Old mills near the village of Kontias, Greece.

The Ubisi Monastery in Georgia is quite interesting in its own right - a well-preserved ancient complex in a picturesque setting - but what is most famous, of course, are its frescoes, executed by craftsmen clearly familiar with the Peleologian Renaissance.

However, there is another element in the monastery that points to a direct link with Byzantium - the monastery bell tower - built using plinth and generally very similar in appearance to its Roman analogues.

The old mansion that housed the Sudzha museum of local lore, which was completely destroyed yesterday by a targeted attack by retreating ukrainians.

One employee of the museum was killed and two others were wounded.

An abandoned church in the Greek countryside.

Saint Nicholas Church on Russian Street in Tallinn is the oldest by time of foundation among the surviving Orthodox churches in the city.

The modern classicist building was built according to the project of Luigi Ruska to replace the old medieval church.

Constant conflicts and Georgia's remoteness from other Christian countries led to a situation similar to that of other Orthodox countries suffering from Muslim raids and rule - castles closer to medieval than to modern fortifications continued to be built there until the XVIII century.

However, after the stabilisation of the situation with the arrival of the Russian Empire, the Georgian aristocracy had a unique opportunity to build architectural caprices referring to the Middle Ages within the framework of the architectural tradition that had never been broken. Georgian prince and Major-General of the Russian army Tamaz Orbeliani took advantage of this opportunity and commissioned the construction of this original tower in Vashlovani.

Weathered and vandalized, the sculptures on the portico of Hagia Sophia in Trebizond.

The massive building of the First Kostroma Gymnasium, nowadays serving as a university.

I will take a small pause this Lent.

Just aт attic window of the peasant-forestryman A.G. Serov's mansion, which is now moved to the Museum of Wooden Architecture "Kostroma Sloboda" in Kostroma, Russia.

In the nave of Byzantine Grand Basilica of Iomnium in modern-day Algeria.

A peculiar Greek neoclassicism from the Ottoman times - the Dimitrios Tokos mansion in Kavala, Greece.

Baroque-manneristic spires of Zaikonospassky Monastery in the center of Moscow Old Town.

Slightly neglected but no less beautiful, the historical district in the Serbian town of Knjaževac, which was built on the site of an Ottoman bazaar.

Today, the Church commemorates the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, who were put to death during the reign of Emperor Licinius.

Almost nothing remains of ancient Sebastia, located in modern-day Cappadocial, including the city cathedral, which was likely dedicated to the holy warriors. However, among the Byzantine constructions preserved in the cliffs surrounding the city there is a chapel the vault of which is adorned with an image of the Forty Martyrs.

Mysterious walls of the Flamouri Transfiguration monastery in Greece.

A scenic view of the ancient Boyabat castle in Turkey.