Holy Places

Altar of the Chians Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Delphi

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Altar of Zeus Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Athens

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Annunciation Cathedral, Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Athens

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Ar-Rakhma Mosque Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

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Archangel's Cathedral, Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel Volga River · Russia · Nizhny Novgorod

The Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel is one of the most ancient Kremlin's architectural monuments, out of those that have survived. When the city was founded in 1221, a wooden church was constructed on the site of the Cathedral; as early as 1227–1229, the church was replaced with a stone building. The white-stone church also featured anima...

Arkadi Monastery Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Rethymno

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Armenian Apostolic Church, Church of St. Catherine Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

Armenian merchants and artisans appeared on the banks of the Neva River immediately after Saint Petersburg was founded. First written evidence on the activities of the Armenians in Saint Petersburg is dated to 1708. In 1711, Peter the Great gave the following instructions to the Senate: "The Armenians must be treated nicely as much as possible and ...

Armenian Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Ukraine · Lviv

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Armenian Church of the Resurrection of Christ Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg

In 1791, a decree by Catherine the Great allowed Ivan Lazarev, the head of the Armenian community, to construct "a small stone church for burying deceased Armenians" together with a almshouse, to a design of the architect Georg Friedrich Veldten, near the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery. This Church was conceived by Lazarev as a family vault. Soon, a...

Athos Metochion Russia · Moscow

The Athos Metochion is a mission of the Russian Monastery of St. Panteleimon, situated in Greece, on the Holy Mount Athos. Re-established in Moscow in 1992, it provides a spiritual relationship with the "monastic republic". Here, one may order a commemoration in a prayer on the Holy Mount. The brethren work on restoring ancient Russian and Byzantin...