open project

Day Eight

A series of portraits of parish and monastic Christian communities in the interior of their churches

About project

The creative association "Parsuna" presents portraits of parish and monastic Christian communities in the interiors of their churches. After the liturgy, we ask the parishioners to turn their faces to the camera, take detailed pictures of faces, icons, frescoes, details of the church interior, in order to recreate the image of the Eighth Day world.

The image of the Eighth Day in Christian theology is associated with the unity of people in the body of the Church. This is the time of the meeting of man with God, the day of the contact of the human soul with the Kingdom of God. The “eighth day” of creation in Orthodox theology is called the blessed eternity that will come after the second coming of Christ and the general Resurrection.

With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, with the support of the Synodal Department for Church Relations with Society and the Media, as well as with the assistance of the Press Service of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, the Parsuna Creative Group has been creating a large collection of panoramic group portraits of parish and monastic communities. Filming takes place in Russia and abroad.

Our panoramas have been repeatedly exhibited in the exhibition hall of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. For example, they made up a significant part of the exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the ministry of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. The works of this project were shown in a dozen cities of Russia.

To join the project, leave a request below or call +7 925 072 80 13

All photos of the project are intended for non-commercial publications, other options for their use must be preceded by a written agreement with their author - Konstantin Dyachkov.

Self-printing of images is allowed up to 60 cm on the long side. The original image format of the project is from one and a half to three meters. Large format photographs are printed exclusively under copyright control and in a limited edition of 7 + 1. Each of them is supplied with an author's certificate; works can be purchased upon request from the author.

Favorites projects

  • Moscow, Cathedral of Christ the Savior

    Episcopate of the Russian Orthodox Church

    Volkhonka street, 15 Moscow, Russia, 119019

    2.02.2016
  • Optina Pustyn, Kazan Temple

    Vicar of the Vvedensky Monastery, Bishop Joseph of Mozhaisk, Schema-Archimandrite Iliy, and the brethren of the monastery

    Optina Pustyn village, Kozelsk, Kaluga region, Russia

    9.04.2023
  • Moscow, Tatyana's temple of Moscow State University

    Parish community of the house church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana at Moscow State University

    Mokhovaya st., 9/2, Moscow, Russia

    17.04.2022
  • Tutaev, Resurrection Church

    Parish community of the Resurrection Cathedral in the city of Tutaev

    Sobornaya street, 13A Tutaev, Yaroslavl region, Russia, 152300

    6.07.2014
  • Moscow, Andreevsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace

    Meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches

    Andreevsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, Manezhnaya street, 2-10soor2 Moscow, Russia, 119019

    25.07.2013
  • Krasnogorsk, Nikolsky Cathedral in Pavshinskaya floodplain

    Parish community of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Pavshinskaya floodplain

    Krasnogorskiy blvd., 30, Krasnogorsk

    27.09.2020
  • Vidnoe, St. George's Church

    The clergy of the Vidnovsky deanery of the Podolsk diocese in St. George's Church in the city of Vidnoye

    Sovetsky proezd, 2A, Vidnoe, Leninsky urban district, Moscow region, 142703, Russia

    22.12.2022
  • Tutaev, Resurrection Church

    Parish community of the Resurrection Cathedral in the city of Tutaev

    Sobornaya street, 13A Tutaev, Yaroslavl region, Russia, 152300

    12.02.2022
  • St. Petersburg, Konyushennaya square

    Parish community of the Church of the Savior Image Not Made by Hands on Konyushennaya Square

    Konyushennaya Square, 1 Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

    11.11.2012
  • St. Petersburg Theological Academy, graduate of 2012

    Bishop Ambrose of Gatchina, Rector of SPbPDA, students of the St. Petersburg Orthodox Theological Academy SPbPDA, graduation day June 17, 2011/12 academic year

    набережная Обводного канала, 17, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

    17.06.2012
  • Valaam, Transfiguration Cathedral

    Viceroy of the Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, Bishop Trinity Pankraty and the brethren of the monastery

    Valaam settlement, Sortavalskoe urban settlement, Sortavalsky district, Republic of Karelia, Russia

    29.07.2018
  • Valaam, Singing Field

    Vicar of the Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery, Bishop Pankraty of Trinity, brethren and guests of the monastery at the closing ceremony of the 4th Festival of Orthodox singing "Illuminator"

    Valaam settlement, Sortavalskoe urban settlement, Sortavalsky district, Republic of Karelia, Russia

    29.07.2018
  • Tbilisi, Kashveti Church

    Parish community of the Church of St. George (Kashveti)

    Shota Rustaveli Avenue 9, Tbilisi, Georgia

    15.05.2016
  • Moscow, Donskoy monastery

    Parish community in the Great Cathedral of the Donskoy Monastery, Palm Sunday

    Donskaya Square, 1s12 Moscow, Russia, 115419

    13.04.2014
  • Moscow, Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Pervomaisky

    Archpriest Sergiy Makhonin and the parish community of the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Pervomaisky, New Moscow

    Parkovaya st., 12A, Pervomayskoye settlement, Moscow, Russia

    23.03.2014
  • Yasenevo, Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God

    Parish community of the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos

    Litovskiy Boulevard, 7a, Moscow, Russia, 117593

    8.03.2020
  • Moscow, Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Patriarchal Book Prize

    Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and laureates of the Patriarchal Book Prize at the award ceremony in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior

    Volkhonka street, 15 Moscow, Russia, 119019

    28.05.2012
  • Somino, Peter and Paul Church

    Parish community of the Peter and Paul Church in the village of Somino, Boksitogorsky District, Leningrad Region

    Somino village, Efimov urban settlement, Boksitogorsky district, Leningrad region, Russia, 187633

    19.01.2014
  • Izhevsk, Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    Parish community of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in the city of Izhevsk

    Maxim Gorky street, 66 Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic, Russia, 426008

    7.08.2022
  • Moscow, Danilovskaya Sloboda

    Community of the Church of the Resurrection of the Word in Danilovskaya Sloboda, Palm Sunday

    Bolshoi Starodanilovskiy lane, 3 Moscow, Russia, 115191

    24.04.2016
  • Moscow, Trinity Church of the Bakhrushinsky Shelter

    Community of the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity at the former orphanage of the Bakhrushins

    1st Rizhsky lane, 2с7 Moscow, Russia, 129626

    13.03.2022
  • Poschupovo. John the Theologian-Poshchupovsky Monastery

    The brethren of the monastery in the basement church-burial vault of St. Seraphim of Sarov

    Poshupovo village, Rybnovsky district, Ryazan region, Russia

    20.03.2014
  • Nizhnie Pryski, Transfiguration Church

    Parish community of the Transfiguration Church in the village of Nizhnie Pryski

    Centralnaya st., 74, Nizhnie Pryski village, Kozelsky district, Kaluga region, Russia

    25.04.2021
  • Kronstadt, apartment-museum of St. John of Kronstadt

    Apartment-museum of st. John of Kronstadt in Kronstadt, Archpriest Gennady Belovolov and the Sisterhood of the Church of St. Ap. and Ev. John the Theologian in St. Petersburg

    Posadskaya street, 21 Kronshtadt, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197760

    21.06.2012
  • Merenishchi, a temple in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

    Bishop Nikita of Kozelsky and Lyudinovsky, the priesthood and parishioners of the churches of the Kozelsk diocese after the liturgy in the abandoned church of the former village of Merenishchi (project @ 4xrama)

    Kozelsky District, Kaluga Region, Russia

    23.07.2020
  • Kineshma, Assumption Cathedral

    Bishop Hilarion of Kineshma and Palekh and clergy of the Kineshma diocese in the Assumption Cathedral

    Volzhsky boulevard, Kineshma, Ivanovo region, Russia

    11.06.2017
  • Verkhnee Myachkovo, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

    Parish community of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Verkhneye Myachkovo, Moscow Region

    the village of Verkhnee Myachkovo, Ramensky urban district, Moscow region, Russia, 140123

    21.09.2020
  • Moscow, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin on the Strelka

    Moscow, the parish community of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin on the Strelka

    Moscow, st. Solyanka, 5 / 2s4

    11.10.2020
  • Kostino, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

    Parish community of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Kostino

    Kaliningradskaya st., 1, Korolev, Russia 141080

    4.10.2020
  • Klykovo, Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands

    Bishop Nikita of Kozelsky and Lyudinovsky and the brethren of the Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village of Klykovo in the monastery church of the schmch. Kukshi of Kiev-Pechersk

    Klykovo village, Kozelsky district, Kaluga region, Russia

    25.03.2020
  • Butovo

    Parish community of the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia in Butovo

    Litovskiy Boulevard, 7a, Moscow, Russia, 117593

    8.05.2016
  • Rybinsk, Ascension Church

    Bishop of Rybinsk and Uglich Benjamin and the parish community of the Ascension Church

    Railway street, 43 Gagarinsky district, Yuzhny district, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl region, Russia, 152934

    9.06.2013
  • Klykovo, Kozelsky district

    Bishop of Kozelsky and Lyudinovsky Nikita and the clergy of the Kozelsky deanery in the church of the schmch. Kukshi of Kiev-Pechersky, Monastery of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the village of Klykovo

    Klykovo village, Kozelsky district, Kaluga region, Russia

    25.03.2020
  • Alatyr Holy Trinity Monastery

    Bishop of Alatyr and Poretsky Theodore and the brethren of the monastery

    Alatyr, Chuvash Republic, Russia, 429822

    7.04.2017
  • Alatyrsky Holy Trinity Monastery female compound

    Bishop of Alatyr and Poretsk Theodore and the sisterhood of the women's courtyard of the monastery in the church of St. Bassian of Constantinople

    Alatyr, Chuvash Republic, Russia, 429822

    7.04.2017
  • Alatyr, Iverskaya Church

    Bishop of Alatyr and Poretsk Theodore and the parish community of the Church of the Iberian Icon of the Mother of God

    st. Lenina, 132, Alatyr, Chuvash Republic, Russia

    30.07.2017
  • Chuvarley, the church of the Apostle Yakov Alfeev

    Parish community of the church of the Apostle Yakov Alfeev

    Chuvarley village, Alatyrsky district, Chuvash Republic, Russia, 429810

    27.08.2017
  • Mishukovo, Chuvashia

    Parish community of the church of St. Nicholas in the village of Mishukovo

    Severnaya st., 3A, Mishukovo village, Alatyrsky district, Chuvash Republic, Russia

    28.08.2017
  • Tarkhany, Chuvashia

    Parish community of the Church of the Epiphany in the village of Tarkhany

    Tarkhany village, Batyrevsky district, Chuvash Republic, Russia

    27.08.2017
  • Soigino, Chuvashia

    Parish community of the Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church in the village of Soigino

    st. Lenina, Soygino village, Alatyrsky district, Chuvash Republic, Russia

    27.08.2017
  • New Valaam, Finland

    The abbot of the Novo-Valaam monastery, Archimandrite Sergius (Rayapolvi) and the brethren of the monastery in the Transfiguration Cathedral

    South Savo, Finland

    6.12.2019
  • Myaksa, Church of the Nativity

    Bishop of Cherepovets and Belozersk Flavian and the parish community of the Nativity Church

    Myaksa village, Cherepovets district, Vologda region, Russia, 162646

    14.07.2015
  • Podborovye, Church of John of Kronstadt

    Archpriest Gennady Belovolov and the parish community of the Church of St. John of Kronstadt

    Novaya st., 1, Podborovye village, Lida rural settlement, Boksitogorsky district, Leningrad region, Russia, 187640

    19.01.2014
  • Pskov-Pechersky Monastery

    All-night Vigil in the Holy Dormition Pskov-Pechersky Monastery

    Pechory, Pskov region, Russia

    27.08.2015
  • St. Petersburg, the museum of the temple in the name of the icon BM "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

    Rector of the Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" on Shpalernaya Street, Archpriest Vyacheslav Kharinov and the Sisterhood of the Church

    Chernyshevskogo Avenue, 3A Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123

    17.12.2011
  • Inkerman monastery, Crimea

    Братия монастыря в храме святого целителя и великомученика Пантелеимона, Инкерманский Свято-Климентовский пещерный мужской монастырь

    Balka Gaitanskaya Balaklava Municipal District, Sevastopol, Crimea

    29.05.2014
  • Sarapul, Resurrection Church

    Parish community of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Sarapul

    st. Gogol 1A, city of Sarapul, Republic of Udmurtia, Russia

    14.08.2022
  • St. Petersburg, Church of St. Panteleimon

    Community of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Panteleimon in Udelnaya

    Fermskoe shosse, 38 St. Petersburg, Russia, 197341

    11.03.2012
  • Poshchupovo, St. John the Theologian-Poshchupovsky monastery

    Parish community and pilgrims in the Assumption Cathedral of the Ioanno-Bogoslovsky-Poshchupovsky Monastery

    Poshupovo village, Rybnovsky district, Ryazan region, Russia

    29.03.2014
  • Dmitrov, Borisoglebsky monastery

    Sunday School teachers, students and their parents at the Borisoglebsk Cathedral of the Borisoglebsk Monastery

    Dmitrov, Dmitrovsky urban district, Moscow region, Russia

    13.03.2016
  • St. Petersburg, a temple in the name of the icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

    Parish community of the temple on Shpalernaya street

    Chernyshevskogo Avenue, 3A Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191123

    18.12.2011
  • Yasenevo, Compound of the Optina Monastery

    Parish community of the Peter and Paul Church in Yasenevo

    Novoyasenevsky prospect, 42 Moscow, Russia, 117463

    22.03.2020
  • Khersonese, St. Vladimir Cathedral

    Parish community of St. Vladimir Cathedral in Khersonese, Sevastopol

    st. Ancient, Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia

    11.05.2014
  • Sevastopol, Vladimir Cathedral (tomb of admirals)

    The parish community of the Cathedral of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, Sevastopol

    st. Suvorova, 3, Sevastopol, Russia

    11.05.2014

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