Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Yekaterinburg
The Trinity Church, also known as the Ryazanov Church, was built in the southeastern part of the city at the intersection of what was then Sennaya Square and Siberian Avenue, now known as Kuybyshev Street. Construction t…
The Aktai Hermitage of the Verkhoturye St. Nicholas Monastery in Privokzalny
8 km west of Verkhoturye, on the picturesque bank of the Aktay River, lies a small village of the same name. Here is the skete of the Holy Nicholas Men's Monastery, known as the Aktay Hermitage. These lands were granted …
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Putimka
The village of Putimka, although it bears this name, is actually just a flat field without a single house, and for several kilometers around, not a soul is in sight. However, a church is planned to be built here, as this…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Piya
The village of Piya is located 336 versts north of Yekaterinburg and 46 versts south of Verkhoturye. It is situated by a small river, Vytyek, which dries up in summer, and the villages of the parish are spread along the …
Cathedral of Archangel Michael in Merkushino
The village of Merkushino, located 50 km east of Verkhoturye, is rightly considered a pearl of the Urals. In 1886, here, at the site of the discovery of the relics of Saint Simeon, the Holy Simeon Church was built, conne…
Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Krasnogorsk
The village of Krasnogorsk is located 324 versts from Yekaterinburg, on the elevated right bank of the Tura River. It got its name due to its picturesque location. Exact data on the beginning of settlement in this area b…
Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Verkhoturye
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is an important stage in the development of Ural cult architecture and one of the first examples of high-level classicism. It is built in two tiers: the lower tier houses the alta…
Nikolaevsky Men's Monastery in Verkhoturye
Verkhoturye became the center of Orthodoxy in the Urals and Siberia thanks to the Holy Nikolaevsky Monastery, which became the first Orthodox monastery beyond the European part of Russia. Although the Trinity Cathedral w…
Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Verkhoturye
The Exaltation Cathedral was laid in September 1905, on the day of the transfer of the relics of Saint Simeon of Verkhoturye. The consecration of the cathedral and the transfer of the relics of the Ural saint took place …
Transfiguration Church in Verkhoturye
The main Nikolsky temple of the monastery became cramped due to the increasing number of monks and parishioners. Therefore, the abbot Archimandrite Athanasius, along with the brotherhood, appealed to Bishop Justin of Per…
