Church of Varvara of Vetluga in Varnavino
The Church of Varvara of Vetluga in Varnavino was built in 1999-2000. It is a wooden log structure that became the first temple consecrated in the post-Soviet period in honor of Varvara of Vetluga. In 2000, this wooden c…
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Varnavino (Lost)
The Cemetery Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the city of Varnavino was wooden, with a similar bell tower, and was built in 1897 with funds from Ivan Gavrilovich Popov, a hereditary honorary citizen of Varna…
Unknown Chapel at the Spring in Varnavino (Lost)
The wooden chapel, built over the revered spring of St. Varus of Vetluga, was constructed in 1702 but was lost during the Soviet period.
"Behind the monastery in the settlement, there was a chapel of St. Varus, made of …
Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Varnavino (Lost)
The single-altar wooden cold church with a tented roof was originally built as a temple of the former Trinity Monastery, founded by Varna of Vetluga in the 16th century. It was erected on the site of an earlier wooden ch…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Varnavino (Lost)
The Trinity Cathedral in Varnavino includes three churches: the Trinity Church, a stone structure with a bell tower, built in 1836 with funds from the church and parishioners; the Nicholas Church, a wooden, single-altar …
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Bogorodsk (Bebirino)
The village of Bogorodsk was called Bebirino in the 17th century. It received its new name due to the church built here in the late 17th century. The old name is connected to the abundance of beaver runs in this area. A …
Old Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Bogorodsk
The settlement was previously called Bebeirino. The first church, dedicated to the Appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos, was built in 1672 from wood in the clerical style, but it has not survived to th…
Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Yablonka
Yablonka, a village in the Vad district, previously known as Uspenskoye. Here was the estate of the famous educator of the late 19th century, Alexandra Alexeyevna Shteven. To this day, the remains of the bell tower of th…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Shchedrovka
The first wooden church in Shchedrovka was built in 1786 after the peasants of the villages of Shchedrovka and Bukali in the Arzamas district received permission for its construction on April 28, 1783. In 1829, the churc…
Church of the Holy Trinity in Kholostoy Maidan
In the village of Kholostoy Maidan stands a majestic church in the Russian-Byzantine style, the construction of which began thanks to Princess Natalia Andreevna Ozerova, born Obolenskaya, known from the painting by Tropi…
