Who are the Russian Bokhadyrans?
In 1802, the sergeant of the Nizhny Novgorod Dragoon Regiment, Samson Myakintsev, unwilling to tolerate the tyranny of his company commander, fled to Persia. There, he was received with honor and offered to form the Eriv…
Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Veliky Ustyug
The Sretensko-Transfiguration Church in the Spaso-Transfiguration Monastery served as a warm temple for the Spaso-Transfiguration Church. The first mention of the wooden church is found in the Census Book of 1630. It bur…
Transfiguration Church in Veliky Ustyug
The exact date of the original church's construction is unknown, but it already existed in 1422, as the monastery was founded with an existing temple. According to the Inventory Book of 1676 and 1683, in 1679 both wooden…
Spaso-Transfiguration Women's Monastery in Veliky Ustyug
The Ustyug Spassky Convent, also known as the Ustyug Sretensky or Transfiguration Convent, was located in Veliky Ustyug and was founded in 1422 at the parish church.
By 1623, there were wooden churches on the monastery …
Church of Stephen, Bishop of Velikoperm in Veliky Ustyug
In 1772, a decree was issued prohibiting the burial of the deceased within the city limits, near parish churches. As a result, a plot was allocated for the city cemetery on Krasnaya Gora behind the Pokrovskaya Church. On…
Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God in Veliky Ustyug
The Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God on Krasnaya Gora was founded shortly after the establishment of the Velikoustyug Diocese in 1687. The peasants living nearby, who were parishioners of the John the Bapt…
New Leushin John the Baptist Monastery in Myaksa
A solemn service dedicated to the opening of the New Leushin Women's Monastery took place in the Church of Saint Prophet John the Baptist and Forerunner of the Lord in the village of Myaksa. The service was led by Bishop…
Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Myaksa
The 1908 publication "Brief Information about the Monasteries and Churches of the Yaroslavl Diocese" mentions the churches of the village of Spasskoye on Myaksa. There were two churches in the village: a cold stone churc…
Holy Trinity Paul-Obnorsky Monastery in Yunoshiskii
The monastery was founded by Paul, a hermit and disciple of Sergius of Radonezh. Paul, born in Moscow in 1317, left home in his youth to avoid an unwanted marriage imposed by his parents. At the age of 21, he took monast…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Yunosha
In 1529, during his journey through the northern lands, Vasily IV Ivanovich and Elena Glinskaya visited the monastery. Soon, in 1536, the construction of the Assumption Cathedral began, as evidenced by the inscription on…
