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...
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 ...
Volga River · Russia · Tver
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