Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Belgorod
The Chapel of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Belgorod was built at the initiative of the veterans' council and the leadership of the Internal Affairs Department of Belgorod Oblast. It was consecrated by Archbishop I…
Kazan Kremlin
No written evidence has survived to our time regarding the origin of the kremlin, but according to the official version, the city of Kazan was founded in the early 10th century. Initially, the kremlin was called Kerman. …
John the Baptist Men's Monastery in Kazan
The monastery was founded around 1567 by Saint German of Kazan as a dependency of the Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery, which he had led since 1555. The dependency is mentioned in the land survey book of 1565. In 1594, Met…
Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos in Kazan
Ancient sources mention that the merchant from Moscow, Antipin Gavriil Fedorovich, built two stone churches in the Ioanno-Predtechensky Monastery. One of them, a cold church, had three domes and was dedicated to the Entr…
Bell Tower of the John the Baptist Monastery in Kazan
The low three-tiered bell tower, built around 1650 in the center of the monastery, is an interesting example of Moscow Baroque architecture from the mid-17th century. It has an octagonal shape and is set on a square base…
Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist in Potanikha
The church is located on the slope of a hill with a height difference of more than 4 meters. It is a unique architectural monument in the baroque style of the early 18th century and pseudo-Russian stylization of the late…
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Kazan Kremlin
Originally, a wooden church stood on the site of the stone cathedral, consecrated on October 6, 1552, in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Three years later, the Kazan Diocese was established, and the…
Chapel Above Archbishop Guriy's Cell in the Annunciation Cathedral of Kazan Kremlin
In 1841, during a major reconstruction of the Annunciation Cathedral, another shrine was discovered, a small cell of Saint Guriy. Its dimensions were 2.89 m in width, 2.18 m in length, and 1.78 m in height, and the walls…
Bell Tower of the Annunciation Cathedral in Kazan Kremlin
In the years 1630-1640, with the blessing of Kazan Metropolitan Matfei, a white-stone bell tower over 50 meters high was built next to the cathedral. It replaced a wooden bell tower mentioned in the census books of the 1…
Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit at the Governor's Palace in Kazan Kremlin
The exact date of the original church's construction is unknown. In 1565, there was already a church on this site with an altar in honor of the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos. In the 18th century, the c…
