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Church of Archangel Michael in Pereezd
In the late 19th century, Mikhail Mikhailovich Rymarev, a hereditary honorary citizen of Morshansk, proposed to build a stone church in the village of Pereezd, Atkarsky district of Saratov province, at his own expense. O…
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Church of the Nativity of Christ in Alexandrovka (Lost)
The Russian landowner village of Alexandrovka was founded in 1812 on the border of the Nikolaevsky and Novo-Uzensky districts. In 1857, an old prayer house was purchased in the state-owned Mayanga, from which the parishi…
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Vorontsovka
The village of Vorontsovka, located in the Serdobsky district of the Saratov province, was founded in 1695. It belonged to Count Vorontsov, who resettled 20 families from the Oryol province here. Vorontsovka was also pop…
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Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Bakurakh
In 1858, a stone church with a single altar and bell tower was built in the village of Bolshie Bakury, thanks to the efforts of local residents. The church staff included a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist, and church ho…
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The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the area of Telikovka (Lost)
The Kazan Church of the Old Believers, founded in the 1840s, burned down in the 1890s and was restored in 1900 thanks to donations from benefactors, Samara diocesan missionary Dmitry Alexandrov, parish priest Vasily Lokh…
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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Ozinki (Lost)
In February 1907, the project for an Orthodox church was approved, with construction led by the famous Samara architect A. A. Shcherbachev. By November 1908, the church was built through the efforts of the parishioners, …
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Church of the Prophet Elijah in Dukhivnitskoe
In 1837, in the village of Dukhivnitskoe, local landowner Mikhail Yevgrafyevich Protopopov built a prayer house with a small chapel, where funerals and burials were conducted. After the establishment of Samara Province …
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Church of Dmitry of Thessalonica in Goryainovka (Lost)
In 1824, an Orthodox church was consecrated in Goryainovka, built with the funds of state councilor Alexander Alexeyevich Goryainov. This stone building had a bell tower and two altars: a cold main altar dedicated to Sai…
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Old Believer Prayer House in Bolshoy Krasny Yar (Lost)
The village of Bolshoy Krasny Yar, also known as Selitba, was founded in 1735 on the banks of the Malyy Irgiz by settlers from Belarus. In 1839, the locals built a wooden Orthodox prayer house in the settlement, next to …
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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Derhachi
The church was built in 1839 with funds from the parishioners. It had one altar dedicated to the Archangel Michael. The antimins was consecrated on September 25, 1896, by Bishop Guriy of Samara and Stavropol. The church …