... , I went to the Orthodox cathedral, Zenkov Cathedral, also called the Ascension Cathedral (Voznesenskiy sobor), in PanfilovPark, the central park in Almaty, for midnight mass. This completely wooden cathedral (no nails, only wooden pegs) is the ...
... . Started out in the north, downhill from the mountains and plodded south ,uphill. We took a stroll through beautiful Panfilovpark where the Zenkov Cathedral and a impressive, massive ww2 memorial, are situated. It was here where Dan and I ...
... ;р for those of you who speak Russian), today, Saturday, the day of weddings in any Eastern Orthodox region, I walked through PanfilovPark, the place in the city to go for wedding pictures. It is kind of like the two columns on Vasiliyskiy ...
... quite the impressive place but there were some terminals for e-mailing too) I headed to check out the main downtown park, PanfilovPark. The wooden cathedral was quite pretty and it was nice to see people feeding the pigeons and strolling around despite ...
... Monument and the Central Museum of Kazakh Culture and Anthropology, and passed through the former Parliament and government quarter. PanfilovPark in the heart of the city is site of two absolutely contrasting monuments, a WWII Memorial ...
... two decades of the twentieth century, leaving little of its tsarist past other than the stunning 'candy coloured' cathedral in PanfilovPark. Other than its wealth, the main aspect that really distinguishes Almaty from its central asian sister cities is ...
... of the Zailisky Alatau Mountains. Chimbulak Ski Resort, Almaty Green bazaar, Zenkov Cathedral, Kok Tube Hill, PanfilovPark, the museum of Kazakhstan National Musical Instruments are the highlights of Almaty City. We have stayed one night in Chimbulak ...
... as far as his workplace. Dumping our bags at the train station we headed out in the beating hot sun to explore Almaty.
At our first stop in PanfilovPark we managed to loose each other in the crowds (more Gearoid's lack of patience than anything) but we ...
... to sleep, getting up at 1030. I still do not feel right, but it is a beautiful day and I had thought of walking to PanfilovPark, to see Zenkov Cathedral, a Russian Orthodox church. It is a gorgeous day, sunny and in the low 70s, and my walk ...