Russia · Suzdal
Being one of the most ancient monasteries of the Russia Orthodox Church, the Holy Bogolyubovo Monastery was founded in 1155 by St. Blessed Prince Andrey Bogolyubsky, a "gatherer of the Russian land" second only to St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir. In the summer of 1155, Saint Prince Andrey moved from Kiev to the Vladimir-Suzdal land. At ar...
Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalambaka
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Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalambaka
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Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalambaka
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Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalambaka
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Mediterranean Sea · Greece · Kalambaka
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Russia · Veliky Novgorod
In the 1520s, Archbishop Makary introduced cenobitic rules in Novgorod monasteries. Thus, many monasteries built their refectories.
A stone refectory with the Church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity in the Holy Spirit Monastery was constructed in 1557 to order of Farther Superior John.
It is supposed, that originally the Trinity Church had a s...
Baltic Sea · Russia · Saint Petersburg
The foundation of the first city wooden Holy Trinity Church was laid on 29 May (16 May in the old style) 1703 at command of Emperor Peter the Great and consecrated on 10 July 1711. The project was designed by the architect Domenico Trezzini.
During the first years of St. Petersburg existence, its center was Troitskaya Square, and the temple had ...
Moscow Oblast · Russia · Kolomna
The Holy Trinity New Golutvin Convent is situated on the bank of the Moskva River, in the centre of the ancient Kolomna Kremlin.
From 1350 to 1799, the Convent's area was occupied by a residence of archbishops and bishops who governed the Kolomna eparchy.
The eparchy was established before 1350, after the Mongol invasion of Rus'. It began its...
Volga River · Russia · Yaroslavl
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