Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh
The Temple of St. Sergius of Radonezh was founded in 1916 as part of the complex of the Sergiev Samara Explosives Factory in the village of Ivashchenkovo, which was renamed the city of Chapaevsk in 1929. During World War…
Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Kaluga
The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian is one of the oldest temples in Kaluga. It was founded several decades before Napoleon's invasion. According to most local historians and art experts, the plan for the church's cons…
Church of Princess Anna Kashinskaya in Kuznetsy
The Old Believer temple of the holy righteous princess-monk Anna Kashinskaya was built in 1909 according to the design of architect I.E. Bondarenko with funds from Arseniy Ivanovich Morozov. It became the first church in…
Kaluga Monument to Peter and Fevronia
On July 6, 2012, a monument to Peter and Fevronia was unveiled in Kaluga, timed to celebrate Family, Love, and Fidelity Day. The elegant bronze monument is located in a square near the Church of the Nativity of the Bless…
Museum of Crafts, Everyday Life, and Architecture
In 1991, a private museum of folk crafts opened in Kaluga. Initially, its exhibition was small, and the number of visitors did not exceed two thousand per year. Over time, the museum's collection expanded to include both…
Cathedral of the Prophet Elijah on Smolny Buyan
In the first half of the 18th century, the governor of Arkhangelsk, Ivan Petrovich Izmailov, approached Archbishop Varvara with a proposal: "Consider the possibility of burying the deceased outside the city..." As a resu…
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Varavino-Factoria
In 2000, a plot of land was allocated in the Varavino-Factoria district for the construction of a church. The Orthodox community was also given a wooden single-story building located next to this plot. Previously, it ser…
Dormition of the Mother of God Church on the Salny Shore
I, the humble and great Lord and Sovereign, the most holy Philaret, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, granted Father Xenophon the blessing and ordered the cutting of timber for the construction of a new church in the n…
Church of All Saints at Vologda Cemetery
Before the revolution, in the Vologda cemetery, in addition to the Church of All Saints, there were two other churches: in honor of the Beheading of John the Baptist and in the name of Simeon the God-receiver, built in t…
St. Martin the Confessor Church on Solombala Island
Admiral Martyn Petrovich von Dezin, commander of the Arkhangelsk port, actively supported the construction of the cemetery church on Solombala Island. In honor of his heavenly patron, Pope Martin the Confessor, the new c…
