Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gorodishche
The village of Gorodishche is located on the eastern shore of Lake Plescheyevo, 4 versts from the district town and 120 versts from the provincial center.
The exact date of the church's founding in the village of Gorodi…
Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Optina Pustyn
The new church was equipped with six hospital cells for infirm monks. In 1854, an extension was added to the western side. The central part of this extension served as the narthex of the church, where the "unceasing" Psa…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Lychenitsy
The village of Lychenitsy is located on the Nerl River, 24 versts from the district town and 150 versts from the provincial capital. According to the scribal books of 1628 and 1629, the village of Lychenitsy, also known …
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zagorie
The village of Zagorie is located on the banks of the Solba River. In the 17th century, it belonged to the Miloslavskys, and in the 18th century, it passed to the Naryshkins. It is also called Old Annunciation, but this …
Transfiguration Church in Nagorye
The village of Nagorye, located among ponds and wells, is 45 versts from the district town and 175 versts from the provincial capital. It got its name due to the hilly terrain on which it is situated. This is a large tra…
Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Andrianovo
The village of Andrianovo, also known as Andreyanovo, is located on the Nerl River, which flows into the Volga. In 1575, it was transferred by Maria Zamyskaya, the wife of Bogdan Zamytsky, to the Trinity-Sergius Monaster…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kubrinsk
The village of Yanovo, which is now part of the settlement of Kubrinsk, once belonged to the boyar's son Matvey Grigoriev. In 1654, a church was built here. In 1694, it was rebuilt and consecrated in honor of St. Nichola…
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Zabolotye
The ancient village of Zabolotye is located on the Soti River, and its name indicates its location, behind the swamp. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, it was a palace village with a wooden church in honor of Archang…
Transfiguration Church in Strunino
The village of Strunino has been known since 1492. Its name is associated with Fyodor Strun Sukhoryin, who lived in the 15th century in Pereslavl, from whom the Strunins, minor landowners, descended. According to another…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Strunino
On October 16, 2016, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated in the city of Strunino, located on the former site of the Lukianov Desert. Its history is unusual.
In early 1989, at the requ…
