Podle staletí staré tradice si sami mniši poskytují jídlo, takže klášterní zahrada je v exempláři. - Stock fotografie a obrázky

The ancient church rises on an island in the middle of the river. The sun is playing on the domes. The blue sky is reflected in the river. Olonets, Karelia, Russia

Old Orthodox church against the background of a stormy sky in the Tikhvin Bogorodichny Uspensky

Church of the Transfiguration in Irkutsk

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - AUGUST 27, 2018: Mother of God Cathedral at Donskoy Monastery in Donskaya Street. This monastery was founded in 1591.

A beautiful shot of monastery in the city of Alexandrov at Russia

According to a centuries-old tradition, the monks themselves provide themselves with food, so the monastery garden is kept in exemplary order.

The city of Dmitrov is the same age as Moscow. Its citadel (the Kremlin) was built and decorated with churches and cathedrals by both local and Moscow princes.

Soviet power destroyed not only representatives of the Russian nobility, but also even the graves of their ancestors. This necropolis is a rare exception.

This Church is adjacent to the cells of the Royal widows, who after the death of their husbands were tonsured as a nun. From the late 16th to the 18th century the Church was rebuilt several times

The ensemble of the Borisoglebsky Monastery in Dmitrov, known since 1472, is a unique monument of Russian architecture of the 16th and 18th centuries

Vysotsky (built on a high hill) monastery in Serpukhov was a spiritual educational center and a powerful fortress on the southern borders of the Moscow Principality of the 14th-16th centuries.

The first Moscow prince Daniel founded the Danilov Monastery on the banks of the Moskva River in 1281. The monastery served as a fortress outpost on the outskirts of Moscow.

The city of Dmitrov is the same age as Moscow. Its citadel (the Kremlin) was built and decorated with churches and cathedrals by both local and Moscow princes.