Sin City

Last Sunday (before going to NY) I did one of the last Lonely Planet walking tours, which was called the Church Walk. I walked about 2km around a neighborhood called Zamoskvorechie, and took tons of pictures of... churches. Judging by the number of churches I saw, I believe that Russians must sin a lot.

This St Clement's, from 1740, true baroque.

This is St John the Baptist, from the late 17th century

This Mikhail and Fyodor, also from the late 17th century.

This is St Basil, from across the river.

This a museum dedicated to people who drink too much, become sinners, and then have to go to church to repent. It was closed though...

This is the Ressurection Church in Kadashi, which houses a restoration center for other churches. Ironically, it was also under restoration.

These are from The Virgin of Consolation of All Sorrows Church.

This is Church of St Nicholas in Pizhy. See the lady kissing the idol on the left side of the entrance.

This is St Catherine Church, built to celebrate the enthronement of Catherine II.

And this was my favorite: Church of St John the Warrior, which is the closest thing you can get to St Basil.

There was a wedding going on at the Church of St John the Warrior, so I finally had a chance to take some pictures inside a church.

I kept on walking to some other areas of town, and snapped more pictures of churches.

This one was by the Sculpture Park (see post below)

This a colorful monastery from early 17th century.

This is the reflexion of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior dome on the windows of an old house.