Best places: Religions in Vostochnoe Degunino, Russia

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.

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

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.

Orthodox monastery complex with 14th-century roots, gold-topped domes & a famed male-voice choir.

White stone church built in a tent-like style in 1532 to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's birth.

👍👍 Черниговский скит — старинный пещерный монастырь, основанный в середине XIX века неподалеку от Троицкой лавры. Кроме православных паломников, на территории мужской обители бывает много туристов, желающих познакомиться с историей скита, его живописным архитектурным ансамблем и посетить могилы великих...

Working nunnery, founded in 1909 by a grand duchess, with children's medical centre, museum & tours.

👍 I visited the monastery for the second time. The first time was here twenty years ago with a friend. Then everything was just being restored. At the entrance we then met a priest - Father Anatoly. When he found out that we were here for the first time, he invited us to tell us about the monastery....

👍👍 The Bykovo estate is a majestic and magnificent work of architecture, it is a pity that the state does not have the resources to restore architectural monuments. The church is active and we even visited the service. They didn’t take pictures inside the temple, I don’t know, it seems to me that in s...

Dating back to the 17th century, this prominent Orthodox church is known for its Easter festival.

👍👍 Wonderful place! With history and its own unforgettable atmosphere. I love it very much! I've been there more than once and always want to come back. Beautiful and well-groomed territory. Quiet and serene. I want to calmly contemplate, think and pray. Beautiful churches, the highest bell tower in th...

👍👍 The monastery has a lot of history; it dates back to the 14th century. Unfortunately, only the Gate Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands from 1696 in the Naryshkin Baroque style and several dozen tombstones have reached us. Calm, quiet, beautiful, well-groomed area.

👍👍 One of the most beautiful temples. It’s very light and soulful inside (I’m not a fan of churches), but I liked it here

Multicolored domes top this 16th-century former cathedral that now contains a museum of the church.

👍👍 The temple was built in the period 1908 - 1913. This is one of the last Temples built before the revolution within Moscow. The consecration of the new Temple took place in 1913. Features: - The altar of the temple faces SOUTH to the Holy Land, to Jerusalem to the Holy Sepulcher and, accordingly, the...