Russia's Holy Wood: Russia's Famous Wooden Churches through a British photographer’s lens
Economically poor, but culturally rich, that’s Richard Davies’s image of Russia’s contemporary north. He is an architectural photographer from London who takes a fascinating and thought-provoking journey to the shores of the White Sea to explore the region’s famous wooden churches.
Once inside any one of these ancient buildings, the magnificent interiors become apparent and it’s not so hard to see that they were built to glorify God. They are the product of true craftsmanship, each individual piece of wood was painstakingly shaped and prepared, it’s said that no nails were used to build these churches. This is why the local people see the wooden structures as “treasures” that must be preserved.
Against the backdrop of Russia’s spectacular landscapes, nature and villages, Richard explains why he is convinced that the architecture in this far-flung region is so distinctive and unique.
Trekking through challenging terrain, the photographer explores this rural backwater and discovers that the architecture is filled with a keen sense of life and faith in God. An insight into how religion in Russia developed under the influence of diverse political regimes. A chance to experience the charm and mystery of these wooden places of worship.
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Cultural Renewal Project: Restoring the Spirit of Russia One Church and Monument at a Time!
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Russia's biggest volunteer camp in Pskov Oblast has finished its work. 2,000 people from all across the country restore the monasteries and ancient towns of the region. They put in special effort to restore the territories around historic monuments. The camp was opened as part of the Culture National Project.
Putin And Russian Patriarch Take Part In Blessing Of Foundation Of Russian Army’s Main Cathedral
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken part in a ceremony of blessing the foundation stone of the future main cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces that will be built on the territory of Patriot Park, located some 50 km to the southwest of Moscow.
The Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I conducted the service of consecration of the stone and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attended it, too.
Putin told the public that had gathered for the ceremony the consecration of the corner stone of the future Cathedral in the Name of Christ’s Resurrection was an important historic event, as the cathedral would be dedicated to victory in World War II.
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We’ll lay the foundation stone of the Resurrection Cathedral today, Putin said. It will be dedicated to our people’s victory in the Great Patriotic War [the combat operations on the Soviet/Eastern front of WW II from June 22, 1941, through May 1945 - TASS]. It will be the main church of our Armed Forces, one more symbol of our invincible national tradition, our fidelity to the memory of our ancestors and their deeds for the benefit of homeland.
He reiterated that every Russian had a sacred duty of remembering and cherishing the memories of the people, who had given their lives for their homeland, and fostering respect for them in the new generations of people.
Patriarch Kirill I called the Armed Forces the main factor for the maintenance of this country’s freedom, independence and sovereignty.
It is common knowledge that Russia has never conducted wars for land grabbing, he said. Russia maintains its Armed Forces, as it understands it will be they that will defend its sovereignty and historic destiny of the people at times of trouble and danger.
That’s why the significance of the Russian military is hard to overestimate, Kirill I said.
Vladimir Putin was shown a dummy of the church building and the adjacent territory after the ceremony and had a tour of a display familiarizing the public with the murals of the cathedral’s side-chapels, which are mandatory structural elements in an Orthodox church, under-the-dome spaces and frontals, as well as icons that Moscow Patriarchate will commission for the cathedral.
The escorting officials told the President an especially interesting detail about the future cathedral, namely, that it would consist entirely of metal. For instance, its fa·ade and the interior decorations would be made of bronze.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made public the start of construction of the main cathedral of the Armed Forces earlier this year. Prior to it, the idea got the consent and blessing of Patriarch Kirill I.
In addition to being a place of worship and a spiritual site, the Resurrection Cathedral will also take on the role of an education center for soldiers, Orthodox clergymen and civilian Russians. Its territory will also house an exhibition highlighting the rise of the Russian state and its Army and Navy.
The building will be 95 meters tall, inclusive of the Cross, and its floor areas of 10,950 meters will have enough space for up to 6,000 worshippers at a time.
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RUSSIA: VILLAGERS STILL PERFORM PAGAN RITUAL
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Witches, wood goblins and mermaids may be the stuff of fairy tales, but deep in the heart of rural Russia - villagers still believe they exist.
Even though many are ardent followers of the Russian Orthodox Church, their Christianity goes hand in hand with these pagan beliefs.
Now a pair of academics, who want to preserve this culture - are organising teams of volunteers from the West to document traditions for posterity.
Most Orthodox Christians regard the festival of the Kazan Mother of God Icon is considered a minor event.
But 400 kilometres south west of Moscow, hundreds of believers flock to witness the unique celebrations in the tiny village of Snopot.
Here Christian Orthodoxy has become inextricably woven into pagan ritual.
The festival marks the day when - according to local tradition - an icon of the virgin Mary miraculously appeared from the river at Kazan.
The people of Snopot believe that water blessed during the festival becomes holy and has the power to heal.
The Church tried - unsuccessfully - to force villagers to abandon this superstition and now priests actually take part in the blessing.
Even the Communists knew not to tamper with the villagers long-held beliefs.
It's rituals like these that have attracted volunteers from the US-based organisation Earthwatch to observe and document village life in Snopot.
For many it's a way to see the real Russia, rather than the standard coach tour of the capital.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I prefer to just see how people live. I don't really care for the tourist attractions. I want to be with the people, see how they live, their daily lives.
SUPER CAPTION: Dennis Hink, Earthwatch volunteer
SOUNDBITE: (English)
I certainly expected after 20, 40 years of a Cold War that there would be much anti- American feeling, and I felt absolutely none. The people are totally amazed that we have come so far to come visit them in their village.
SUPER CAPTION: Susan Sitter, Earthwatch volunteer
Far from the comforts of the West, the Earthwatch volunteers live with locals in their own homes.
Zoyal Malenko's house is typical.
With no running water or gas she and her sister Alexandra cook on an open fire stove.
But it's not just their lifestyle that is a curiosity for the visitors but their pagan beliefs in mermaids, wood goblins and witches.
Alexandra said she once saw a woman near their house whom she first thought was a neighbour but then discovered was really a witch.
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I went closer to it, and it rose up to its full height. Big. I thought my friend had put her sister on her shoulders and wanted to scare me. I said, I'm not afraid and went closer and it suddenly turned into a dog.
SUPER CAPTION: Alexandra Khamak, Snopot Resident
The rural idyll of Snopot provides the perfect backdrop for the volunteers to gather material about the folklore traditions of the region.
With little migration from this area, customs and beliefs from the last thousand years have been well preserved.
It provides rich pickings for Dr Yelena Minyonok and her husband Sergei from the Russian Academy of Sciences.
They've organised the Earthwatch group to help them compile a video encyclopaedia of old folklore.
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It's like the spirit of Russia and Russia's young people aren't interested in old traditions and old songs and it's a pity because it's extremely interesting and it's our heritage.
SUPER CAPTION: Dr Yelena Minyonok, folklore expert
During the Kazan Mother of God Icon festival, the river of Snopot becomes as holy for villagers, as the Ganges is for Hindus.
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Russia - Sergeyev Posad - Trinity Lavra of Saint Sergius
Sergiyev Posad (Russian: Се́ргиев Поса́д) is a city and the administrative center of Sergiyevo-Posadsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It grew in the 15th century around the monastery Trinity Lavra established by St. Sergius of Radonezh (Russian: Тро́ице-Се́ргиева Ла́вра), the most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The monastery was founded in 1337 by one of the most venerated Russian saints, Sergius of Radonezh, who built a wooden church in honour of the Holy Trinity on Makovets Hill.
In 1355, Sergius introduced a charter which required the construction of auxiliary buildings, such as refectory, kitchen, and bakery. This charter was a model for Sergius' numerous followers who founded more than 400 cloisters all over Russia.
St. Sergius supported Dmitri Donskoi in his struggle against the Tatars. The monastery was devastated by fire, when a Tatar unit raided the area in 1408.
St. Sergius was declared patron saint of the Russian state in 1422. The same year the first stone cathedral was built. The relics of St. Sergius still may be seen in this cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The greatest icon painters of medieval Russia, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny, were summoned to decorate the cathedral with frescoes. Traditionally, Muscovite royals were baptized in this cathedral and held thanksgiving services here.
In 1476, Ivan III invited Pskovian masters to build the church of the Holy Spirit. This graceful structure is one of the few remaining examples of a Russian church topped with a belltower. In the early 16th century, Vasily III added the Nikon annex and the Serapion tent.
It took 26 years to construct the six-pillared Assumption Cathedral, which was commissioned by Ivan the Terrible in 1559. The cathedral is much larger than its model and namesake in the Moscow Kremlin. The magnificent iconostasis of the 16th–18th centuries features Simon Ushakov's masterpiece, the icon of Last Supper. Interior walls were painted with violet and blue frescoes. The vault contains burials of Boris Godunov, his family and several 20th-century patriarchs.
As the monastery grew into one of the wealthiest landowners in Russia, the village (or posad) gradually developed into the modern town of Sergiyev Posad. The cloister itself was a notable centre of chronicle-writing and icon painting.
In 1550s, a wooden palisade surrounding the cloister was replaced with 1.5 km-long stone walls, featuring twelve towers.
By the end of the 17th century, when young Peter I twice found refuge within the monastery from his enemies, numerous buildings had been added. These include a small baroque palace of the patriarchs, noted for its luxurious interiors, and a royal palace, with its facades painted in checkerboard design. The refectory of St. Sergius, covering 510 square meters and also painted in dazzling checkerboard design, used to be the largest hall in Russia. The five-domed Church of John the Baptist's Nativity (1693–1699) was commissioned by the Stroganovs and built over one of the gates. Other 17th-century structures include the monks' cells, a hospital topped with a tented church, and a chapel built over a holy well discovered in 1644.
In 1744, Empress Elizabeth conferred on the cloister the dignity of a Lavra. Elizabeth particularly favoured the Trinity and annually proceeded afoot from Moscow to the cloister. Her secret spouse Alexey Razumovsky accompanied her on such journeys and commissioned a baroque church to the Virgin of Smolensk, the last major shrine to be erected in the Lavra. Another pledge of Elizabeth's affection for the monastery is a white-and-blue baroque belltower, which, at 88 meters, was one of the tallest structures built in Russia up to that date.
Throughout the 19th century, the Lavra maintained its status as the richest Russian monastery. The monastery boasted a supreme collection of manuscripts and books.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Soviet government closed the lavra in 1920. Its buildings were assigned to different civic institutions or declared museums. In 1930, monastery bells, including the Tsar-Bell of 65 tons, were destroyed. Overall many valuables were lost or transferred to other collections.
In 1945, following Joseph Stalin's temporary tolerance of the church during World War II, the Lavra was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. On April 16, 1946 divine service was renewed at the Assumption Cathedral. The monastery continues as a prime centre of religious education. Important restoration works were conducted in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1993, the Trinity Lavra was inscribed on the UN World Heritage List.
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Sergiev Posad
Sergiev Posad is a city in Russia, northeast of Moscow. It's part of the Golden Ring cluster of ancient towns and known for the 14th-century Trinity Lavra St. Sergius monastery complex. The complex’s Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles (or Assumption) has blue and gold onion domes and interior frescoes. The Trinity Cathedral houses the tomb of St. Sergius. Bells ring from a towering blue-and-white belfry.
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President Putin Visits Stunning and Recently Restored “New Jerusalem” Monastery
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Provincial Russia: Epiphany 2017 Сelebration in a Small Russian Town
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January 19 is the day when the faithful Christians in Russia celebrate Epiphany. This spiritual festival is dedicated to the great biblical event, the Baptism of Jesus Christ in the waters of the Jordan River. These days in Russia are famous for a wonderful tradition - Epiphany bathing. According to the Bible any water on this day is considered to be healing and miraculous. The best way to get healthier in body and spirit is to bathe in the baptismal rite font immediately after the festive worship service. It must be mentioned that Epiphany bathing today is very popular among Russians, despite the icy water in the freezing cold! It's amazing, but no one has ever got sick after the ritual. In villages, believers do it in the river, in cities with temples they place wooden vessels for bathing. Next to them there are fair booths in which all visitors are treated with tea, honey and cakes.
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Discover Moscow With Beautiful Orthodox Song: Sretensky Monastery - Сретенский монастырь
Sretensky Monastery (Russian: Сретенский монастырь) is an Orthodox monastery in Moscow, founded by Grand Prince Vasili I in 1397. It used to be located close to the present-day Red Square, but in the early 16th century it was moved northeast to what is now Bolshaya Lubyanka Street. The Sretensky Monastery gave its name to adjacent streets and byways, namely Sretenka Street, Sretensky Boulevard, Sretensky Lane and Sretensky Gates Square.
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Brave hearts swim in icy waters to mark Epiphany
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1. Long shot of Kremlin
2. Kremlin clock tower
3. Wide pan of frozen lake
4. Priest consecrating water in the lake
5. Crucifix and candle
6. Man making three dips in the water: in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit
7. Woman getting into the water
8. Chapel made of ice
9. Woman getting into the water
10. Woman exercising in the snow
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Russian Orthodox believers went for a traditional dip in the freezing waters of the Moscow River on Wednesday to celebrate the Epiphany, which marks the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist in the River Jordan.
The Russian Orthodox church celebrates the Epiphany on January 19, 13 days later than in Western churches, because most Orthodox churches still calculate the church year according to the Julian calendar.
Conditions were far from ideal for the swimmers - temperatures in the Russian capital had dropped overnight to -30 degrees Celcius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit).
Swimming in icy rivers is a long-observed Russian tradition and those who brave it are nicknamed walruses.
A further decline in the winter temperatures was expected on Thursday and Friday.
Two people died of hypothermia over the previous 24 hours in the capital, bringing the toll this winter to 109.
12 people also died of exposure in the Nizhny Novgorod region, east of Moscow, over the same period.
In the Volgograd region, which is about 900 kilometres (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, 10 people died of exposure and schools were shut.
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Brave hearts swim in icy waters to mark Epiphany
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1. Long shot of Kremlin
2. Kremlin clock tower
3. Wide pan of frozen lake
4. Priest consecrating water in the lake
5. Crucifix and candle
6. Man making three dips in the water: in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit
7. Woman getting into the water
8. Chapel made of ice
9. Woman getting into the water
10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Ludmila Shcherbakova, Swimmer:
You shouldn't be afraid of cold water, of fresh air and of leading a healthy lifestyle.
11. Woman exercising in the snow
12. Ambulance on standby
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Russian Orthodox believers went for a traditional dip in the freezing waters of the Moscow River on Wednesday to celebrate the Epiphany, which marks the baptism of Christ by John the Baptist in the River Jordan.
The Russian Orthodox church celebrates the Epiphany on January 19, 13 days later than in Western churches, because most Orthodox churches still calculate the church year according to the Julian calendar.
Conditions were far from ideal for the swimmers - temperatures in the Russian capital had dropped overnight to -30 degrees Celcius (-22 degrees Fahrenheit).
But one of the swimmers told AP Television News that she hoped her lap in the icy river would demonstrate that the cold was nothing to be scared of, pointing out that the water temperature was warmer than the air temperature.
Swimming in icy rivers is a long-observed Russian tradition and those who brave it are nicknamed walruses.
A further decline in the winter temperatures was expected on Thursday and Friday.
Two people died of hypothermia over the previous 24 hours in the capital, bringing the toll this winter to 109.
12 people also died of exposure in the Nizhny Novgorod region, east of Moscow, over the same period.
In the Volgograd region, which is about 900 kilometres (550 miles) southeast of Moscow, 10 people died of exposure and schools were shut.
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Russian Church Bell Ringers
Whilst exploring St Euthymius Monatery in Suzdal Russia we were privileged to hear (and see) an extraordinary example of 'bell ringing'.
The Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius is a monastery in Suzdal, Russia.
The monastery was founded in the 14th century, and grew in importance in the 16th and 17th centuries after donations by Vasili III, Ivan IV and the Pozharsky family, a noble dynasty of the region. Among the buildings erected during this period were the Assumption Church, the bell tower, the surrounding walls and towers, and the seven-domed Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Saviour. The cathedral was built in the style of the Grand Duchy of Vladimir-Suzdal. Its interior contains restored frescoes by the school of Gury Nikitin of Kostroma, dating from 1689. The tomb of Dmitry Pozharsky lies by the cathedral wall.
The monastery also contains a prison, built in 1764, which originally housed religious dissidents. The prison continued in use during the Soviet period, and among its better known prisoners was field marshal Friedrich Paulus, who was incarcerated here for a time after his surrender at Stalingrad[citation needed]. The prison now houses a museum about the monastery's military history.
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Best Sightseeing of Minsk, Belarus. Full City Tour
These are the places you will see:
00:40 The Palace of Culture
01:00 The Palace of Culture
01:45 Nezavisimosti Avenue - Independence Avenue
01:48 Oktyabrskaya Square
01:51 The Palace of Culture
01:56 The Palace of the Republic
02:06 Nezavisimosti Avenue - Independence Avenue
02:20 Lenina Street
02:34 Belarusian State Academy of Music
03:00 Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary
03:28 Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary
04:10 City Hall
04:17 Lenina Street
04:40 The Holy Spirit Cathedral
04:45 Nemiga Street
05:30 Galleria Minsk Mall
05:43 Sport Palace
06:18 Svislach River
06:23 Island of Tears
06:43 The Holy Spirit Cathedral
06:55 Troitsky Suburb - Historical Old Town
07:05 Island of Tears
07:25 Zybitskaya Street
07:45 The Holy Spirit Cathedral
08:00 The Holy Spirit Cathedral
08:50 The Holy Spirit Cathedral
08:58 Liberty Square
09:21 City Hall
09:30 Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary
10:55 Internatsionalnaya Street
11:10 Police Museum
11:25 Nezavisimosti Avenue - Independence Avenue
11:46 Central Post Office
11:52 Minsk Hotel
11,58 Independence Square
12,25 Roman Catholic Church of Saints Simon and Helen (Red Church)
13:10 Roman Catholic Church of Saints Simon and Helen (Red Church)
14:07 Independence Square
14:23 Belarusian State University
14:33 Belarusian Pedagogical University
14:38 Fountain of Independence
14:55 Stolitsa Underground Shopping Center
15:19 Central Railway Station
15:30 Minsk Gates
15:47 Minsk Gates
16:22 Lenina Underground Station
16:42 National Flag Square
17:10 Palace of Independence
17:31 Prime Hall Concert Hall
17:40 Zamok Shopping Center
18:00 Zamok Shopping Center
18:17 Belarusian State Circus
18:35 Victory Square
19:30 War Victory Memorial
19:50 Frunze Street
20:08 Gorky Central Children's Park
21:55 Gorky Central Children's Park
22:37 Svislach River
22:57 Nezavisimosti Avenue - Independence Avenue
23:15 Yakuba Kolas Square
23:50 Komarovsky Food Market
24:10 Komarovsky Food Market