Orthodox Temples is the name of a series of commemorative coins issued in
Transnistria
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in 2001 by the
Transnistrian Republican Bank.
According to official information from the Bank, the coins were issued in remembrance of the many churches which were "destroyed in times of persecutions" of the Church
uring the Soviet timeand, as such, the series was devoted to restored and reconstructed sacred edifices.
The series consists of
gold
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and
silver
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coins
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featuring images of the following
Russian Orthodox churches within the
Diocese of Tiraspol (Transnistria):
* Church of the Blessed Virgin's Assumption (
Vărăncău village)
* Church of the Blessed Virgin's Protection (
Valea Adâncă village)
* Cathedral of God's Ascension (
Chiţcani village)
*
Cathedral of the Birth of Christ (
Tiraspol
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city)
* Cathedral of Transfiguration (
Bender city)
* Church of the Blessed Virgin's Birth (
Vadul-Turcului village)
* Church of Paraskeva the Serbian (
Zăzuleni village)
* Church of the Lifegiving Trinity (
Raşcov village)
* Church of St Michael the Archangel (
Stroieşti village)
See also
*
Transnistrian rubla (legal tender)
References
External links
Official website(with descriptions and depictions of all coins in this series)
Religion in Transnistria
Churches in Transnistria
Coins of Transnistria
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