Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in the Christmas Rostov Monastery
Protopriest Aristarch Israeliev, describing the Christmas Monastery, reports that the construction of the Tikhvin Church was initiated after the miraculous healing of the riasophore novice Amphilochia, in the world Ekate…
The Church of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands in the Village of Uric
In the 17th century, the lands around the Irkutsk fortress were actively developed, leading to the emergence of new villages and the construction of churches.
According to chronicles, a wooden church existed in the vill…
Tver Railway Station
Tver Station, one of the largest on the Nikolayevskaya (October) railway, was classified as a first-class station. The station was built according to the design of the senior architect of the railway department R.A. Zhel…
Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Cathedral
In 1879, the residents of the settlement near the station appealed to the abbess of the monastery Palladia with a request to build a church. In January of the same year, Emperor Alexander II approved the order of the Min…
Christmas Women's Monastery in Rostov Veliky
The monastery was founded in 1391 within the fortified city wall that protected the city from enemies. A significant role in its creation was played by Saint Feodor, the nephew and disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, who wa…
Chapel of John of Kronstadt
The chapel, designed in the neo-Russian style, attracts attention with its picturesque volumetric composition. It is crowned with a five-domed structure consisting of a tall four-sided tent with a massive central dome an…
Church of Cosmas and Damian in Rostov Veliky
Documents from the 17th-18th centuries mention the location of the Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian as a suburb of Rostov. The church was situated on the main road to Yaroslavl. The lands by the lake were very fertile …
Ascension Cathedral in Tver
The stone church was built between 1749 and 1760 on the site of a wooden church that was destroyed during the Polish-Lithuanian intervention. In 1805, a new bell tower was erected on the west side, replacing the old one.…
Nikolsky Bell Tower in Rostov Veliky
Before the construction of the stone Epiphany Cathedral, there was already a wooden church with a refectory in the monastery, dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. According to the monastery's inventory from 1629…
Cathedral of the Epiphany of the Lord in the Abraham Monastery
The Epiphany Cathedral of the Epiphany Abraham Monastery was founded around 1080 by the venerable Abraham. Initially, the temple was wooden, but during the era of Ivan the Terrible, it was replaced with a stone structure…
