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The Church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Astrakhan
The history of this church begins with a private archbishop's pier on the southern bank of the Kutum River. In 1666, a plot of land was allocated to Astrakhan Metropolitan Joseph "for a courtyard and for warehouses on th…
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Church of the Meeting of the Lord in Lapygino
In 2011, the Church of the Meeting of the Lord was built in the village of Lapygino on the site where a church, destroyed during the Soviet period, once stood. In 1900, a wooden church in honor of John the Theologian was…
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Chapel of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God in Lapygino
Just a few years after the consecration of the Sretenensky Church, new construction began in the village. In 2013, just a few hundred meters from the church, the construction of a chapel in honor of the revered image of …
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St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Neznamovo
The stone church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, located in the village of Neznamovo, now part of the city of Stary Oskol, was built in 1895. In 1908, the parish had 828 parishioners, two zemstvo schools and one church…
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Chapel of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Joy of All Who Sorrow' in Neznamovo
The chapel in honor of the icon 'Joy of All Who Sorrow' in Stary Oskol was designed by architects Sokolov D.S. and Sergeev P.V. The building is made in the form of a pillar-like structure, representing an octagon on a sq…
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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Nizhnechufichevo
The brick church of St. Michael the Archangel was built in the village of Nizhnechufichevo, which was then part of the Kursk province, in 1860. Its consecration took place five years later. The funds for construction wer…
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Saint George the Victorious Church in Potudany
The wooden church with a bell tower in the village of Verkhnyaya-Borovaya Potudany, in the Lower-Devitsa district of the Voronezh province, was built in 1859. During the Soviet period, during collectivization, it was clo…
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The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Rogovatoe
The Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in the village of Rogovatoe was built in 2000 on the site of a church destroyed in the 1940s. The first church in Rogovatoe was constructed in 1673-1674. In 1810, the construction o…
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Nativity of Christ Church in Soldatskoye
The Nativity of Christ Church in the village of Soldatskoye was built in the early 19th century. The church building, which survived the revolution and civil war, was closed in the late 1930s, and its restoration took pl…
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Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Stary Oskol
The Alexander Nevsky church was built in 1908. Its name is associated with the miraculous rescue of Emperor Alexander III and his family during the crash of the imperial train near the Borki station on October 18 (30), 1…