City Abakan Church in Honor of St. Constantine and Helena

City Abakan Church in Honor of St. Constantine and Helena.

A friend and I were driving out of Abakan heading for Minusinsk when we spotted this church off the road to our right. I asked him to stop and then explored this the City Abakan Church in Honor of St....

Unique church in Abakan

In our opinion, this was the most beautiful church that we saw in Abakan. The St Helena and St Constantine Church was constructed over a nine year period. It didn't open it's doors until 2007. The chu...

Worth a visit

When you end up in Abakan, you've probably seen quite some churches like these already. This one isn't much different. Average compared to the rest of Russia, but an eyecatcher in Abakan. Worth a visi...

Bright, festive temple

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A bright, festive temple, it is impossible to pass. From the four sides of the temple and on the dome drum are depicted mosaic icons. Inside the temple, a five-layer iconost, which includes a hundred and nineteen icons, at ...

Beautiful

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Very beautiful temple, suddenly appeared on the course of the movement, and very pleased. Sadly there was no more time to examine. A pleasant bright place.