Saint Nicholas in a Shrine with Folding Wings, Seventeenth Century, from the Church of Saints Florus and Laurus in the Village of Astafyevo, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region

Saint Nicholas in a shrine with folding wings, seventeenth century, from the Church of Saints Florus and Laurus in the village of Astafyevo, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region. In the upper part of the wings: the Nicene miracle, the sun and the moon, painted in the eighteenth century; on the right, Saint Modestus, on the left, the Apostle Simeon, the Lord's brother

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

Frederic Leighton

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Saint Nicholas in a Shrine with Folding Wings, Seventeenth Century, from the Church of Saints Florus and Laurus in the Village of Astafyevo, Kargopol District, Arkhangelsk Region

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

Frederic Leighton

Attempts to resolve the problems of many years of uncontrolled mass migration

Characters from Gogol's "Petersburg Tales" on the pedestal of the monument to Nikolai Gogol on Nikitsky Boulevard, photograph of the 1960s