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Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Banisshi
The village of Banisshi is first mentioned in the Rylsk land registry of 1678 as an inherited property of the Rylsk Nikolayevsky Monastery. In 1682, the first wooden church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin appeared…
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Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Bolshie Ugony
In 1848, in the village of Bolshie Ugony in the Lgovsky district, a descendant of Count Alexander Nikolaevich Tolstoy built a three-altar church. The main altar was consecrated in honor of the Resurrection of Christ, the…
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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Gustomoye
The Church of the Archistrategos Michael, majestically rising on the banks of the Gustomoya River, was built in 1833 in Gustomoye. Its construction was financed by Princess Maria Fedorovna Baryatinskaya in memory of her …
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Resurrection Church in Durovo-Bobrik
The Resurrection Church in the village of Durovo-Bobrik, located in the Lgovsky District of the Kursk Region, was built in 1825 on the site of a burned wooden church. It was consecrated on January 14, 1825, by Archbishop…
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Church of Sergius and Nikon of Radonezh in Krasnaya Gorbatka
On April 29, 2012, Sunday, the consecration of the church in honor of Sergius and Nikon of Radonezh took place in the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka, Selivanovsky District. The ceremony was conducted by Archbishop Evlogy o…
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Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Krasnaya Gorbatka
In 1998, the construction of the wooden Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands began. Previously, there was a wooden church in the village of Krasnaya Gorbatka dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, but it was des…
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kopnino
The Kopninsky parish is located in the village of Kopnino, which is 53 versts from the district town and 90 versts from the provincial capital. Until the beginning of this century, the church was not in Kopnino, but at t…
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Church of the Holy Trinity in Dubrovno
In the 15th-17th centuries, the village of Dubrovno served as the center of the Dubrovsky stan of the Murom district. Since the 15th century, there was a wooden church of Archangel Michael here, which burned down in 1703…
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Kazan Church in Drachëvo
The Kazan Church in the village of Drachëvo, Selivanovsky District, was built in 1847. In terms of style, it belongs to the so-called "Ton architecture." Its forms and layout clearly resonate with the Byzantine-Russian s…
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Church of Archangel Michael in Drachevo (Lost)
According to the scribal books of 1628-1630, the village of Drachevo belonged to the steward Vasily Ivanovich Nagoy, and earlier was owned by Prince Fyodor Ivanovich Mstislavsky. At that time, there stood an old church o…