Holy Places

Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Priorka Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

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Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on Mount Lyshchikova Russia · Moscow

The Church of the Intercession stands at the foot of a hill where Lyshchikov Monastery of the Intercession and its sloboda (settlement) were situated in ancient times. Mount Lyshchikova is a place of one of the most ancient Moscow settlements on the left high bank of the Yauza River. It is supposed to be known since the 12th century. In the 15th an...

Church of the Intercession on the Nerl River Russia · Suzdal

Amid a water-meadow where the Nerl River disembogues to the Klyazma, the white stone church of the Intercession of 1165 shines, one of most lyrical creations by Old Russian architects. The sweep of meadows is full of rest, and poetry is around. Free-and-easy air, high sky, magnificent grass surround the delicate silhouette of the ancient church whi...

Church of the Joy of All Who Sorrow Icon of Our Lady Russia · Moscow

The other name of the Church, given after its high altar, is the Transfiguration Church in Bolshaya Ordinka (or "in Ordintsakh"). It was first mentioned in the 1571 chronicle, when the Church was dedicated to St. Barlaam of Khutyn. The Church was founded in the time of Metropolitan Barlaam, in 1523. The altar of the Transfiguration has been known s...

Church of the Life-Giving Spring Icon of the Mother of God Russia · Moscow

The church in Tsaritsyno, situated within the late-18th-century palace and park ensemble's grounds, was built long before the palace itself as a parish church of the Life-Giving Spring. It is known that in 1633, the Chyornaya Gryaz Estate was bought by Boyar Lukyan Streshnev. In 1680, the estate was passed on to his grandson Prince Alexey Golits...

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity Russia · Pereslavl-Zalessky

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Church of the Life-Giving Trinity Moscow Oblast · Russia · Kolomna

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Church of the Life-Giving Trinity Volga River · Russia · Zavolzhye

The foundations of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity were laid as early as 1999. However, the construction was not completed due to underfunding. In July 2003, on the initiative of enterprisers' managers, representatives of small and medium-sized businesses, and the community, a public non-commercial charitable foundation for support of Zavo...

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Gryazi Russia · Moscow

A historical district of Moscow's Bely Gorod (White City), between Myasnitskaya Street and the Yauza River, including Maroseyka (Pokrovka) Street, was developed later than other parts of White City. Historians M. Tikhomirov and P. Sytin agree that there was a pine forest until the late 15th century. This fact is evidenced by nearby churches named "...

Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Karacharovo Russia · Moscow

The Church was built in 1774 in Karacharovo Village, beyond Pokrovskiye Gate, on the Kolomenka River, instead of two wooden tented-roof churches, the Church of Three Saints and Our Lady of the Sign Church. The high altar, dedicated to the Life-Giving Trinity, was consecrated in June of 1776. The side chapel of the Our Lady of the Sign Icon — in ...