Russia
There are Ascension churches in every major Russian historical town:
- Greater Church of the Ascension on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow
- Lesser Ascension Church on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street
- Ascension Church, Yaroslavl
Read more about this topic: Church Of The Ascension
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