hidden The Prichestinsky Monastery reference

hidden The Shchirsky Monastery reference

hidden The Skete of St. Andrew The Skete of St. Andrew of the St Alexander Nevsky Lavra (Agafon Meadow near the village of Korkino, the Vsevolozhsk District). "The Road of Death" or "The Road of Grief" was laid in these places during WWII and soldiers went to fight... more

hidden The Skete of St. Seraphim The Skete of St. Seraphim of the St Alexander Nevsky Lavra, it was placed in the Luga Uyezd, at 13 kilometre from the station of Preobrazhenskaya (now it is the settlement of Tolmachevo). In 1901 the Lavra bought the Zacherenye country estate ... more

hidden The Staraya Ladoga Monastery of St. Simeon reference

hidden The Syask village church of the Nativity (Kolchanovo Village, Volkhovsky District) The Syask village church of the Nativity (Kolchanovo Village, Volkhovsky District) The original wooden church of the Birrh of John the Baptist was built before 1582; in 1735 the new wooden church was built on its place, it was dismantled in ... more

hidden The Tvorozhkovsky Monastery reference

hidden The Vasilyevsky Monastery reference

hidden The Vyborg Carhedral The Vyborg Carhedral (the town of Vyborg, 6 Storozhevaya Bashnya Street ), the cathedral is the oldest building of the centre of Old Vyborg . The wooden cathedral for the Catholic parish was built in the middle of the 14 th c, in 1411 the... more

hidden Theology Institute of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria named after S.-Y. Laurikaly Theology Institute of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church (ELC) of Ingria named after S.-Y. Laurikaly (the village of Kolbino, the Vsevolozhsk District). In 1993 the Synod of ElC of Ingria adopted the decision about the foundation of the Deacon... more

hidden Tikhvin Convent of the Presentation in the Temple The Tikhvin Convent of the Presentation in the Temple (the town of Tikhvin). It was founded on the right bank of the Tikhvinka River, probably like the Dormition Convent, according to the order of Ivan the Terrible in 1560. The wooden walls were... more

hidden Tikhvin Conversation Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker The Tikhvin Conversation Monastery of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (the town of Tikhvin). It is the first monastery within the boundariests of the contemporary town of Tikhvin. It was founded between 1510 and 1515baccording to the order of Great... more

hidden Tikhvin Dormition Convent, the The Tikhvin Dormition Convent (the town of Tikhvin). The parish wooden church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was built on the Tikhvinka River bank in the memory of the Finding of the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God the Hodigitria... more

hidden Town residence of monasteries The town residences of monasteries. There were two periods of the town residences establising in the St. Petesburg Gubernia/Leningrad Oblast: 1) the late 19th - the early 20th century, 2) the late 20th century. In the period the town residences were... more

hidden Vasilisk (Gavrilov) (1734-1824), Saint, clergy figure Ioann (Ivan Matveyevich Snychev; 1927-1995), Metropolitan. He attended the Orsk College. From 1945 he lived and worked in Buzuluk: as a lay brother, then as a subdeacon of Manuel (Lemeshevsky), the bishop of Chkalovsk and Busuluk, as a deacon, in... more

hidden Veniamin (Kazansky) (1873-1922), metropolitan, priest -martyr, clergy figure Benjamin (Vasily Pavlovich Kazansky; 1873-1922), a metropolitan, priest -martyr. He was born in the family of a priest. In 1887 Vasily Kazansky finished the Kargopol Ecclesiastical College, in 1893 he was graduated from the Olonets Ecclesiastical... more

hidden Victor (K.A. Ostrovidov 1875-1934), bishop, priest-martyr, clergy figure Victor (Konstantin Aleksandrovich Ostrovidov; 1875-1934), a bishop, priest-martyr. K.A. ostrovidov was graduated the Kazan Ecclesiastical Academy in 1903. From 1909 he was in brethren of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra; in 1910 he was appointed the... more

hidden Vokhonovsky Convent of St. Mary Magdalene The Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene (the village of Vokhonovo, the Gatchina district). In January 1883 the landowner A.P. Platonov and his daughter Natalya Aleksandrovna presented 6.5 desyatinas (about 18 acres) of forests to the... more

hidden Vvedeno - Oyatsky (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky) Monastery, the The Oyat Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple (Vvedeno-Ostrovsky - The Island Monastery of the Presentation in the Temple) (the Railway Station of Oyat, the Lodeynoye Pole district). It is located on left bank in the Oyat River, about 186... more

hidden Yevpraksia (Nakhotinina) (c.1730-1823), clergy figure Yevpraksia (Yevdokiya Fyodorovna Nakhotinina; between 1729 and 1734 -1823, the village of Staraya Ladoga), a hegumenness, zealot of godliness. Yevpraksia was born in a merchant 's family, was taught reading and writing. From 1768 Yevpraksia lived... more

hidden Zelenets Holy Trinity Monastery, the The Zelenets Monastery of the Holy Trinity (the railway Station Zelenets, the Volkhov district). It was founded between 1565 and 1570 by Venerable Martiriy, a monk of the Tikhvin Monastery, on Green island among swamps. The first churches , the... more

hidden Zosima (Verkhovsky) (1767-1838), Saint, clergy figure Zosima (Zakhary Vasilyevich Verkhovsky, 1767-1838), the Venerable. Zakhary Vasilyevich Verkhovsky served in the Life Guards. In 1786 Verkhovsky left his estate, went to Bryansk forests to the scete of the elder hieromonk Adrian (Blinsky) where he... more