right, 1585.03.07.1969#6665211
The Intercession Cathedral at the Intercession Convent in Suzdal. Founded in 1364. Built in 1510-1518.20.07.1967#6290989
The Church of John the Evangelist (17th century) on the Ishna River in the village of Bogoslov (a branch of the Rostov Kremlin State Museum and Reserve).21.05.1966#5922955
The decor of the Holy Gates of the Assumption Goritsky Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky. XVII century. Pereslavl-Zalessky State Museum-Reserve of History, Architecture and Art.01.05.1961#731718
A fragment of the sanctuary iconostasis of the Gate Trinity Church in the Holy Dormition Kiev Monastery of the Caves.01.03.1960#731712
The Virgin Orans "The Unbreakable Wall". Mosaics in the aps of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. 1040s.01.10.1958#731708
