Orthodox Collection (page 6)

Israel Mar Saba
(aka Santa Saba) - the Greek Orthodox monastery, in the Kidron Valley, one of the worlds oldest, once housed some 4000 monks, but now there are only 20. Date: circa 1840

Serfdom Abolished
An Orthodox priest reads out the tsars announcement that serfdom is abolished throughout Russia. Date: 1861

Nathaniel Spinckes
NATHANIEL SPINCKES churchman described as very eminent, venerable of aspect, orthodox in truth, his Adversaries being Judges - what did he do to offend ? Date: 1653 - 1727

Russian Orthodox Church
A Russian orthodox church. Date: early 1930s

Edward Lake - 1
EDWARD LAKE English churchman, pious and truly orthodox chaplain and tutor to Queen Mary and Queen Anne. Date: 1641 - 1704

Russo-Japanese War - Japanese pay respects at Russian Graves
Russo-Japanese War - Japanese pay respects at Russian Hilltop Graves, marked by a Russian Suppedaneum Cross. Date: circa 1905

Church of Agia Marina Location at Thissio, Athens, Greece
Church of Agia Marina (Saint Marina) Location at Thissio, Athens, Greece. Located right next to the National Observatory and opposite Pnyka Hill on the Hill of the Nymphs

Monastery of Mount Tabor, Israel
Eastern Orthodox Church and Monastery on Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel. Traditionally believed to be the site where the Transfiguration of Christ took place

Serbian Orthodox burial - WW1 era. Date: 1917

WW1 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Serbian refugees within The Church of Saint George (The Rotunda). Date: circa 1916

Thessaloniki, Greece - Rotunda of St. George
Thessaloniki, Greece - The Rotunda of Galerius, also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Agios Georgios, and is informally called the Church of the Rotunda (or simply The Rotunda of St. George)

Thessaloniki - Orthodox Temple of St Gregory Palamas
Metropolitan Orthodox Temple of Saint Gregory Palamas at Thessaloniki. Date: circa 1910s

The Saint George the Zograf Monastery, Mount Athos, Greece
The Saint George the Zograf Monastery or Zograf Monastery - a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery on Mount Athos (the " Holy Mountain" ) in Greece. Date: 1905

Salonica - Fountain and Greek Orthodox Priest Date: circa 1910s

Kazan Cathedral, St Petersburg, Russia
View of Kazan Cathedral on Nevski Prospekt, St Petersburg, Russia. This Russian Orthodox cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, a 16th century icon of the Virgin Mary

Great Labra of St Sabbas the Sanctified Convent, Palestine
The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba - a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley in the West Bank (east of Bethlehem)

The Rotunda - Thessaloniki, Greece
The Rotunda (also known as the Church of Agios Georgios or (in English) the Rotunda of St. George) - Thessaloniki, Greece

Jewish New Year Greetings Postcard
Jewish New Year Greetings postcard Date: circa 1910s

RUBLYOV, Andrey (1360-1430). The Trinity. ca. 1411. Byzantine art. Painting. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

Juan de Austria, Don (1545-1578). Saint Michael the Archangel. 15th c. Byzantine art. Tempera on wood. RUSSIA. Moscow. Tretyakov Gallery

ITALY. Trieste. Church of San Spiridione. Detail of the fa硤 e of the Church of San Spiridione, of the Greek-orthodox community. Architecture

ITALY. Trieste. Interior of the Greek-orthodox church of San Nicol஠

Russian Ikons
Russina ikons at Prince Galitzens shop, Paris, France. Date: early 1930s

Orthodox Christian baptism in the Jordon. From: Histoire gnrale des crmonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Date: 1741

Turkey - Istanbul - Church of Saint Irene
Hagia Irene or Hagia Eirene, often erroneously rendered (as on this card!!!) in English as St Irene - a former Eastern Orthodox church located in the outer courtyard of Topkapce in Istanbul, Turkey

Russian lady and a giant anchor - Patriotic postcard
" Hope". Russian lady in full traditional orthodox costume holding on tight to a giant three-pronged anchor. This might be a propaganda card from the time of the Russo-Japanese war

Royal Wedding 1934 - Greek Orthodox Ceremony
As well as their marriage in Westminster Abbey on 29 November, when Prince George, Duke of Kent married Princess Marina of Greece

Romania - Agapia Monastery
The Agapia Monastery - a Romanian Orthodox monastery located west of Targu Neamt in Neamt County. It was built in the mid 17th century by Romanian Voivode Vasile Lupu. Date: circa 1910s

Monastir - The Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Monastir (formerly Bitola), Macedonia (formerly in Serbia and the Ottoman Empire) - The Head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, carrying a lightweight bag and bible. Date: circa 1910s

Constantinople Fall - 5
In the cathedral of Santa Sophia, the Roman and Orthodox churches are reconciled - but its too late to save the city. Date: 28 May 1453

Cetinje - Montenegro - The Monastery is the most famous Serb Orthodox monastery in Montenegro. It is the seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral

Israel - Monastery of Saint George at Wadi Qilt
Israel - The Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saint George at Wadi Qilt - at this period under Ottoman control. Date: circa 1910s

Syria - Hama - Russian Consul General on the Orontes
Hama, Syria - The Russian Consul General on the Orontes River, accompanied by The Greek Orthodox clergy. They are photographed by a large and free-flowing waterwheel

Mount Athos Monastery
A monastery perched upon Mount Athos, the heart of Greek Orthodox Christianity, on the northernmost peninsula of Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. Date: early 1930s

The Meteora, Greece - Kalabaka
The Meteora (" suspended rocks", " suspended in the air" or " in the heavens above" ) - one of the largest

Greece - The Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo
The Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo in Kalavrita (Kalavryta), the most amazing shrine of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Peloponese, Greece. Date: circa 1920s

Israel - Church on Mount Tabor in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley. This postcards shows the Church of Transfiguration at the summit

The Greek Cathedral, St. Sophia, London
The Greek Cathedral, St. Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, built in 1879. Date: circa 1930s

Monastery of St John the Theologian, Patmos
View toward the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian (also called Monastery of Saint John the Divine) - a Greek Orthodox monastery founded in 1088 at Chora on the island of Patmos, Greece

Greek Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Christian Church

Argostoli - Interior of the Greek Church
Interior of the Greek Church at Argostoli, the capital and administrative centre of Kefalonia, Greece. Buildings that weren t shattered by German bombing in 1943 were destroyed in 1953 by an

Traditional preacher vs radical
Woodcut from a 17th century tract, " A Glasse for the Times, by which according to the Scriptures, you may clearly behold the true Ministers of Christ

St Sergius Monastery, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
View of the Trinity Lavra (Monastery) of St Sergius in the town of Sergiyev Posad, Russia. This monastery is the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church

Assumption Cathedral, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
Main entrance to the Assumption Cathedral, in the town of Sergiyev Posad, Russia. The cathedral was built in the 16th century

St Sophia Cathedral, Tobolsk, Russia
View of the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St Sophia, with a belfry on the right, in Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia. The building was completed in 1686

Domes of the Assumption Cathedral, Sergiyev Posad, Russia
View from below of three of the domes of the Assumption Cathedral, in the town of Sergiyev Posad, Russia. The cathedral was built in the 16th century

Old and new churches in Alba Iulia, Romania
A view of old and new Romanian Orthodox churches in Alba Iulia, Transylvania, Romania

Patrijarsija, Belgrade, Serbia
A Patrijarsija (Serbian Orthodox Monastery) in the outskirts of Belgrade, Serbia

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