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RuVirtual tour "The Synodal Church of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and the Council Hall of the Holy Synod"
The virtual tour introduces the Synodal Church and the Council Hall of the Holy Synod, located in the Presidential Library’s building. The educational tour allows the user to learn more about the history of the Most Holy Governing Synod (existed from 1721 to 1917), its location and the main tasks of the modern Holy Synod. The section of the tour dedicated to the temple introduces the principles of Orthodoxy and the basic structure of an Orthodox church. It also provides an opportunity to look into the altar part, which is usually inaccessible for visiting.
Virtual tour of the historic building of the Synod: the hall of presence and the house church available on the Presidential Library’s portal
Today thanks the new virtual tour The Synod Church of the Holy Fathers of the Seven Ecumenical Councils and the Council Hall of the Holy Synod, prepared with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia by the specialists of the Presidential Library together with representatives of the Church, it is possible to attend the meeting room of the highest hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church in the historic building of the Synod, which houses the Presidential Library today, to learn more about Orthodoxy and the history of the Church, to learn about the principles of the organization of an Orthodox church and to look into its altar part, which is usually inaccessible for attending.