Church of the Resurrection, Catherine Palace, Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), near St. Petersburg, Russia

Golden domes of the Church of the Resurrection, Catherine Palace, Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), near St. Petersburg, Russia

Greece, Cyclades, Santorini Island (Thera or Thira), village of Oia, sunset

Greece, Crete, Kolimbari, orthodox monastery Gonia Odigitria, Rodopou Peninsula, sacred art museum, gold plaque using the repoussé technique

Greece, Cyclades, Santorini Island (Thera or Thira), village of Oia

Resurrection church, 1911, Tezino, Vichuga, Ivanovo region, Russia

St. Michael's monastery, Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine

St. Michael's monastery, Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine

Uspens'kyy Sobor, Pechersk Lavra (Monastery of the Caves), Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine

St. Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev (Kyiv), Ukraine

Viewpoint above the Holy Monastery of Rousanou, Meteora, Thessaly, Greece

Europe, Bulgaria, Varna, Mother of God Cathedral

Agios Georgios New Church, Paralimni, Cyprus

All Saints church at the Stavrovouni monastery, Cyprus

Ukraine, Vinnytsya, Monument To Victims Of The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, In Front Of The Church Of The Holy Mary, Orthodox Church

Ukraine, Kyiv, Pechersk Lavra, Monastery of the Caves, Orthodox Christian Monastery, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gold Domes Of The Cathedral of the Dormition, Refectory Church Of Saint Anthony and The...

Monastery Adamclisi St. Philip, Adamclisi, Dobrudscha, Romania

Sioni Cathedral interior, Tbilisi (Tiflis), Georgia.

Ceiling of the Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Morskoy Nikolskiy Sobor) - Russian Orthodox cathedral built in 1903â€"1913 as the main church of the Russian Navy, and dedicated to all fallen seamen...

Smolny Cathedral (Sobor) by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, built between 1748 & 1764, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral (Catedrala Sfanta Treime). Sibiu, Transylvania. Romania

Frescoes by Zahari Zograf in the exterior of the Nativity Church. Rila Monastery (Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila), the largest Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ri...

Greek Orthodox chapel, Parikia, Paros, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Paraportiani Orthodox Church, Mykonos Town, Mykonos, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Mykonos Town, Mykonos, Cyclade Islands, Greece

Oia village, elevated view, Oia, Santorini, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A very old richly decorated one-metre- high wooden cross is kept in the Treasury at Kibran Gabriel Monastery, the holiest of the Lake Tana monasteries. On its fron...

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A wall mural in the Church at Debre Selassie Monastery. Jesus sleeps while crossing the Sea of Galilee before calming the stormy waters. The anxious Apostles look...

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Amhara Region. A hermit who is attached to Betre Maryam monastery on the Zegie Peninsula of Lake Tana..

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. This old gold and silver hand cross is kept in the treasury of the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie.

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. A priest in the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie swings a censer among clouds of incense.

Ethiopia, Lake Tana, Dek Island, Amhara Region. A mural in the eighteenth century church at Narga Selassie monastery depicts the last supper with Mary Magdalene anointing Jesus's feet with perfume. A...

Ethiopia, Tembien, Tigray Region. A monks sits at the entrance to Abba Yohanni monastery which was carved into a sheer rockface at Debre Asa sometime after the thirteenth century. The mural is of Abb...

Ethiopia, Gheralta Mountains, Tigray Region. A Priest in the ancient rock hewn church of Abuna Gebre Mikael reads an old manuscript with the help of sunlight streaming through the only window in the...

Ethiopia, Abraha Atsbeha, Tigray Region. A deacon with a large crossreads by the light of a taper in the rock-hewn church of Abraha wa-Atsbeha during a midnight mass to celebrate Enkutatash, the Ethi...

Ethiopia, Aksum, Tigray Region. A painting of Mary and Jesus in the church of St. Mary of Tsion. Their exceptionally long fingers signify the painting is in the Gondarine style. Jesus is holding the...

Palestine, West Bank, Bethlehem Governorate, Beit Sahour. The Greek Orthodox Church (Deir Al Ra'wat) at Shepherd's Field.

Palestine, West Bank, Bethlehem Governorate, Al-Ubeidiya. Mar Saba monastery, built into the cliffs of the Kidron Valley in the Judean Desert.

Romania, Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. The Orthodox Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral.

Romania, Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. The statue of Transylvanian lawyer and revolutionary, Avram Iancu, and the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral.

Serbia, Belgrade, View of Sava River across to St.Michael's Cathedral in the historical center

Serbia, Belgrade, View of Sava River across to St.Michael's Cathedral in the historical center

Greek orthodox chapel, Chora (Mykonos Town), Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Greek orthodox chapel, Chora (Mykonos Town), Mykonos, Cyclades Islands, Greece

Icons on the exterior walls and ceilings of the Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, or the Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria

Icons on the exterior ceiling of the Monastery of Saint Ivan of Rila, or the Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria

Detail of the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Tsminda Sameba) of Tbilisi. Georgia, Caucasus

Holy Trinity Church & All Saints Church, Minsk, Belarus

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. A mural of Saint Mary which once adorned the 19th century church of Ankober Medhane Alem which was destroyed in World War II.

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Ankober. A mural of Ethiopian saints Tekle Haymanot (L) and Gabre Manfus Kiddus (R) in the 19th century church of Ankober Maryam which was built and used by the rulers of the...

USA, Alaska, Ninilchik. Russian Orthodox Church and cemetery.

Montenegro, Podgorica. Interior of Serbian Orthodox Church.

Israel, Jerusalem. Deatail of a byzantine Icon of the Madonna and Child as the church s altarpiece. The Church of Assumption a very important shrine for Catholics as it is believed to be the place whe...

Republic of Macedonia, Mavrovo and Rostoucha, Rajcica Monastery

Greece, Cyclades, Oia town and Santorini Caldera

Greece, Cyclades, Firostefani and Santorini Caldera

Greece, Thessaly, Meteora, Holy Monastery of Rousanou

Greece, Thessaly, Meteora, Holy Monastery of Rousanou

Greece, Thessaly, Meteora, Holy Monastery of Rousanou

Greece, Symi, Chorio. Mosaic within courtyard of Panagia Haritomeni church.

Icon in Arkadi Monastery, Crete, Rethymno, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Church with blue domes in Oia, Santorini, South Aegean, Greece

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lalibela. A priest carries a tabot (a replica of the Ark of the Covenant) on his head during the annual Timkat festival of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church which celebrates Epiph...

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Lalibela. An Ethiopian Orthodox priest enters the rock passageway connecting Biete Medhane Alem to Biete Maryam rock-hewn churches.

Ethiopia, Amhara Region, Qusquam. An Ethiopian Orthodox monk at Qusquam church.

Blue domed church of Fira, Santorini, Greece

Blue domed church of Fira, Santorini, Greece

Russia, Moscow, The Kremlin listed as World Heritage by UNESCO Illuminated

Russia, Moscow, Novodeviwhi monastery funded in the 16th century and listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, 17th century icon representing Virgin Mary

Russia, Lake Onega, Kizhi Island listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Ceremony in the Church of Intercession

Russia, Lake Onega, Kizhi Island listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, Transfiguration Cathedra

Israel, Jerusalem. A young Orthodox Jew at the Western Wall during the Tisha B'Av final day or 9 Av which is the most intense with Jews sleeping the night out under the stars near the wall. Unesco.

Oia, Santorini (Thira), Cyclades Islands, Greece

Israel, Jerusalem, View of the Old City, Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount, and the Mount of Olives

Israel, Jerusalem, View of the Old City, Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount, and the Mount of Olives

Church of the Grand Palace, Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia

St. Lazarus Church, Larnaka, Cyprus, Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Night view of fountain light show with Hagia Sophia behind, Sultanahmet, Istanbul, Turkey

St Basils Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow, Russia

Romania, Bucovina Region, Suceava, Orthodox Mirauti Church, 14th century