Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Vologda Kremlin
The decision to build a winter cathedral was made in the early 1750s under Bishop Serapion. The first attempt to erect the cathedral took place in 1757 under Joseph the Golden, and it was consecrated in honor of the Meet…
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Spasskoe-Saltyki
Not far from the village of Spasskoe-Saltyki, at the mouth of the stream Dobry Kolodez, which flows into the Oka River, is the ford Bystroye. This ford is mentioned in the Book of the Great Drawing of 1627 and is known f…
Belfry of St. Sophia Cathedral in Vologda
The first wooden belfry of St. Sophia Cathedral was built at the end of the 16th century but burned down during the Polish-Swedish intervention on September 22, 1612. A new wooden belfry was constructed in the 1620s. Acc…
St. Spyridon Trimifuntsky Church in Spitsyno
Historical data on the existence of a parish in the village of Spitsyno before 1917 is absent.
The construction of the church in honor of St. Spyridon Trimifuntsky began in 2011 with the blessing of Archbishop Panteleim…
Cathedral of St. Sophia in Vologda
In 1567, the construction of the Vologda Kremlin began, which included plans for a new cathedral on the site of the wooden Resurrection Cathedral, located outside the new city center. In 1568, by order of Ivan the Terrib…
The Church of the Elevation of the Holy Cross at the Archiepiscopal Courtyard in Vologda
Initially, the archiepiscopal enclosure, built between 1670 and 1672, had several gates, but almost all of them are now bricked up. At the end of the 17th century, instead of a tent-like roof over the main Holy Gates lea…
Church of the Nativity of Christ at the Archbishop's Courtyard in Vologda
The Simonov building of the Archbishop's house with the Church of the Nativity of Christ was built in 1667-1670 during the archbishop of Vologda and Belozersk, Simon. This is the second oldest stone building of the Archb…
Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Sretene on the Rybnitsa
The handwritten book "List of Churches of the Oryol District 1755" mentions a church in the village of Sretenye-on-Rybnitsa, as this place was called in the 17th-18th centuries. The village was settled in the early 17th …
Joseph the Golden's Chambers in Vologda
The most active construction on the territory of the current Kremlin, including the Archierarchical House and the Sophia Cathedral, took place in the 1760s and 1770s under the Vologda bishop Joseph II, known as the Golde…
V.T. Shalamov House Museum in Vologda
The Shalamov House, located behind the Sofia Cathedral in Vologda, is a two-story mansion built in the late 18th century. It originally belonged to the Vologda Diocese and served as housing for the clergy of the Sofia Ca…
