Church and Chapel of Sts. Boris and Gleb on Arbat Square (Moscow)

Church of St. Simeon Stylites at Povarskaya Street Russia · Moscow

According to documents, the church dates back to 1625, but there is assumption that the first church in the name of Simeon Stylites was built here at the time of Boris Godunov on the day of his coronation. In 1625, the high altar of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was kept in the new church. In 1635, the church was located "in Dekh...

Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Old Vagankovo Russia · Moscow

In central Moscow, not far from the Kremlin, in Starovagankovsky Lane, there stands a small, modestly decorated church, the Church of the Holy Hierarch Nicholas the Wonderworker, with the side-chapel in honour of the Venerable Sergius of Radonezh. The neighbourhood of Vagankovo received its name from the kennel-men and skomorokhs (Russian comic ...

Epiphany Church Volga River · Russia · Tver

When passing the 22nd kilometre point of the road going from Rameshki to Kiverichi, one cannot help fixing his or her eyes on a grand stone church dedicated to the Epiphany. The Church is situated on a hill with Builovo graveyard around it. The word "graveyard" means an area around a parish church, where departed Christians are buried. The first bu...