Russian Travel Guide

CATHERINE PALACE. THE TRIUMPH OF THREE EMPRESSES

A grand palace ensemble birthed by the will of three empresses – Catherine I, Elizabeth, and Catherine the Great. With a gentle but powerful hand, each of these women selected the best architects and artists of her time to create a stunning summer residence worthy of the sovereign of a mighty state. This is true luxury. Every structure in the palace and park ensemble is unique. Some commemorate historic victories, while others say more about colorful events in the empresses’ personal lives. The palace and everything that surrounds it has become a symbol of majesty and a testimonial to these women’s love for this place – Tsarskoye Selo. Watch Catherine Palace: Triumph of Three Empresses to discover its secrets.

Father Yevgeny — mission to the edge of the Earth

Some might dismiss the four rocky islands in the northern Pacific Ocean known as the Commander Archipelago to be a far-off land forgotten by God himself. They would be quite mistaken. There the joyful sound of church bells ringing carries on for miles and the onion dome of Russia's most eastern Orthodox church shines. On one of these islands, the country's first prayer of the day is led by a young priest by the name of Evgeniy Tsukalo, a graduate of the Moscow Seminary who chose the remote island on the edge of the country as his first place of service. Being new to the island is no easy feat — it's difficult to adapt to living in such a natural environment and to such isolation. This is a perfect place for a church as living under such conditions seems impossible without faith. Father Evgeniy was given a difficult mission: Not to simply adapt to island life, but to change it — to teac...

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