Temple (1987)

Church bell tower.

Stone cross in the field.

Sun over snow-covered field.

Monument to Saint Vladimir in Kyiv.

Sunrise over the Dnieper.

Unction in the church.

Chronicle of 1900. Peasants go to church for Easter.

Easter procession.

Tsar Nicholas II kisses the cross.

Ukrainian peasant talks about the fire in the church.

Parishioners cover the roof of the new church.

Crypt where peasants buried church utensils.

New church.

Artist paints icon by the window, children watch through the window.

Icons painted by the artist.

Parishioners at the construction site.

Panorama of the city of Vladimir from the bell tower of the church.

Paintings in the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir.

Liturgy.

The Liturgy is served by Father Dimitry, representative of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Patriarch of Alexandria.

Dmitry Andreevich Netsvetaev is the head of a large family of 32 people.

The priest talks about his family.

The family is photographed against the backdrop of the church.

Communion.

A priest's family celebrates the name day of two children.

Father Dimitry talks about love for one's neighbor.

The priest's family prays to God.

Chronicle of 1900. Religious procession in Vladimir.

Priests bless a Russian military vessel.

Residents at the pier see the ship off.

Chronicle of 1920. Representatives of the Soviet government take out icons and destroy church sculpture.

Arrest of a priest.

A bell is thrown from the bell tower.

The bell tower is blown up.

Destruction of the church.

A broken bell.

Children climb into the broken bell.

A stone cross in a meadow with flowers, a church in the background.

A priest reads poetry and talks about the people of his parish in the Leningrad Region.

Father Nikolai serves on Zalita Island on Lake Peipus.

Silhouettes of fishermen relaxing on the shore of the lake at sunset.

Young people on motorcycles ride around the church.

An instrumental ensemble plays at a dance on Zalita Island.

Dancing.

View of the light spot of the door to the club in the darkness of the night.

Birds fly in the ruined church.

View from the church window to the lake.

Father Nikolai tells the story.

White yacht on the lake.

Chronicle of 1941. Ruined church.

Priest celebrates liturgy.

Priest blesses soldiers going to the front.

Woman blesses soldiers with an icon.

Modern times, woman prays.

Mother teaches child to cross himself.

Patriarch Alexy together with priests lays wreath to those killed in the Great Patriotic War.

Panorama of Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Bell in the belfry.

Patriarch blesses parishioners in the Lavra.

Filming of the service in Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Monk icon painter Zenon of the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery tells the story.

Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir.

Monk rings the bell.

Monks work in the forge.

Religious procession in the village on Epiphany.

A font in the form of a cross.

Blessing of water in the font.

Panorama of the frozen river, parishioners and priests.

People take Epiphany water.

A woman with an icon.

A hieromonk reads a prayer in the church.

A dungeon in the monastery.

A monk shows a coffin with the remains of a monk.

The monk icon painter Zenon, a monk of the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, tells the story.

Panorama of the ancient Moscow Danilov Monastery.

Construction and restoration on the territory of the monastery.

An icon of St.

Prince Daniel.

A box with the relics of the saint.

The monk icon painter Zenon, a monk of the Pskov-Pechersky Monastery, tells the story.

Monk Zenon paints an iconostasis for the Danilov Monastery.

The interior of the church.

The icon painter's workshop.

Monks discuss the decoration of the church.

The iconostasis in the church, painted by the icon painter Zenon.

Monk Zenon's thoughts on the love of God and icons.

The iconostasis.

Singing nuns.

Parishioners pray at the service.

A nun reads prayers.

Pyukhtitsa Dormition Convent.

Filming the convent grounds after the evening service.

A monastic cell in the convent.

Nuns bake bread while reading a prayer.

Nuns work in the convent boiler room.

Nuns share their thoughts on serving God in the convent.

Sewing workshop at the convent.

Portraits of nuns.

Nuns prepare firewood.

Abbess Varvara of the Pyukhtitsa Dormition Convent tells the story.

The nuns tell the story.

The nuns embroider church vestments.

The nuns walk along a snowy path to their obedience.

Hay is carried on a sleigh.

A religious procession through the convent grounds.

A church service in the convent cowshed.

A nun climbs the bell tower.

A view from the window and the work desk of a nun who paints and restores icons.

Church service in the monastery temple.

Nuns venerate the cross.

The cross is raised to the chapel of St.

Xenia the Blessed.

Religious procession at the Leningrad cemetery where the chapel stands.

Venerators of St.

Xenia gathered for the service near the chapel.

Restorers are working on restoring the chapel.

Consecration of the chapel by Metropolitan Alexy of Leningrad and Novgorod.

A woman talks about her faith.

Pochayiv Dormition Lavra.

Service in the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Lavra on Maundy Thursday.

Religious procession.

Chronicle of 1960. Believers at a service in the church.

Chronicle of 1931. Destruction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Destruction of icons.

Chronicle of 1961. Funeral of Anna Akhmatova.

View of the church from the choir.

Religious procession on Easter.

A child with a candle.

A bird's eye view of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

The bell tower during Easter, when believers can climb it and ring the bell.

A monk rings the bell.

Believers bless Easter cakes and eggs.