St. Guriy of Kazan Church at the Kazan Convent in Kaluga
Since August 1995, the convent has been located in the building of the former spiritual school, which also houses an Orthodox gymnasium and the Kaluga Spiritual School with a boarding house for 45 people. The spiritual s…
Kaluga Spiritual School
In the summer of 1837, one of the best houses in the city was purchased for 72 thousand rubles to house the school. This house, owned by merchant Y. I. Bilibilin, was located on Arkhangelsky Lane, now known as Darwin Str…
Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist in Suzdal
In the inventory of Suzdal from 1617, the Prechenskaya church was described as a wooden church of the Unmade Savior outside the city, in the square near the market. Nearby was the church of the Beheading of John the Bapt…
Krestovsky Monastery in Kaluga
The Kaluga Krestovsky Monastery is one of the lost architectural monuments. Only two buildings on Pole Svobody street have survived to this day: a yellow two-story building, the former brotherhood corps, and the former p…
Assumption Likhvinsky Gremyachev Monastery
The Holy Assumption Likhvinsky Gremyachev Men's Monastery was founded in the 16th century. This is evidenced by documents from the Kaluga Diocese, where the first abbot, Macarius, is mentioned in 1584. The monastery was …
Dzimteney (Inta)
The multinational Inta became one of the first to establish monuments to the victims of Stalin's camps. In 1955, when it became clear that the era of the GULAG was coming to an end, Latvians among the exiles and prisoner…
Assumption Cathedral of the Likhvinsky Gremyachy Monastery
Once, while on a pilgrimage to Kyiv, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich made a stop at the Gremyachy Monastery. He was struck by the beauty of this place, and on the monastery hill, later named "Conversation," it is said that the …
St. George the Victorious Church of the Uspensky Likhvinsky Gremyachy Monastery
In the late 17th century, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, traveling on a pilgrimage to Kyiv, stopped here. He liked this place and ordered funds to be allocated and craftsmen sent to build a monastery. The monastery's enclosur…
St. George Meschov Monastery
The monastery, dedicated to the great martyr George the Victorious, was founded in the late 15th century, 30 kilometers from Meschovsk on the banks of the Ressa River. In the early 17th century, during the Time of Troubl…
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in the Holy-Georgievsky Meschovsky Monastery
The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in the Georgievsky Meschovsky Monastery is a two-light four-pillar structure with five decorative domes.
When the monastery's brotherhood was small, the modest Georgievsky church w…
