Why do we spend so much time on Medieval Rus’ and the Orthodox Church?
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Medal Struck on the 1988 Millennium of the Orthodox Church in Russia (still the Soviet Union at that time)
Qolşärif Mosque, Kazan’ (rebuilt 1996) and the Cathedral of the Protection of the Theotokos (“St. Basil’s Cathedral”), Moscow
(1555-61)
Double-Headed Eagle: 1. Original (1472) adopted by Ivan III; 2. At Entrance to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Istanbul; 3. On gate of
Transfiguration Cathedral, St. Petersburg
Kiril, Patriarch of Moscow, 2010; Kiril at his consecration as patriarch; metropolitans‘ and bishops’ crowns