Holy Places

Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos Dnieper River · Ukraine · Kiev

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Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Putinki Russia · Moscow

In old times, the Urochishche of Putinki was situated where Malaya Dmitrovka Street now begins. A road forked there in two directions. One ran to Dmitrov, another — to Tver. Small curved streets and lanes, the so called "putinki", leaded to the travelling ambassadorial yard situated there. From these streets the Church's name was derived. A wood...

Church of the Resurrection Moscow Oblast · Russia · Sergiyev Posad

The Church of the Resurrection in the former Kalichia Sloboda (settlement) was built in brick in the late 1810s and consecrated in 1820. In 1902, a covered western porch was attached; facades were finished with cement plaster. The building architecture is contradictory. While the restrained external finishing is dominated by late classical fe...

Church of the Resurrection Russia · Suzdal

The Church of the Resurrection is situated in Torgovaya Square, opposite to the shopping street. Smooth facade walls are decorated with corner pilasters; windows are not framed but have a cornice of small arches above that play with light and shadows under the sun. A pyramidal roof is completed with one drum. Its walls are adorned by platbands with...

Church of the Resurrection Moscow Oblast · Russia · Kolomna

The Church of the Resurrection, built before 1360, was the first stone church in the Kremlin. It is situated on the northern side of the Assumption Cathedral. It is not just the most ancient building of the Kremlin. It is the only piece of a grand-ducal palace or rather its house church that has survived till our days. In the 14th to 16th cen...

Church of the Resurrection Ukraine · Donetsk

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Church of the Resurrection Ukraine · Chernihiv

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Church of the Resurrection in Danilovskaya Sloboda Russia · Moscow

The Church of the Resurrection in Danilovskaya Sloboda is situated where Danilov Monastery was originally built, which was removed to another place in the 16th century. The now-existing church was constructed from 1832 to 1837 with support from I. Rybnikov. The Church stands on the right bank of the Moskow River, where originally the oldest Mosc...

Church of the Resurrection in Debrya Volga River · Russia · Kostroma

At the entrance to the city of Kostroma, under the mountain, on the bank of the Volga River, the famous Church of the Resurrection in Debrya, surrounded by ancient lime trees, raises its domes and crosses high to the sky. It is a great Orthodox sacred place of the Kostroma Region and a prominent monument of the 17th-century Russian artistic culture...