The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

New Jerusalem Monastery

Istra, Moscow Oblast, Russia Christianity

A major monastery near Moscow founded by Patriarch Nikon to evoke the sacred geography of Jerusalem and the Holy Land.

Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

Sergiyev Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia Christianity

Russia’s most important working Orthodox monastery and one of its foremost pilgrimage centres.

St. Sergius of Radonezh