Elisinsky Women's Monastery in Yelesino
The Old Believer women's monastery of the Belokrinitsky agreement was founded in 1857 in the village of Yelesino, located 20 versts from Nizhny Novgorod, now a village in the Bor district of the Nizhny Novgorod region. I…
Trinity Church in Gorodishche
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 rural Trinity Church was recognized as…
Church of Alexander Nevsky in Vladimirovo
The settlement was founded in the early 17th century. In 1619, it was mentioned in the estate of I.T. Gramotin as a "10-house village of Volodimirovo." Later, the village passed into the ownership of the Trinity-Sergius …
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Korenevo
In the early 20th century, the modern urban-type settlement of Korenevo was just a railway station of the same name and a few houses for railway workers. In 1903, a church was built at the Korenevo station in honor of th…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Vladimirovo
In the village of Vladimirovo, construction of a stone church in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker began in 1916, and it was consecrated in 1923. During the consecration celebration, bells were rung: a large one wei…
The Bogoroditsky Skete in Vatoma
The Bogoroditsky skete of the Blagoveshchensky Men's Monastery, dedicated to the icon "The Inexhaustible Cup," is located near the village of Rozhnovo in the Borsky District and has been operating since 2000. It is situa…
Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vasilkovo
Vasilkovo, a village located in the Bor district, is now part of the city district of Bora. According to the "Address Calendar of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese" from 1904, a stone church was built here in 1829. The main al…
Church of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Sign' in Bor
The history of the first Bor church is quite interesting. The Znamensky church was distinguished by the presence of nine chapels, which made it unique, as there were and are no churches in Nizhny Novgorod region with suc…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Malo Pikin
On September 27, 1989, a prayer house was opened in Bor in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. On the feast day of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, Metropolitan Nikolai Kutepov of Nizhny …
Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Bor
The reason for the construction of the church at this site was a tragic event. In 1997, school graduate Marina Shirokova was murdered nearby. Her parents initiated the construction of a church at the site of their daught…
