Pictures by the Zains (Fr.Tomas, Claudia, Simone and George) and Bishop Mark (August 14-29, 2006)


Here are pictures from our trip to Russia from August 14-29, 2006.
We spend one week in St. Petersburg and one week in Moscow.
The highlight of the trip was our celebration of the Feast of the Dormition on August 28 (old calendar)
at the Dormition Cathedral in the Kremlin
with His Holiness, ALEXY II, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.

Nick Roberts, Bishop MARK and Fr. Thomas	Fr. Thomas
Wonder-working icon of Our Lady of Valaam	Sunset on Lake Ladoga

St.John of Kronstadt Church in St.Petersburg	Blessed Xenia of St.Petersburg
Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral in St.Petersburg	Peter the Great
Simone having her picture drawn in St.Petersburg	George's Turn
St. Isaac's Cathedral	Smolny Cathedral
The tombs of St.Czar Nicholas II and his family	Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral
Resurrection Cathedral St.Petersburg	Oleg with us for the day
One of the many canals	Boat ride on the canals in St.Petersburg
Dinner with Nick in St.Petersburg	Fr. Tom and Simone on top of St.Isaac's Cathedral

Peterhof

Peterhof gardens	Peterhof (Peter the Great's Summer Palace)
Simone Dressed up	and another of Simone
The Gardens at the Palace	Trick fountain

Catherine Palace	The gardens at Catherine the Great's summer palace
and another	Anna, our wonderful guide in St.Petersburg

Train ride to Moscow

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