Orthodox Temples (Transnistria)
Orthodox Temples is the name of a series of commemorative coins issued in Transnistria 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 and, as such, the series was devoted to restored and reconstructed sacred edifices.
The series consists of gold and silver coins featuring images of the following Russian Orthodox churches within the Diocese of Tiraspol (Transnistria):
- Church of the Blessed Virgin's Assumption
- Church of the Blessed Virgin's Protection
- Cathedral of God's Ascension
- Cathedral of the Birth of Christ
- Cathedral of Transfiguration
- Church of the Blessed Virgin's Birth
- Church of Paraskeva the Serbian
- Church of the Lifegiving Trinity
- Church of St Michael the Archangel