The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, 1165, is an internationally recognized architectural masterpiece. In 1992, it entered the UNESCO World Heritage List. Service held there in observation of the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos.14.10.2018#5822946
Religious procession on Bogolyubovo meadow in observation of the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos. The Russian Church has been observing the holiday since the 12th century. The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl has been the first church in Russia consecrated in honor of the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos.14.10.2018#5822943
The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl, 1165, is an internationally recognized architectural masterpiece. In 1992, it entered the UNESCO World Heritage List. Service held there in observation of the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos.14.10.2018#5822942
Metropolitan Yevlogy of Vladimir and Suzdal, second left, heads for the church to attend divine liturgy on the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos. The Russian Church has been observing the holiday since the 12th century. The Church of the Intercession on the Nerl has been the first church in Russia consecrated in honor of the feast of the Intercession of the Theotokos.14.10.2018#5822940
A nun is reading the Holy Scripture at the Trinity Saint Seraphim Diveyevo Convent in the village of Diveyevo in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.20.06.1992#8264964
Imam-khatib S.Zaki preaches during a Friday prayer at the Marcani Mosque in Kazan, Tatarstan.07.05.1982#6713432
Imam khatib Akhmetzyan Mustafin of the Moscow Cathedral Mosque, member of the Muslim Spiritual Department of the European part of the USSR and Siberia, at home.01.02.1982#6626804
Moscow Choral Synagogue. Believers gather for a service marking the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah which celebrates the creation of the world. Rosh Hashanah symbolizes the beginning of a new year and the end of the departing year. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, is observed for two consecutive days on the new moon of the fall month of Tishrei in the Jewish calendar (September or October).08.09.1981#6672606
