St. Basil the Blessed was ordered to be built in 1552 by Czar Ivan IV in glory of the fight against the Tatars.
Before i ever came to Moscow this was maybe the first imagine I had of the city, Red Square and this church.
St. Basil the Blessed was ordered to be built in 1552 by Czar Ivan IV in glory of the fight against the Tatars.
Before i ever came to Moscow this was maybe the first imagine I had of the city, Red Square and this church.
The Christ the Savior Cathedral was destroyed in December 5th, 1931 by Stalin’s order because a decision was made to build there a “Soviet Palace” for state meetings. The first plan was to build a 415 meters high building with 80 meters Lenin on the top. A swimming pool was build instead. this is how incredible the story of this cathedral actually is. Destroy to build a swiming pool!?
The Cathedral was rebuild during 1995 - 2000.
The inside is just impressive… worth a visit.
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is located on the Moskva River bank near the Kropotkinskaya Metro station on the Volkhonka Ulitza, and is a fabulous quite recent building that many people deslike of course but that many like.
The Original Christ the Savior Cathedral was built between 1839-1883 in memory of the Russian victory towards Napoleon by Konstantin Ton in XIX century. Made by Russian architect, founder of the called Russian-Byzantine style.
The Vyazhishchi monastery is located north of Novgorod maybe about 20km north west, in the Russian region of Novgorodskaya Oblast’.
It amazing Summer devotion St. Nicholas Cathedral that dates back from 1685 is really beautiful and the side monastery with green decoration is something you should visit in this region.
This monastery is located a few kms north from Novgorod sightly to the left off the road to St. Petersburg. This is a really off the beaten path as it is actually located inside a old and enormous still active factory complex. You have to ask permission to this gate guard to go inside the complex and still drive 6 kms until you get to the village of Vyazhishchi, where this beautiful monastery is located.
