• “In June of this year, the long-awaited opening of the main church of the Kizhi Island – the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord – will take place...
  • According to the Russian carpentry traditions of that time, the Transfiguration Church was built of wood only with no nails.
  • The Church of the Transfiguration was laid in June, 1714, after the old one was burnt by lightning. ... Kizhi Island church of the transfiguration.
  • The Soviet Union 1968 CPA 3715 stamp (The Transfiguration Church (1714) and Belfry (1874), Kizhi Pogost, Kizhi Memorial Estate, Karelia).png - Matsievsky.
  • Oldest wooden church still standing from the time of Peter the Great (1714). Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi Island in northwestern Russia.
  • It’s called the Church of the Transfiguration, and here’s its twist: It’s not the only historic wooden church on the island.
  • The 1582/83 Census Book first mentions the Transfiguration and Intercession churches as parish churches of Kizhi Pogost, a relatively big territory comprising...
  • The 22-domed Transfiguration Church on Kizhi Island in Lake Onega, Russia, was built in the early 1700’s, entirely of wood, without the use of a single nail.
  • The Church of the Transfiguration, Kizhi, Karelia. Karelia UNESCO Russia Kizhi Карелия.