The Choir of the Moscow Divine Seminary performs at the Church of the Healing Icon of the Mother of God at the Mental Health Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.15.12.1992#8285889
President of Italy Francesco Maurizio Cossiga meets with His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russian Alexy II at St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow during his visit to Russia.30.03.1992#8151514
President of Italy Francesco Maurizio Cossiga meets with His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russian Alexy II at St. Daniel Monastery in Moscow during his visit to Russia.30.03.1992#8151510
Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Dagestan Bagautdin Isayev in Moscow on Red Square.10.08.1991#8598554
A cross procession in Smolensk on Day of Slavic writing and culture in Smolensk timed to mark the memory of the first enlighteners, holy brothers Cyril and Methodius Equal to the Apostles, creators of the Slavic alphabet.24.05.1991#8230813
A concert on Moscow's Vasilyevsky Incline during the charitable Slavic Movement Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR and the Slavic Script Foundation. All the proceeds were donated for restoring historical and cultural landmarks.24.05.1991#8193037
A concert on Moscow's Vasilyevsky Incline during the charitable Slavic Movement Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR and the Slavic Script Foundation. All the proceeds were donated for restoring historical and cultural landmarks.24.05.1991#8194143
A concert on Moscow's Vasilyevsky Incline during the charitable Slavic Movement Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR and the Slavic Script Foundation. All the proceeds were donated for restoring historical and cultural landmarks.24.05.1991#8194142
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
A Saturday divine service at the Zaoksky Theological Seminary of the Seventh-Day Adventists Church (Church of God), now Zaoksky Adventist University, in the town of Zaoksky in the Tula Region.18.08.1990#8305796
Zaokskaya Theological Seminary of the Church of Adventist Christians of the Seventh Day in the village of Zaoksky, Tula Region (now Zaoksky Adventist University). A seminary student.18.08.1990#8301392
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
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
Day of Slavic Writing and Culture in Veliky Novgorod timed to coincide with the commemoration day of saint brother Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Slavic alphabet.24.05.1988#6536699
Day of Slavic Writing and Culture in Veliky Novgorod timed to coincide with the commemoration day of saint brother Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Slavic alphabet.24.05.1988#6536697
The State Museum of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (now the State Museum of the History of Religion) in Leningrad. Buddha statue. Bronze. Burma, 19th century.04.03.1988#8367821
The State Museum of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (now the State Museum of the History of Religion) in Leningrad. Buddha statue. Burma, 19th century.04.03.1988#8367745
The State Museum of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (now the State Museum of the History of Religion) in Leningrad. Amulets from the Southern Buddha Temple in Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma.04.03.1988#8367726
The State Museum of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (now the State Museum of the History of Religion) in Leningrad. Buddha statue. Marble. Burma, 20th century.04.03.1988#8367716
The State Museum of Religion and Atheism of the Soviet Ministry of Culture (now the State Museum of the History of Religion) in Leningrad. Buddha statue. Marble. Burma, 19th century.04.03.1988#8367668
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Layout of the monastery after renovation.05.06.1986#6606175
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Construction of the Church of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in the Patriarchal Residence.05.06.1986#6606171
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Hierodeacon Cyril during a service.05.06.1986#6606168
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. The belfry above the Church of Saint Simeon Stylites.05.06.1986#6606166
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Abbot Eustathius, the monastery's sacristan, during a service.05.06.1986#6606164
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Renovation of one of the corner towers of the fortress wall.05.06.1986#6606163
Smithery at the Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282.05.06.1986#6606158
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Construction of the Church of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in the Patriarchal Residence.05.06.1986#6606156
Danilov (also Holy Danilov) stauropegic monastery, founded in 1282. Easter procession on the Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, the witnesses of the suffering, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.18.05.1986#6606169
View of the ancient Transfiguration Monastery (12th century) on the bank of the Kotorosl River in Yaroslavl.01.01.1986#765596
Armenian SSR. Numerous pilgrims and guests who came to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for the Feast of Chrismation visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex, dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Third from the right is Vazgen I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, First Hierarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church.27.09.1984#8372861
Armenian SSR. Celebrations in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, on the occasion of the consecration of myrrh, chrismation - a ritual holiday held every seven years - and the 75th anniversary of the Catholicos - Patriarch of All Armenians Vazgen I (Palchyan Levon Karapet Abramovich). For his contribution to the strengthening of peace, the Catholicos was awarded by the Soviet government the Orders of the Badge of Honor and Friendship of Peoples.03.10.1983#8372338
Armenian SSR. Celebrations in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, on the occasion of the consecration of myrrh, chrismation (a ritual holiday held every seven years) and the 75th anniversary of the Catholicos, Patriarch of All Armenians Vazgen I (Palchyan Levon Karapet Abramovich).03.10.1983#8372806
Armenian SSR. Celebrations in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church, on the occasion of the consecration of myrrh, chrismation - a ritual holiday held every seven years - and the 75th anniversary of the Catholicos - Patriarch of All Armenians Vazgen I (Palchyan Levon Karapet Abramovich).03.10.1983#8374212
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church, in the city of Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR. The remains of a tonir (hearth in a house), discovered during excavations in the 1950s under the altar of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral.01.10.1981#6699275
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church, in the city of Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR. Museum of Church Utensils in the Etchmiadzin Cathedral.01.10.1981#6699274
A tour around the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the main body of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church, in Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR.01.10.1981#6699273
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church, in the city of Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR. Background: Etchmiadzin Cathedral (built in the 4th-5th centuries).01.10.1981#6699272
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church is the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the head of the church, in the city of Etchmiadzin, Armenian SSR. The Etchmiadzin Cathedral built in the 4th-5th century on the territory of the Mother See.01.10.1981#6699271
Celebration of the Buddha at Ivolginsk datsan "Hambyn Sume" upper rural area in the Buryat ASSR.01.07.1979#818907
A visit by 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) to the USSR. 14th Dalai Lama, center, and Head of the Central Spiritual Directorate of Buddhists of the USSR, Khambo Lama Jambal-Dorzhi Gomboyev, center right, walk to Ivolginsky Datsan.14.06.1979#8169262
Fragment of the facade of the Sher-Dor Madrasah. Built in 1619-1636 on Registan Square. Together with the Ulugbek and Tillya-Kari Madrasahs, it forms a complete architectural ensemble. Built by an architect named Abdul-Jabbar, the master of decor was Muhammad Abbas.01.07.1977#8935153
Uzbek SSR. The Khodja Akhrar ensemble in Samarkand. Believers outside the Nadira Divan Begi medrese.01.04.1973#5838346
Kecharis Monastery, Tsakhkadzor, was founded in XI century by Pakhlavuni princes. Construction of the Monastery Complex that includes 3 temples, a chapel and an ancient cemetery was completed in XIII century.01.07.1971#747430
