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	Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg: the Romanov Family Murder Site
	Ipatiev House is the third place besides Ganina Yama and Verkhnaya Sinyachikha connected with the death of the Romanovs. Here the emperor Nicholas II was shot down with his wife and children. This tragic historic event became the reason for building the Church on the Blood on the same territory. The cathedral is not only a spiritual haven, but is also a museum and a spot, where everyone can try to ring the church bells during the Easter week.
--20-12-2011--
	Russian Sacred Places: Nilov Monastery - The Healing Source
	Nilov Monastery is not just an active male monastery on the island among the waters of lake Seliger, but also one of the principal Christian sacred places, where an amazing nature beauty unites with the old architectural works. It creates a unique atmosphere of Nilov Monastery, which attracts many Orthodox piligrims here every year.
--20-12-2011--
	Russian Sacred Places: Optina Monastery - a Spiritual Oasis
	It is hard to overestimate the importance of Optina Monastery in the history of Russia. The cloister is a bright example of the process of spiritual revival, which arose in the country in the end of the 18th century.
--20-12-2011--
	Russian Sacred Places: The Mystery of Solovetsky Monastery
	The monastery situated on the remote islands is a real incarnation of solitude and mystery.
--20-12-2011--
	Russian Sacred Places: The Pearl of the Russian Golden Ring - Sergiev Posad
	Sergiev Posad is a place where meditative and spiritual elements combine with industrial economics,trade,science and secular culture,which make it a very special Russian city.
--20-12-2011--
	Russian Sacred Places: An Overview
	A green hill, a little church under blue sky... Have you ever been to Russain convents? These are the places of peace and solitude, where you can enjoy the beauty of Russian nature, see the arcitecture of Old Russia and, perhaps, get closer to discovery of the famous mystery of Russian soul.
--20-12-2011--
	White Stone Architecture of the Old Rus’
	The Old Rus’ has left us its amazing white-stone monuments of architecture; the magnificent cathedrals of Vladimir and modest churches of the Moscow Region, constructed of white limestone, embodied their epoch with the stone handwriting of builders. White stone was one of the basic building materials in Old Rus' in the 12th -15th cc and played a key role not only in the Old Russian architecture, but in the history of the Old Rus’ as well.
--01-09-2011--

News:

	Saviour Zlatoverkhy Church in Tver to be Restored
	The Saviour's Transfiguration Cathedral (aka Saviour Zlatoverkhy) blown up in 1935 will be restored in Tver.
--13-05-2012--
	Church Exploded in 1964 to be Reconstructed in Moscow
	Transfiguration of Christ Church of the 18th century was the last church blown up by Soviet authorities in Moscow.
--07-02-2012--
	Craftsman Creates Miniature Masterpiece of Wooden Architecture
	Kursk handicraftsman Grigory Unishikov has created a miniature copy of a Kizhi church constructed 300 years ago.
--25-01-2012--
	Russians Spend 15 Hours in Queue to Christian Shrine
	More than 16,000 pilgrims from different parts of Russia and other countries line up these days around the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow to worship one of the most revered Christian shrines, the Mother of God’s Belt.
--23-11-2011--
	Cincture of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Arrive in Moscow
	The sacred relic will appear in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour on November 19. It has already been in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don and other cities, where thousands of believers came to worship the holy object.
--17-11-2011--
	Archeologists Unearth Medieval Church in Murmansk
	Remains of the ancient Pechenga Church constructed by St. Tryphon in the first half of the 16th century have been discovered in the course of archeological excavations in Pechenga Settlement of the Murmansk Region.
--03-08-2011--
	The Lightning Damaged the Church in Suzdal
	The architectural monument of the 18th century was damaged as the result of the strong stroke of lightning.
--25-07-2011--