Old Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary (Moscow)

Church of St. Michael the Archangel Volga River · Russia · Yaroslavl

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel was founded in the first days of the Principality of Yroslavl. The Church was first mentioned in a book of the lives of Dukes Vasily and Konstantin of Yaroslavl, compiled by the monk Pachomius around 1530: "In the year 6723 (1215), in his lesser town of Yaroslavl, in his court, Grand Prince Konstantin Vsevolo...

Transfiguration Monastery Volga River · Russia · Yaroslavl

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Kazan Monastery Volga River · Russia · Yaroslavl

The Monastery was founded in 1610 instead of the previous one, which burned down during the 1609 siege of the Poles. A copy of the Our Lady of Kazan Icon, which is dated back to the 16th century, became a Monastery's sacred object. According to legend, defenders of Yaroslavl moved the wonder-working icon from one church to another as the enemy f...