A man on scaffolding, painting the interior of the Church of the Transfiguration, Kharkiv, holding paint in one hand, and a thin paintbrush in the other.
Icon of the Mother of God, called "Pishchanska," located in the Pisky settlement of the Izyum district in Kharkiv province. The icon has had several homes but now resides in the Ascension Cathedral.
Illina Church, the oldest of the Trinity-Illina Monastery, Chernihiv. The modern appearance of the Illina Church is the result of reconstructions in the 10th , 2nd, and 18th centuries.
Five bells suspended from a beam in the church of St. Simeon Stylites, located in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka. The stone church was constructed between 1908-1909, spent part of its life as a village club, then passed back into the hands of the parish in 1992 and was restored beginning in 2002 after a fire.
Color photograph of Vvedensk Refectory Church, built 1677-1679, Chernihiv. The pillarless Vvedensk church is one of the oldest in the group of Chernihiv monuments of the 17th century.