The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Holy Assumption Sharovkin Monastery
In the mid-1550s, the Assumption Cathedral was built with chapels of John the Theologian and St. Catherine, replacing the old wooden church. At the end of the 1550s, a warm church of St. Sergius of Radonezh was erected w…
Botkin Trail in Crimea
The attractions of Crimea include not only palaces and estates, and you can relax not only on the hot shores of the Black Sea. For lovers of active recreation, there is the Botkin Trail, the construction of which began i…
Trinity Church in Shchurovo
Originally, the Trinity Church in Shchurovo was wooden, built in 1775 by Princess Natalia Alexandrovna Golitsyna. Thanks to documents from the Ryazan archive, it is known that in 1815 a warm chapel was added to the churc…
Holy Assumption Ferapontov Borovenky Monastery
The Holy Assumption Borovenky Men's Monastery was founded in the late 14th century by a disciple of Sergius of Radonezh, the venerable Ferapont Borovenky. Therefore, it is also called Ferapont's Desert. According to lege…
Borisoglebskaya Church in Kolomna
The church in honor of the holy princes Boris and Gleb is located in the ancient part of Kolomna, known as Zaprudy, where merchants and craftsmen once lived. The first mention of the church appears in documents from the …
Voivode Who Took Bribes with Honey and Foxes
In 1748, an inspector, Colonel Tolstoy, arrived in Penza. During the inspections, he uncovered numerous cases of bribery. In a personal meeting with Voivode Zhukov, the inspector expressed dissatisfaction with the situat…
Church of the Conception of John the Baptist in Gorodishche, Kolomna
The church is located in the former episcopal village of Gorodishche. According to B. L. Altshuller’s research, the temple was built in the second half of the 14th century, while more modern data from S. V. Zagraevsky su…
Church of Elijah the Prophet in Sandyri, Kolomna
The wooden church of Elijah the Prophet, built in 1789 in the village of Sandyri, existed until the revolution. The Tretyakov Gallery houses the icon "Compassion" from 1466 from this church, which local residents believe…
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Raduzhny
The church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God is located at the entrance to Kolomna from the direction of Moscow. In 2002, the residents of the village of Raduzhny, which was built during the Soviet era and …
Bobrenev Male Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God
The monastery is first mentioned in documents from 1578, but the exact circumstances and time of its founding remain unknown. The most common version is the story that the monastery was founded by the voivode Bobrok, who…
