Holy Places

Church of the Dormition, Church of the Assumption in Veshnyaki Russia · Moscow

The Church was built votively in an estate by Fedor Sheremetev from 1644 to 1646. In several years, the Church's founder entered a monastery. It is an outstanding example of hipped architecture style....

Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Moscow Oblast · Russia · Kolomna

The Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross appeared at one of the most ancient places of the Kolomna Kremlin becoming populated as late as the pre-Mongol times. The Church and the Pyatnitskiye Gates of the Kremlin is a single spiritual complex. Through this area on the bank of the Moscow River, where earth walls of the wooden fortress rose, a ro...

Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross Ukraine · Zhytomir

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Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalamata

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Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple in Barashi Russia · Moscow

In the 15th century, the small Ilinskaya Sloboda (settlement) situated there, just near the Pokrovskiye Gate of Bely Gorod. It was owned by Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour and later was handed over to Grand Duke Ivan III. The first wooden Church of St. Prophet Elijah named "under the Pine" at this place was first mentioned in 1476. The Churc...

Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple in Podil Moscow Oblast · Russia · Sergiyev Posad

The Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple in Podil is one of Sergiyev Posad's oldest churches. Originally, in Podil, there stood the wooden Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, which had a side-chapel of Paraskevi the Great Martyr; build probably as early as 15th century, this church serv...

Church of the Entrance of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple, Church of Panaghia Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Nafplion

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Church of the Entry into Jerusalem Volga River · Russia · Kashin

The Church of the Entry into Jerusalem is an example of the original Kashin architecture. The Church has been known under this name since 1401. In 1774, it was permitted to build "a stone church… instead of two ramshackle wooden churches…" The building is situated on an open site, not in the centre but shifted to Moskovskaya Street. It features ...

Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and Pyatnitskaya Church Russia · Suzdal

Western facades of the Church of the Entry into Jerusalem and the nearby Pyatnitskaya Church face the town square. Earlier, a road along the Kamenka River bank passed near the churches. The Ilyinskaya Church also stood there before; however it was later moved to Ivanova Mountain. The wooden churches were replaced with stone ones in the 18th century...

Church of the Holy Apostles Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Athens

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