Sviyazhsk Island in Tatarstan (2003-2005)

General view of the Sviyazhsky Island from the opposite shore.

Road.

Dome of the temple against the gray sky.

Wattle near the monastery wall, wooden house near the river bank.

General view of Sviyazhskiy Bogoroditsa-Uspensky monastery.

Dome of the Assumption Cathedral (through the fence).

The Cathedral of Joy of All Who Sorrow in St.

John the Baptist Monastery in Sviyazhsk.

Wall of St.

John the Baptist Monastery, Cathedral

All the mourners have joy.

An elderly woman leaves on the road.

Summer.

Arch, entrance to the Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery, view of the Church of St.

Sergius of Radonezh.

Wooden Trinity Church on the territory of the monastery.

The Cathedral of All the Afflicted with Joy, the Sergius Church.

Architectural details of the temples.

The monastery yard.

Crow on the power line.

The cows lie on the lawn near the temple.

Former Hegumen Corps.

General plans and details of the Trinity Church, the Sergius Church, the Cathedral of All the Afflicted.

Summer.

Dredgers are working on the river.

Dam.

The river that encircles the island.

The monastery wall.

Sculptural obelisk of Herman Sviyazhsky.

Summer.

Monastery gates, cell building, bell tower, Sergieviy temple.

Passage of the hieromonk.

The abbot of the monastery greets him.

The corps of the governor of the monastery, the Assumption Cathedral, the ruins of the fraternal corps.

Bell tower.

Bell Chime

Territory of the monastery.

Entrance to the Assumption Cathedral.

Father Cyril shows the windows of the history of the monastery.

Photos of the monastery before the revolution.

Interior of the premises in the fraternal building.

View of the fraternal building from the bell tower.

The bell ringer at the bell tower.

Bells ringing.

Monastic refectory.

Brothers at the table.

Separate frescoes of the Assumption Cathedral.

The iconostasis of the cathedral.

Interior of the Cathedral.

Cancer with the relics of Herman Sviyazhsky.

Assumption Cathedral.

The bakery of the monastery.

Baker.

Father Cyril shows various subjects.

Drawings of the baptismal temple.

On the history of the city of Sviyazhsk (built on the island at the confluence of the Sviyaga River in the Volga).

The oldest church in the city is the Trinity wooden church, built in 1551.

Various plans of the Sviyazhsky Assumption Monastery.

Interiors of the Assumption Cathedral, unique frescoes of the cathedral.

Icon of the Holy Martyr Christopher.

In the Assumption Cathedral in Sviyazhsk.

The address plan of the cathedral (summer), frescoes, decoration of the cathedral.

Winter shooting:

Monastery on the island of Sviyazhsk.

Frescos.

The Ice Cross.

Interview with the governor of the monastery, Father Cyril.

Restoration and restoration work in the monastery.

Ancient frescoes in the interior of the temple.

Horse cart, harnessed in a sled.

Bogoroditsky Assumption Cathedral.

Frescoes of St.

Christopher (with the head of a dog).

The fresco depicting Ivan the Terrible and Metropolitan Makarii.

Interview with Father Cyril about the attempts of the Bolsheviks to erect a monument to Judas Iskariotsky as the first revolutionary.

Residents of Sviyazhsk: a man with a child riding a snowmobile, a woman collects firewood, pigeons.

Museum of Sviyazhsk:

numismatics: Ancient copper coins on the book.

Interview with Father Cyril about archaeological finds.

The novices are near the horse.

Temples of the monastery complex.

Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery in Sviyazhsk.

Hegumen Cyril talks about the restoration work that was conducted in the monastery.

Interior of the Trinity wooden church (building of the 16th century).

Iconostasis.

The interior of the temple, panoramas on the walls and inner domes.

The surviving fragments of the murals of the temple.

(The temple in need of restoration).

Excursion in the temple.

Summer.

The interior of the temple.

Artistic design of the church, icons, orthodox painting.

Tourist excursions.

Summer.

Father Cyril in the courtyard talking with pilgrims.

The facade of the temple (general plan).

Summer.