Church of Archangel Michael in Skvozniki
The Church of Archangel Michael in the village of Mikhailovskoye, Skvozniki, includes two stone churches and a bell tower. All were built with the funds of Colonel of the Guard Pyotr Alexandrovich Krivtsov: the first chu…
Trinity Church of the Life-Giving in Medvedikha
According to the "State Lists of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Nizhny Novgorod Region", there is a monument of urban planning and architecture in Medvedikha, the Bogoroditskaya, Trinity Church, dated 1839. In …
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Krasnye Baki
The first mention of Baki dates back to 1617. According to local historian N.G. Tumakov, the first wooden church was built in Baki in 1636, consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, after which the settlemen…
Church of Elijah the Prophet in Ilyinsk (Nizhny Novgorod Region)
The history of the Krasnobakovsky District and its existence on the map of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is closely linked to the history of the district center, the first mention of which in written sources dates back to 1…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ilyinsk
According to the order of the Department for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod Region dated April 24, 2000, No. 5-OD, the village church was recognized as a his…
Chapel Pillar in Zotino
According to information provided by Dmitry Sokolov for the project "White Spots on the Map of Memory Places in the Nizhny Novgorod Region", there is an ancient chapel in the village of Kurdoma in the Varnavinsky distric…
Church of St. Dimitri of Thessalonica in Dmitrievskoye
In the early 17th century, the first church dedicated to the holy great martyr Dimitri of Thessalonica was built in the village of Dmitrievskoye. It was a wooden church, which was replaced in 1735 by a new, more complex …
Chapel of Dmitry of Thessalonica in Dmitrievsky
On October 11, 2013, a commemorative plaque was laid at the foundation of the chapel. The service dedicated to the laying of the plaque and the installation of the cross was conducted by the rector of the Church of the A…
Church of St. George the Victorious in Shomokhta
The church in honor of the holy great martyr George was moved to Shomokhta in 1922 from the Vysokovsky Assumption Male Monastery, which was located a few kilometers from the village. By that time, the monastery had becom…
Church of Peter and Paul in Shlyapino
The Peter and Paul Church in the village of Petrovskoye, Shlyapino, was built of wood in 1903. The funds for its construction were collected by the synodal missionary, Archpriest Xenophon Kryuchkov. The church features a…
