Church of Archangel Michael in the Resurrection Theodorov Monastery
The Church of Archangel Michael is a modest example of provincial Empire style. The architectural composition of the building includes a low main square that slightly rises above the almost equal rectangular refectory an…
Bell Tower of the Resurrection Feodorovsky Monastery in Sergeyevo
The bell tower is a relatively small three-tiered structure, built in the Russian-Byzantine style. It is made of brick and covered with cement plaster. The first tier, shaped like a square, features a high arch of the Ho…
Holy Assumption Monastery in Oryol
The monastery in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in Oryol, is an Orthodox male monastery of the Oryol Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
From the 1660s to the 1680s, the territory of the…
Holy Vvedensky Monastery in Oryol
The Vvedensky Women's Monastery in Oryol was founded in 1685 at the Vvedenskaya Church in the city center. After a fire in 1843, it was relocated to the Christ-Redeemer Church on the southern outskirts of the city, beyon…
St. Nicholas-Tikhon Men's Monastery in Timiryazevo
Five kilometers north of Lukh, in the village of Timiryazevo, lies the Nikol-Tikhon Lukh Desert. It was founded in 1498 by the venerable Tikhon of Lukh, whose canonization in the late 16th century contributed to the deve…
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Timiryazevo
The Cathedral of the Exaltation was formed over one and a half centuries. The earliest and architecturally significant part is the two-pillar church from 1679, executed in archaized forms. This is expressed in the massiv…
Archimandrite's Quarters with Church in Timirjazevo
On the north side of the Transfiguration Church adjoins the former house of the archimandrite. This brick two-story building has an elongated shape with a gable roof of a sloped structure, covered with sheet metal. The b…
Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Timiryazevo
In the eastern part of the region lies a rare example of a gate church, which combines architectural forms from the second half of the 17th century with elements of Baroque decor. The massive two-story square base is pie…
Church of the Epiphany in Ryabovo
The Epiphany Church in Ryabovo is a stone building with a bell tower, built in 1864 thanks to the efforts of the parishioners. The church is surrounded by a stone fence with an iron grille, and there is a cemetery nearby…
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Timiryazevo
The church was built in 1766 along with the refectory and bell tower. In the mid-19th century, a baptistery appeared at the southern wall of the bell tower. In 1910, a symmetrical northern chapel and deacon's room were a…
