Saint Alexander Nevsky Church in Konyshyovka
On August 5, 1999, the day of veneration of the icon of the Mother of God of Pochaev, a water blessing service was held at the site of the future Saint Alexander Nevsky Church. The future rector blessed the workers to be…
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Demolition of the Cathedral
On December 5, 1931, by the personal order of the Ossetian Georgian and Marxist revolutionary Dzuhaev, known also as "Koba", "Soselo", "Salin", and "Stalin", the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the main shrine of Moscow,…
The Church of St. Elijah the Prophet in Blagodatnoye
In the past, Blagodatnoye was a significant volost village. Landowners often gave their estates beautiful names, and thus the corner of the Korenevskaya land became blessed. The Lord generously bestowed His grace upon th…
Holy Trinity Church in Upper Grun
The earliest information about the church that has been discovered dates back to the 1795 census tale. It states that in the village of Igrun, as it was called in the 18th century, there was a two-parish church of the Li…
Church of the Myrrh-bearing Women in Lindo Desert
The first temple was built in 1654 and dedicated to the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women, with an altar for the Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessalonica. In 1772, a new church was erected on the site of the old one. Its bell tower…
Church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Krestakh
The settlement of the area around the Lynda River began in the 1670s. According to Deacon P. Sesenikov, in 1680 a church dedicated to the Holy Virgin of Vladimir was built in the village of Krestovsky.
In 1738, the chur…
Church of the Holy Trinity in Kantaurovo
The settlement was founded in these places by the beekeeper Kandaur in 1597. Initially, the hamlet belonged to the Tolokonetsky Monastery, but was later illegally assigned to the Pechersky Monastery. In 1613, this territ…
Church of the Conception of John the Baptist in Ivanovsk
The stone church with two altars was built by the efforts of parishioners in 1823. The main altar is dedicated to John the Baptist, while the one in the refectory is dedicated to the Prophet Elijah. Before this, there wa…
Church of the Transfiguration in Zakharovo
According to a local resident, the bell tower in the village has been preserved thanks to the efforts of the residents who "defended it from the Soviet authorities." The church was dismantled for bricks for the needs of …
Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Zaskochikha
The village of Zaskochikha gained its status thanks to a "divine sign"; an icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker was found at a water body near a sandy hill. In Russia, there was a tradition not to throw away or burn old ico…
