2018年4月30日 星期一

RUSSIA TOUR 2018: MOSCOW (Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics)

Gears: A7R3 with 16-35 GM

Inside this museum, visitors may take pictures with mobile phone camera. I have to pay an extra fee of 230 Ruble (about 3.7 USD) in order to take pictures with my camera (no flash of course).











































RUSSIA TOUR 2018: ZAGORSK (Dormition Cathedral)

Gears: A7R3 with 16-35 GM

The word Dormition comes from Latin which means sleep, a Christian way of expressing the ending of earthly life and awaking again in resurrection life. The Dormation Cathedral at the monastery here is dedicated to the Mary. In the interior, all  columns, walls and ceiling are decorated with paintings.

Going into the Formation Cathedral
The red building on the right side is the Holy Spring Chapel.








Coming out of the Formation Cathedral, we saw people lining up for the Holy Spring  Chapel.

RUSSIA TOUR 2018: ZAGORSK (Refectory Church)

Gears: A7R3 with 16-35 GM

Refectory means dinning place of church or monastery. The Refectory Church at the monastery here has a long hall of 85 meters long with no pillar support at the middle. The walls and ceilings are decorated with colourful paintings. At the end of the hall is an altar.

The long building is the Refectory Church with an altar in far end (tall structure behind the trees).
The small building in the front is the St. Mica's Church.

Part of the long hall inside

part of the paints in the ceiling

Upright angle shot at the ceiling

Altar at the far end


Entrance to the hall with a seminary student sitting at the left





RUSSIA TOUR 2018: ZAGORSK (Trinity Monastery)

Gears: SL with 24-90 mm and A7R3 with 16-35 GM
Zagorsk is an ancient city north-east of Moscow. People who visit this place mainly come to see the Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius. The complex of the monastery consists of several church buildings and the Moscow Theological Academy.

Fortress architecture viewing from outside

Entrance

At closer look, this picture at the entrance is not a painting but mosaic.

Trinity Cathedral with the relics of St. Sergius inside the Cathedral

Church of John the Baptist's Nativity

Dormition Cathedral (聖母安息堂)

Bell Tower



Church of the Holy Spirit