Church of Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia
The Church of the Holy Martyrs Faith, Hope, Love, and their Mother Sophia is an Orthodox church in Blagoveshchensk, belonging to the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. It serves as a dependency of the Sr…
St. Nicholas Church in Blagoveshchensk
In January 2010, the construction and consecration of the new St. Nicholas Church near the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was completed. It was built in honor of the wooden St. Nicholas Church, …
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On February 15, 1997, on the day of the Meeting of the Lord, a site was consecrated for the construction of the main church of the Blagoveshchensk Diocese, the cathedral, at the intersection of Komsomolskaya Street and R…
Men's Monastery of Archangel Gabriel
In 1946, the Orthodox parish of the Annunciation of the Mother of God was opened in Blagoveshchensk, which was given the building of the former Catholic church built in 1903, as there were no Orthodox churches left in th…
Church of the Holy Trinity (Algeria)
In 1920, a Russian squadron arrived in North Africa, which included 13 Orthodox priests. Church services were held on the deck of the battleship "Georgy Pobedonosec," specially equipped for this purpose, as well as in th…
Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Velsk
The cathedral was built over 15 years, from 1898 to 1913, next to the Trinity Cathedral, entirely funded by donations from parishioners. The project was developed by the Vologda provincial architect N.S. Pukhlov. The nee…
Trinity Church in Ulaanbaatar
In 1860, after the signing of the Beijing Treaty, Russia obtained the right to open a consulate in the capital of Outer Mongolia, Urga. In 1863, the consulate staff arrived in Urga with a convoy of 20 Cossacks. They buil…
Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bukasa Island, Uganda)
In Uganda, there are over 500 Russian speakers from Russia and former Soviet countries, and Russian culture is respected here. Ugandan traditions teach children to honor their elders and not to argue with those of higher…
St. Nicholas Cathedral (Kampala, Uganda)
The history of the cathedral in Kampala begins in 1919. It is quite modest here: the iconostasis is adorned with a minimal number of images, several icons are placed on the walls, and a few reproductions are displayed on…
Monastery of the Protection of the Holy Virgin (Porto-Novo, Benin)
The Russian community was officially formed in Benin on January 20, 1988. Its goal was to unite all Russian speakers for joint leisure activities and to organize celebrations such as Christmas, Easter, and New Year for t…
