Not all religion is to be found in the church, any more than all knowledge is found in the classroom. But, I have found, usually, our spirits can be replenished in places where someone has replenished their own. There are sacred places to be found everywhere. Some buildings are built for this. Nothing needs to be said inside their doors; silence is the sermon.

This photograph, taken in 1909, is a picture of a chapel that sits on the site where Belozersk, Russia was founded. Belozersk was one of five original Russian towns from about the mid 800s.

You can see more color photographs from Russia taken in the early 1900s here