Orthodox – The Rambling Wombat

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Canberra

St John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church

The silver onion dome of St John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church, generally gleaming in the beautiful Canberra sun, stands out and is seen by thousands each day as the travel along Canberra Avenue between the City and Fyshwick and Queanbeyan. Not many take that extra step, and I didn’t for fifteen years, of detouring the hundred or so metres necessary off Canberra Avenue to visit this rather beautiful church, in the style of 14th century churches found in the Pskov and Novgorod regions of north-west of Russia. Continue reading “St John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church” →

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Canberra

Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral – Narrabundah

I have driven past this very distinctive round-topped building for a number of years now and apart from knowing it was a church I knew very little else about it. While visiting a couple of other sites in the area – Mugga Mugga and Calthorpes’ House – I decided to stop for a closer look. Continue reading “Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral – Narrabundah” →

September 9, 2017September 9, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Sighisoara

Holy Trinity Orthodox Church

You can see this striking black and white Neo-Byzantine style Eastern Orthodox church on the northern bank of the Tarnava Mare river in Elisabeth Park from the Citadel (next picture). To visit it, just head for the train station – it’s about half way from the citadel to the station – take the pedestrian bridge across the river. Continue reading “Holy Trinity Orthodox Church” →

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Riga - Outside the Old City

St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Church

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Don’t forget to cross the street when you visit the more famous Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral and have a look at this lovely church – another older Orthodox church. Continue reading “St. Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Church” →

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Riga - Outside the Old City

Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral

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The brickwork and gilded cupolas make this neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox Cathedral one of Riga’s most beautiful buildings and, unlike other churches in the City, while it has had a number of uses, it has not been rebuilt numerous times. That said, compared to the City’s medieval Christian churches this is a mere youngster of a building. Continue reading “Nativity of Christ Orthodox Cathedral” →

July 12, 2017July 13, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Riga - Outside the Old City

Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church

To give it its full name, the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church (Latvian Orthodox) is one of a very small number of wooden churches left in Riga. The church dates from 1818 and remains pretty much unaltered since that date. Continue reading “Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady Church” →

July 10, 2017July 12, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Riga - Outside the Old City

All Saints Orthodox Church

All Saints Church was not my list of things to do in Riga for the simple reasons that it is not mentioned in mainstream tourist literature and I had not come across it during my online research.

I came across it by chance, and only because I noticed its very distinctive green copper domes, while wandering around in the Moscow District. Continue reading “All Saints Orthodox Church” →

July 9, 2017July 12, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Riga - Outside the Old City

Grebenshchikov Old Believers Church

The original wooden Old Believers church, established by Aleksandr Grebenšhchikov on this site, was built in 1760. Its replacement, officially the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, was built in 1814 and remains home to one of the largest congregations of Old Believers in the world. The stunning tower and gold dome were added in 1906. Continue reading “Grebenshchikov Old Believers Church” →