#21 – The Golden Ring, RUSSIA
Russia's Golden Ring is home to tens of golden, green and red domed monasteries and churches.
To the northeast of Moscow lies many small towns and villages known for their golden, green and red domed monasteries and churches along a 440 km ring road. Among the most stunning villages is Suzdal, known for the most number of monasteries and churches for the number of inhabitants. Among the noteworthy towns on the ring road are Vladimir, Suzdal, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Rostov Velikiy, Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, and Sergiyev Posad.
Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius, Sergiev Posad
Church of the Forty Martyrs, Pereslavl-Zalessky
The Church of the Epiphany, Yaroslavl
Museum of the Wooden Architechture and Rural Life and from River Kamenka, Suzdal
The Holy Gates at the Monastery of the Deposition of the Robe, Suzdal
Church of St. Nicholas, Suzdal
Cathedral of St. Demetrius, Vladimir
The above article appears in the December 2014 issue of Globerovers Magazine
