The Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Mtsensk
The Church of the Epiphany of the Lord, also known as Kukshinskaya, was built in the first half of the 18th century, with the last architectural changes occurring in 1875. The main building is a square structure with sem…
Makaryev Local History Museum
The local history museum in the city of Makaryev began its work in March 1959. It was founded by A. I. Shmakov, who, along with members of the local history circle at the city House of Pioneers, started collecting variou…
Church of the Prophet Elijah in Makaryevo
The Ilyinskaya cemetery church in the city of Makaryevo is built of stone and has a stone bell tower. It was erected in 1812 with funds from the parishioners of the Makaryevo Christ the Savior Cathedral. Next to the chur…
Church of the Nativity of Christ in Makaryevo
The first wooden churches on the site of the current Nativity of Christ church appeared in the 17th century, when there was a village called Krovovo, belonging to the Makaryevo-Unzhensky Monastery. In 1625, with the bles…
The Bogoroditsky Igritsky Monastery in Pesochnoe
The Bogoroditsko-Igritsky Monastery was founded 15 km south of Kostroma, on the Pesochna River, at the site of the miraculous appearance of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. The icon was discovered on June 12, 1624…
Church of St. Onuphrius the Great and St. Peter of Athos
In the 1930s of the 17th century, the holy gates with two tents were built over the gate church dedicated to the venerable Onuphrius the Great and Peter of Athos, on the day of whose memory the Igritskaya icon was found.…
Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos in Mtsensk
The Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos, also known as the Peter and Paul Church, is located on the high rocky left bank of the Zusha River, on the territory of the former Small Ostrog of the Mtsensk Fortress.…
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ at the Bogoroditsko-Igritsky Monastery in Pesochnoe
In the 1930s, large-scale stone construction began at the monastery. According to the designs of Kostroma architect P.I. Fursov, a three-tiered bell tower 60 meters high was built above the brotherhood building, a five-d…
Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in Pesochnoe
In 1624, Elder Guriy built the first wooden church of the monastery, dedicated to the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God with an altar dedicated to Saint Nicholas. In the 17th century, according to monastery descriptions…
Chapel at the Holy Spring of the Bogoroditsky Igritsky Monastery in Pesochnoe
In 1835, a three-tiered bell tower 60 meters high was built above the brotherhood building, as well as a rotunda chapel at the Holy spring near the monastery. In 1933, the chapel above the spring was dismantled. The revi…
