May 2019 - Paris France
On our first day as we strolled along the Seine, there was a sign saying "the cathedral is open today".
Holy Trinity Cathedral and The Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center (French: Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris et Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe) is a complex that consists of 4 buildings:the Cultural Center found on Quai Branly, an educational complex in University Street, an administrative building in Rapp Street and the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church.
In an unusual step, Moscow even obtained diplomatic immunity for the "spiritual and cultural center" — as the cathedral and conference building complex is known — by declaring it the official chapel of its Paris embassy.
The result is the golden-domed Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, one of the most prominent examples in the West of post-communist Russia's return to a global presence and the alliance it has forged with the Russian Orthodox church. Parisians aware of Moscow's role in the background refer to it as "Saint Vladimir's."
Easter cakes for sale after we passed through security.
Amazing shots.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful church but even more so inside
ReplyDelete...that onion dome is wonderful to see and the art is amazing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful inside, and fitting with Orthodoxy.
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