Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Alexander-Kushtsky Monastery
The Alexander-Kushtsky Monastery was founded around 1420 by monk Alexander from the Spaso-Kamenno Monastery on the banks of the Kusta River, near Lake Kubenskoe. Alexander built the Church of the Assumption of the Blesse…
Catherine and Vladimir Church-Tomb in Vologda
The church in honor of the holy great martyr Catherine and the holy equal-to-the-apostles prince Vladimir was built in 1830 by V.A. Volotsky, the provincial leader of the nobility, as a family tomb. The small Catherine c…
Unknown Water Blessing Chapel of the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery in Vologda
To the northeast of the monastery's Spassky Cathedral lies a small wooden chapel built over a well, which, according to legend, was dug by the venerable Dmitry Prilutsky himself. It was erected in the 1990s on the site o…
Bell Tower of the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery in Vologda
Together with the Spassky Cathedral, the bell tower with an altar in honor of the Three Saints was built between 1537 and 1542 on the lower tier. About a hundred years later, it was dismantled. The modern bell tower, whi…
Walls, Towers, and Gates of the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery in Vologda
Until the mid-17th century, the monastery was surrounded by a wooden fence, with only the Holy Gates and the adjacent northwest wall having stone construction. In the 1640s-1650s, according to a royal decree from 1644, t…
Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Vologda
According to the inscription on the wooden altar cross, a wooden church existed as early as 1656. The warm church was consecrated in 1735, and the cold one in 1837. The bell tower and porch underwent significant reconstr…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker at Vvedenskoe Cemetery in Vologda
In the late 18th century, Catherine II issued a decree prohibiting burials near urban parish churches. In Vologda, three plots were designated for city cemeteries. Initially, the cemetery in the riverside part of the cit…
Antipievskaya Church in Vologda
The Antipievskaya Church was built between the late 18th and the first half of the 19th century. According to G.K. Lukomski in his book "Vologda in Its Antiquity", construction was completed in the 1840s, but the exact d…
Church of John Chrysostom in Vologda
There are different opinions regarding the construction date of the Chrysostom (Myrrhbearers) church. Some researchers date it to the early 18th century, while others suggest that the temple could have been built in the …
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Vologda
The first warm church of the Dmitrievsky parish was built in 1710-1711 near the northern wall of the Church of Dmitry Prilutsky on Navolok. It was consecrated in honor of Saint Prince Feodor and his sons David and Konsta…
