Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
History has not preserved the names of the talented architects who created this remarkable architectural monument. The Annunciation Cathedral resembles the Trinity Cathedral of the Sergiev Lavra but was built slightly la…
Church of All Saints of the Blagoveshchensky Kirzhach Women's Monastery
The warm All Saints Church was built in Kirzhach between 1864 and 1869, a century after the monastery was closed due to the secularization reform. The church was consecrated in 1869, and in September of the same year, a …
The Chapel of Roman Kirzhachsky at the Kirzhach Women's Monastery
Before the revolution, a stone chapel with an iron roof stood on the northern slope. It was built over a spring, which, according to legend, was dug by St. Sergius of Radonezh himself in the mid-14th century. In the cent…
Unknown Church of the Annunciation at Kirzhach Women's Monastery
The Kirzhach Monastery is mentioned in the land books of 1627-1631, which included the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, the chapel of Tsar Constantine, and the Church of St. Sergius the Wonderworker…
Church of the Merciful Savior of the Kirzhach Women's Monastery
In 1656, a stone church was built in honor of the Merciful Savior at the eastern altar wall of the Annunciation Cathedral, funded by the nobleman Ivan Andreyevich Miloslavsky. This is evidenced by an inscription on a whi…
Church of Archangel Michael in Arkhangelsk Pogost
Located 16 kilometers east of Kirzhach, in the village of Khalino, is the Church of Archangel Michael, which now belongs to the Kirzhach Annunciation Monastery. This church existed as early as the beginning of the 16th c…
St. Guriy Cathedral at the Spiritual School in Kaluga
The Kaluga Spiritual School opened in January 1815 and was initially located in the same building as the seminary on Naberezhnaya Street, 4. Due to a lack of space, it was decided to separate the school, moving it to a s…
Kaluga Mother of God Monastery Opens
On January 14, 2018, a women's monastery in honor of the Kaluga Mother of God icon was opened in the village of Zhdamirovo, Kaluga region. The location was chosen for a reason; the icon was found here, which, according t…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kaluzhka
The parish at this site was founded in the 16th century by the boyars Khitrovo, who owned the nearby villages. A significant event in the history of the parish was the discovery in 1748 of the miraculous "Kaluzhskaya" ic…
Archbishop's House in Kaluga
In 1870, the diocese acquired a house on Bogoyavlenskaya Street for the winter residence of Kaluga archbishops. This house was built by the Torubayev family in the mid-18th century. In 1875, a school for singers with a c…
