The Splendor and Beauty of Russian Churches

There’s something not only solemn, but majestic, in the beauty of church architecture. Russian churches are some of the most beautiful in the world, as you’ll discover in this photostream. It features Russian churches, both those currently in-use and those long since abandoned.

Some Church in Russian Village
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The Church in Usinks, Komi Republic, Russia
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Stroganovskaya Church in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Uspensky Cathedral in Omsk
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Nikolavsky church in Kharkov, Ukraine
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Nicholas Church, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Some Church in Russia
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Church in the Old Cemetery in Gorohovets, Russia
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Smolensk Church in Suzdal, Russia
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Church in Venev, Russia
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Troitse-Sergieva Lavra in Sergiyev Posad, Russia
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Chapel of Pyatnickij well
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Grandmother in Church
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Church of the Savior’s Transfiguration, Zaslavl, Russia
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Epiphany Church, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Transfiguration Church, Gusintsy, Ukraine
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Ust-Izhora Church, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Holy Isidorovskaya Church, st. Petersburg, Russia
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Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Moscow, Russia
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Monastery near Moscow, Russia
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Church in Pereslavl, Russia
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Church in Pereslavl, Russia
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Church of St. Nicholas Quay, Kiev, Ukraine
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Lighthouse Church in Malorechenskoye, Crimea, Ukraine
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Some Church in Russia
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Church of the Ascension in Kolomensk, Russia
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Cross Cathedral in Lesosibirsk, Russia
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Borisoglebsky Monastery Near Rostov, Russia
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New Jerusalem Monastery Near Moscow, Russia

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Church Near Pereslavl, Russia
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Church of the Archangel Michael, Russia
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Smolensk Cathedral, Russia
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Church in Moscow, Russia
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Church in Honor of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, Russia
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Church in Zaporizhzhya Sich, Ukraine
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