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Interior, Group 2 - Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
St. Petersburg, Russia
Its walls are almost entirley covered with 7500 square metres of mosaics - perhaps more than any other church in the world.
  Heaven: Dove (Holy Spirit) Mary, Queen of Heaven flanked by Apostles   |
 Central nave includes Christ Pantocrator designed by Nikolai Kharlamov.  Christ Pantocrator  Christ is surrounded by a mandorla  Right hand raised in a blessing gesture  Six-winged seraph angel  Center: Cherub angel   Icon of the Mother of God  |
Pillar mosaic: God the Father, Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, and the Virgin Mary an Annunciation scene without the Archangel Gabriel  God the Father and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove are not visible in this photo because of a lighting problem, but see photos below.  God the Father wih blessing hand gestures  Holy Spirit in the form of a dove  The Virgin Mary |
 Note upper left: part of the pillar illustrated above. Note signage.   Resurection of Christ mosaic icon  |
Photos and their arrangement © 2010 Chuck LaChiusa
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