Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Krasnoe, Gorokhovets
In 1622, the village of Krasnoe, along with several other villages, was transferred by Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich to Prince Ivan Petrovich Buynosov-Rostovsky. The land registry book of 1628 mentions a wooden church of St. …
Sretensky Women's Monastery in Gorokhovets
The Sretensky Monastery in Gorokhovets is a women's monastery of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the main city square on Sovetskaya Street. It stands out among other buildings due to its bell tower, which is over…
Bell Tower of the Holy-Sretensky Convent in Gorokhovets
In the main square of Gorokhovets stands the 35-meter bell tower of the Sretensky Convent, built in the late 17th century. It is surrounded by later service buildings of the monastery. The architecture of the bell tower …
Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Gorokhovets
According to historical sources, the first mention of the temple dates back to 1678, when it was still wooden. In 1689, a stone church was built in its place with funds from merchant Semyon Efimovich Ershov. This temple,…
Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh at the Holy-Sretensky Convent
In the city of Gorokhovets, there is a highly revered church of St. Sergius of Radonezh, which operates under the Sretensky Monastery. Originally, it was a wooden and warm church. The first mentions of it date back to 16…
Znamensky Krasnogrivsky Women's Monastery in Gorokhovets
The monastery was founded in 1598 as a male monastery on the Red Griva, a hill that protects it from the spring floods of the Klyazma River. Because of this, the monastery received the name Krasnogrivsky. It has never be…
Cathedral of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Sign' in Gorokhovets
In the 1670s, Patriarch Joasaph issued a blessed decree to the townsman S. Ershov for the construction of the church of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Sign' in the Holy Sign Monastery. The church, built of brick, has a s…
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gorokhovets
In the early 17th century, a wooden church with the same name stood on the site of the stone Annunciation church. In 1678, another warm church was built next to it. Comparing data from 1646 and 1678, it can be assumed th…
Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist in Gorokhovets
The earliest mention of the church dates back to 1679, when the "warm church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist with the chapel of Saint Paraskeva the Great Martyr" was noted in the census books next to the Annun…
Bell Tower of the Annunciation Cathedral in Gorokhovets
Simultaneously with the construction of the cathedral, a 37-meter bell tower with a tented roof was built nearby. All the bell towers of Gorokhovets at that time looked alike, like twin sisters. The project envisioned a …
