Church of St. Anthony the Great in Chardym (Lost)
The founder of the village of Chardym, which belonged to Russian landowners, was Prince Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn, who received these lands in 1702. The village was named after the nearby river, and before the revolut…
Chapel of St. Paraskeva at the White Key Spring in Usovka
The holy spring of the great martyr Paraskeva is a traditional pilgrimage site for Orthodox residents of Saratov, as is the village of Elshanka. This village is located 70 kilometers from the city, and the spring, known …
Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Synodskoye
The village of Synodskoye, founded in the first half of the 18th century on the Tereshka River, was established by settlers from the village of Vyazovka, now located in the Bazarno-Karabulak district. The name of the vil…
Church of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church in Elshanka
The first church in the village of Elshanka, Saratov district, was built in 1752. By the end of the 19th century, it had deteriorated to the point where conducting services became nearly impossible. The church was disman…
Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Bereznyaki (Lost)
In 1718, a wooden Orthodox church dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was built in the village. In 1748, it was replaced by a new church, consecrated in 1751 and rebuilt in 1791. In 1869, construction began on a n…
Church of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Sign' in Cherkasskoye
The church in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Sign' in Cherkasskoye was opened in 1827 thanks to the efforts of Count S.S. Uvarov. The stone building, construction of which began in 1814, had a bell tower and two…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Truyevaya Maza (Lost)
The Russian village of Truyevaya Maza likely got its name from the landowner Truyev and was founded in the late 18th century north of the trade route from Volsk through Cherkasskoye to Kuznetsk. The valley of the Maza Ri…
Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Tersa
The village of Arkhangelskoye was founded at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries by fishermen from the Moscow Novospassky Monastery at the confluence of three rivers: the Volga, Tersa, and Artanikha. Later, the villa…
Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Klyuchi
On June 22, 1765, the residents of the village of Mordovsky Klyuch in the Volsky district received permission from the Astrakhan Bishop Mephodiy to build a wooden church in the name of the Intercession of the Blessed Vir…
Church of the Icon of the Mother of God 'All-Merciful' in Kalmantai
In 1899, a wooden church was built in the village of Kalmantai in honor of the Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos, funded by the Saratov Diocesan Committee of the Orthodox Missionary Society. The church had one altar …
