Russian Orthodox Church in the USSR (1978)

Views of Moscow.

Blooming tulips.

Residents and visitors of the capital on the streets of the city.

A church near a modern multi-story building.

Fragment of an international press conference with representatives of various religious movements that took place in Moscow in the summer of 1977. A church in the center of Moscow.

A meeting of the Synod, attended by the current Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Pimen and the future Patriarch Alexy II. View of the bridge over the river through the branches of a tree.

Telephones and icons on the table.

Clergy working with documents.

Patriarch Pimen speaking.

Countryside natural landscapes, Orthodox churches.

Epiphany Patriarchal Cathedral (Epiphany Cathedral in Yelokhovo).

Fragment of the Christmas service.

Winter landscapes, Orthodox churches.

Fragment of the service in a rural church.

Icons, burning candles, faces of parishioners, church utensils.

Church shop.

Fragment of the service.

Wedding ceremony.

Streets of Moscow.

Architectural ensemble of the Trinity Lavra of St.

Sergius.

Icon restorers at work, ancient icons.

View of the Assumption Cathedral from behind the fir trees.

Portrait of Alexy I (S.V. Simansky).

Church and state awards of the patriarch.

Assumption Cathedral of the Lavra.

The building where the Theological Academy and Seminary are located.

Seminarians in the church during the service.

Fragments of theoretical classes.

Clergymen working in the Lavra library, ancient literature.

Modern literature on the shelves.

Choral singing.

Moscow Theological Academy, Church Archaeological Department, collection of ancient icons, paintings, sculptures.

Icon painting lesson.

Ordination ceremony.

Churches of the Vladimir Region.

Vladimir, view of the Golden Gate.

Divine service in the Assumption Cathedral.

View of the city.

Church cemetery.

Fragment of the divine service.

The Eternal Flame is burning.

A flower wreath at the pedestal.

Monuments to those killed in the Great Patriotic War.

Flowers at the foot of the monument.

Chronicle of the Great Patriotic War: Patriarch Sergius blesses people.

A detachment walks down the street.

An elderly woman with an icon in her hands talks to people.

A soldier with a bouquet of flowers.

Soldiers and civilians in the church yard, a ceremonial handover of new combat vehicles to tank crews.

A tank column departs for the front, people wave after them.

Chronicle of 1973: Panorama of Moscow.

Delegates of the Congress of Peace-Loving Forces head to the Palace of Congresses.

Panorama of the hall.

Applause from delegates and guests.

The domes of the temple behind the branches of a tree.

A meeting of the Synod is underway, representatives of various religious movements are present at the meeting.

A motor ship is sailing along the river (view from the bridge).

Delegates of the World Conference for Peace, Disarmament and Just Relations Among Nations arrive at the meeting place.

Delegates chat and answer questions from journalists before the conference.

A fragment of the conference.

People on the streets of Moscow.

Panoramas of the capital.