Church of the Iver Icon of the Mother of God
On June 12, 1877, a new stone five-domed church was consecrated in honor of the Iver Icon of the Mother of God, replacing the previous wooden church. The church was a classic example of the Russian-Byzantine style, popul…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Vykhsa Iversky Convent
The next significant stone structure of the monastery was the hospital building with the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, built between 1884 and 1887 according to the design of A. P. Beloyartsev. This build…
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Provolochnoe
Archival documents about the construction of the church in the village of Provolochnoe have not survived. However, local old-timers remember the former grandeur of the wooden temple, built in the late 18th century with t…
Church of Sergius of Radonezh in Verkhnyaya Vereya
The church in honor of St. Sergius of Radonezh, one of the oldest in the Vyksunsky district, was built and consecrated in 1894 according to a design by an unknown architect. It was constructed from logs using the "in lap…
Church of Archangel Michael in Priklon
The village of Priklon, located on the Unzha River, is two versts from the district town. According to legend, it was founded in the second half of the 16th century when in 1463 the residents of the destroyed Kostroma, f…
Old Believer Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross in Melenki
Melenki, a significant Old Believer center in the Vladimir region. The first step towards the church schism here was the condemnation of the Murom protodeacon Loggin at the Council of 1653. Father Loggin had considerable…
Local History Museum in Melenki
The history of the Melenkovsky region is closely linked to the names of many outstanding individuals who significantly influenced the development of the area. Thanks to Count R.I. Vorontsov, the village of Melenki was gr…
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Women's Monastery in Krasnye Mary
In 1632, a monk from Kyiv named Matfei appeared in the village of Prudishchi in the Nizhny Novgorod district. He dug a cave in the mountain near the Church of John the Baptist and began to live there, earning a living as…
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Makaryevo
The brick church, decorated in the classical style, was built between 1787 and 1790. This building represents an octagon on a square base, to which a refectory and a bell tower are attached, topped with two octagons unde…
St. Trinity Makaryevsky Yellow Water Women's Monastery
The monastery was founded in the first half of the 15th century by St. Makary of Yellow Water and Unzha. The name "Yellow Water" is associated with the Yellow Lake, on the shore of which St. Makary established the monast…
