Holy Water Chapel of St. George Monastery in Essentuki
The monastery complex of the St. George Monastery includes several buildings. The sisters' house, built of red brick, contains cells for nuns, rooms for the children's shelter "Sophia", utility rooms, and a monastery hot…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Alexeyevsk
The Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in the village of Alexeyevsk was founded in 1840 by Cossack settlers in the Volga region, possibly in the Alexandrovskaya stanitsa. It is a completely wooden, portable Cossack c…
Erzia House Museum in Baev
The Erzia House Museum is one of the main attractions of Mordovia and is located in the center of the village of Baev in the Ardatov district. This museum is dedicated to the famous sculptor Stepan Dmitrievich Nefedov, b…
St. George the Victorious Church in Essentuki
Not far from the city of Essentuki, in the area of Yasnaya Polyana at the foot of Mount Dubrovka, lies the home of Konstantin Maksimovich Aslanov. In 1998, he conceived the idea of building an Orthodox church on the summ…
Church of St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky in Blagodatnoye
In 1894, a church was built in the village in honor of St. Alexander Nevsky. It was constructed to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Emperor Alexander Nikolaevich's reign and dedicated to his patron saint, Alexander Ne…
St. Michael the Archangel Church in Arkhangelsk (lost)
The first church in honor of Archangel Michael was built in the village in 1852. It burned down in 1859, and in 1863 a new church was built and consecrated in its place. Due to its dilapidation, it became a subsidiary to…
Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" in Tatarka
In the early 90s, a Holy spring re-emerged in Tatarka, which had been sealed during Soviet times, and people decided to restore it. According to the memories of the locals, it was difficult to find the stone grotto burie…
Kazan Icon of the Mother of God Church in Budyonnovsk
The church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Budyonnovsk is led by the archpriest Georgy Bakirkhodzhaev, the dean of the Orthodox churches of the Budyonnovsk district and the rector of the Kazan church. …
St. Nicholas Wonderworker Church in Sotnikovsky
In 1905, the construction of the Nicholas Church in the village of Sotnikovsky was completed, and services began to be held in the church. From this time, metric books and confession records were maintained. In 1911, the…
Mamaj-Madzharsky Resurrection Monastery in Budyonnovsk (lost)
The idea of creating a monastery arose with Bishop German of the Caucasus and Ekaterinodar in honor of the salvation of Alexander II from an assassination attempt by the Narodnaya Volya led by Sofia Perovskaya on April 2…
