Best places: Religions in Russia

1818 Russian Orthodox cathedral & museum with gold-plated dome & an opulent, multicolored interior.

The mother cathedral for the city, this elegant church was made a museum during Communist times.

Ornately-decorated modern mosque on Kremlin site with iconic blue 55-metre minarets & dome.

This Russian Orthodox cathedral was built in the early 20th century as the navy's primary church.

Modern mosque built in traditional style with a golden dome, Islamic motifs & an immense chandelier.

Imposing 1600s monastic complex set in the countryside, with a cathedral & an underground church.

Historic, ornate mosque with Ottoman-style architecture that can hold 10,000 during prayer services.

Gleaming onion domes top this immense nunnery & cathedral, housing the relics of Saint Seraphim.

Landmark Russian Orthodox monastery with a grand exterior & altar frescoes dating to the 1420s.

👍👍 Mystic place , not touristic at all. You have to be careful because it's a place of prayers and devotion. It was really an amazing experience.

15th-century place of Orthodox worship, one of very few in Russia to have never been closed.

This spacious, ornate historic mosque features minarets, domed ceilings & traditional tilework.

Striking red-brick cathedral with ornate turrets & spires, soaring interiors & regular concerts.

Orthodox place of worship & former home church of the Romanovs, Russia's last Imperial family.

This monastery has been the headquarters of the church & home of the Patriarch of Moscow since 1983.

This famous white-stone baroque Russian Orthodox church completed in 1704 is covered in carvings.

👍👍 The largest Buddhist temple in Europe. Nice exterior gardens. The temple is massive with some great colours. The interior is equally impressive with great colours, gold and various ornaments. Serine atmosphere.

Historic frescoes, icons, mosaics & graffiti in an 11th-century church with 5 domes.

This 14th-century Orthodox monastery features hundreds of relics from a variety of saints.

👍👍 On that November Saturday (November 13) when I was visiting the cathedral, I was upset by a granny who sells icons and candles. My mood worsened a little because she refused to sell me candles (it turns out I interrupted her lunch), no matter what , I would have understood that the person was having...