Bell Tower of the Archangel Michael Church at Zilantov Women's Monastery in Kazan
The new bell tower of the Zilantov Monastery rises above the city, shining with golden domes like a lighthouse. Its light is visible from several kilometers away, and from the end of Chistopolskaya Street, it resembles t…
Bell Tower of Zilantov Uspensky Monastery in Kazan
The fourth bell tower in the history of the monastery was built only in 2001 and is the smallest in the Kazan diocese, making it unique. It resembles a white candle, wide enough only for a spiral staircase inside. The be…
Uspensky Zilant Monastery. Assumption Cathedral. Kazan.
The history of the Assumption Monastery begins in 1552 with the construction of a wooden Assumption church, built in one day by the order of the tsar at the site of his encampment. In 1559 or 1560, the flooding of the Ka…
Church of Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow at the Zilantov Uspensky Convent in Kazan
The Alexievsky temple was the third most significant in the monastery, both in size and in the time of construction. It was located above the gates and completed the ensemble from the eastern side, opposite the All Saint…
Bell Tower of Zilantov Uspensky Monastery in Kazan
Since the construction of the Zilantov Monastery in stone, it has seen four bell towers, not counting the wooden predecessors. None of them stood out in height among the surrounding buildings. The monastery itself was lo…
Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist in Klyuchishchi
The church was built between 1797 and 1804 with funds from the landowner Pavel Petrovich Naryshkin. The right chapel was consecrated in honor of his wife Varvara. The contractor and builder was a local peasant, Andrei Iv…
Church of Sergius of Radonezh in Nizhny Uslon
The single-altar church was built in 1890 according to the design of Kazan architect S.V. Bechko-Druzina. The funds for construction were provided by Nizhny Uslon merchants I.T. Krasilnikov and P.S. Kubonin. In 1907, pea…
The Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Erik
On October 17, 2017, Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol conducted the consecration of the frescoes and a thanksgiving service at the Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the village of Erik, Belgorod District.…
Archangel Michael Church in Zhuravlyovka
The Archangel Michael Church in the village of Zhuravlyovka was founded in the 2010s on the site of a church from the second half of the 19th century, which was destroyed during the Soviet period.
The history of Zhuravl…
St. Alexius Cathedral in Maisky
The Cathedral of St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia, is an Orthodox church of the Belgorod Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church located in the village of Maisky in the Belgorod region.
In 1999, at the …
