Volga lights № 7 How long, brethren...? (1992)

A woman with a child in her arms during a service in the Orthodox Church-chapel "quench my sorrows" in the center of Saratov.

Icon Of The Mother Of God.

Candles burning on the Canon.

The conduct of confession, the faces of the congregation.

Views, buildings of the temple, the reflection of the temple in a puddle.

The rector of the Church speaks about the importance of reviving spiritual culture, about the transfer of churches to the Russian Orthodox Church (synchronously).

Photos of destroyed temples.

Photo of the former Bishop's house.

Documents with the decision to transfer the Bishop's house to the Orthodox Church.

Text of the article about the Bishop's house in Saratov.

Rector of the Saratov theological Seminary Archpriest Nikolai Agafonov speaks about the reasons for the refusal to transfer the Bishop's house, which is on the balance of the Saratov medical Institute,

View of the Bishop's house.

Internal view of one of the audiences.

Photos of students and teachers of the Saratov theological Seminary in 1948-1961.

Text of the decision of the Saratov city Council on the transfer of religious premises to religious organizations of may 6, 1991.

Documents and correspondence concerning the transfer of the Bishop's house to the Orthodox Church.

View of the collapsing wall of the Bishop's house.

Construction debris in the yard.

Stairs with artistic casting.

The remains of wall paintings.

Books piled on the floor.

Panorama of the house and part of the yard.

Bundles of books piled on the floor in the library.

Text of the next decision of the Executive Committee of the Saratov city Council on the transfer of the Bishop's house to the Orthodox Church.

Photo of unloading literature from the truck body to the library of the Bishop's house.

Panorama of a room littered with books.

Art restorer at work on the icons, moldings inside the Church "assuage my sorrows".

Restoration of stucco inside the temple.

Icons to be restored.

The restorers on the scaffolding inside the Church.

Face of the artist-restorer.

Restored icon.

Temple Windows and restored stained glass Windows.

Archpriest Nikolai Agafonov speaks about the significance of the revival of the Seminary for the creation of a spiritual, scientific and theological center, and the opening of a Sunday school at the Seminary (synchronously).

A woman in the temple in front of an icon.

Burning candle.

Faces of parishioners during the service, the priest at the altar.

Icon of the mother of God.

The priest conducts the rite of communion.

Icon Of Christ The Saviour.