Church of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene
The Church of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Mary Magdalene, an Orthodox church in Darmstadt, was built at the initiative of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna, born Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt. They wanted to have the oppo…
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Warsaw, a destroyed Orthodox church, was built in the administrative center of the Kingdom of Poland, which was part of the Russian Empire. It was located on Saxon Square, later renamed …
Holy Trinity Monastery
Holy Trinity Monastery, known in Russian as Свято-Троицкий монастырь, is a stavropegial male monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. It is located in Jordanville, New York, and is considered the largest …
New Cemetery
At the New Cemetery in Belgrade lies the Russian necropolis, located deep within the grounds. Here rest Russians who emigrated after the October Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War, as well as their descendants who rema…
Saint Simeon the Stylite Church in Dresden
The Church of Saint Simeon the Stylite, an Orthodox temple in Dresden, has an interesting history. The first mention of the home church in the city dates back to 1813-1814, when it was the residence of the Russian Govern…
Saint Alexius Church-Memorial of Russian Glory
The Saint Alexius Church-Memorial of Russian Glory in Leipzig, also known as the Memorial Church of Saint Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, was built in memory of the "Battle of the Nations." This battle, the largest in t…
Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands
Located 200 km from Yaroslavl is a village with an unusual name, Kukoboy. There are many versions of the origin of this mysterious toponym. One of the most popular hypotheses links the village's name to the cuckoos inhab…
Chalk Caves
The wonderful caves of Divnogorye
Underground temple structures are rare in Russian culture, but there are quite a few in the Voronezh region. All of them are located along the Don River. The settlement of this territor…
Belogorsk Resurrection Monastery
Belogorsk Resurrection Monastery, located in the Voronezh region, was founded in 1796 by Maria Sherstyukova. She arrived here with a blessing for monastic work from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Initially, her efforts to crea…
House of the Sergievsky Orphanage
The building at Ostozhenka, 36 in Moscow, known as the House of the Sergievsky Orphanage, seems to have been transported from a fairy tale reality. It was constructed by 1890 according to the design of architect Yakov Iv…
