The tiny, Byzantine domed chapel sat alone in the heavily wooded countryside on the outskirts of the city of Petrozavodsk.
They told me that, yes, indeed, they had discovered something, but it was only the remains of a small Byzantine chapel.
The other, a modern version of a Byzantine chapel, houses an ensemble of 12th-century frescoes looted from a cathedral on Cyprus.
At the eastern end of the northern side aisle, a middle Byzantine chapel dedicated to St. Irene is attached.
Peter and Paul, celebrated on July 29 at the Byzantine chapel of the same name, located near the eastern edge of the town.
The Byzantine chapel is oriented to face the cardinal directions - the facades face completely north, south, east and west.
The ashes of the writer Bruce Chatwin were scattered near a Byzantine chapel above the village in 1989.
Chatwin's ashes were scattered near a Byzantine chapel above Kardamyli in the Peloponnese.
Before you reach the village itself you'll find a beautiful Byzantine chapel on your right.
During his visit he planted an olive tree beside the Byzantine chapel as a symbol of peace.