Journalist Nikita Shcherbakov discusses the intricacies of the Orthodox (and not only) church architecture with Dmitri Ostroumov, head of the studio Prohram.
Do you like traveling? We like it very much. One can learn a lot from albums and guidebooks. But it is way better to see for oneself what you read about and dreamed of touching.
One of the first pillarless white stone churches of Moscow Rus. Early 14th century.
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Searching the national style in the architecture of the Belarusian Orthodox churches
Report
The report was read at a meeting of representatives of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and ministries and departments of the Republic of Belarus, November 15, 2016.
Saint Silouan showed us the way of spiritual work and the image of prayer and repentance. This is the narrow way of self-changing and liberating the mind to know and see God here on earth.
How to preserve of the walls of historical buildings and protect them from moisture
Guidelines
Over time the moisture can pass from outside or from the ground and linger in the building walls. This makes them crack, causes mold, fungus (even on the level of 3-4 meters) and eventual collapse.
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Saint Tryphon church in Naprudnoe, Moscow
Journey
Dated 1492. An example of the early Moscow church architecture.
Filioque as a dogmatic foundation for the development of sacred art and architecture
Theology
Doctrine and tradition create explicit and implicit paradigms of consciousness for a person and the whole culture. They determine the development of religious art and architecture as its composite and spatial dominant.
The Catholic doctrine of the Filioque has a long history…
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"White-Stone Russia"
Book
Wonderful analog photos of the masterpieces of Russian architecture.
Simonov, Lukashevich, "White-Stone Russia", 1969. 10 parts
Sacred Cappadocia. The land of secret cities and monasteries.
Byzantine art
Cappadocia is amazing land, famous for its extraordinary landscape. It is especially significant for the history of Christianity. Here, it seems, every stone is imbued with the early Christian spirit that lives in many cave temple complexes and entire cities…
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Easter light of the Rostov Kremlin
Architecture that raises us to Heaven
The Rostov Kremlin (Metropolitan's Court) is the former residence of the Metropolitan of the Rostov diocese. It is in the center of Rostov on the shores of Lake Nero.