facade of the church of the transfiguration of the savior on ilyina street veliky novgorod, russia, a historical church painted

ancient antiquity arch architecture belief building cathedral christian christianity church colourful construction council cross culture cupola decor decoration devout dome door entrance exterior facade faith famous gate goodness great greatness greek heritage historic historical history holy icon iconography landmark medieval monastery novgorod old orthodox parvis parvise peaceful people perspective pilgrimage religion religious roof roofing russia russian sacral sacred shrine spiritual spirituality stone style sunlit sunny sunshine symmetry temple theophanes tourism traditional travel veliky welfare white worship