Churches have always been the hearts of cities, towns and villages. The history of Sanino, a small village of Suzdal district in Vladimir region, is closely linked with the history of the cathedral of St. Nicholas. The first wooden church was built in the village in the 17-t ... Читать дальше »

I would like to tell about a small village not far from Alexandrov. You won’t easily find the village of Staraya Sloboda on the map of our region, but in the 16-th century it was the residence of Russian Princes. Alexander Nevsky visited this village when he was in our area.
The history of the village dates back to the 12-th century, when a wooden church on the hill near the river the Seraya was bui ... Читать дальше »

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The village of Nebyloye on the river the Yakhroma in Vladimir region is known due to its St .Kosma's monastery of the Holy Assumption. This monastery was founded by St. Kosma of Yakhroma in the 1-st half of the 15-th century. After its foundation near the monastery a settlement appeared. Since 1473 it had belonged to the Grand Prince of Moscow Ivan Vasilyevich.
 In 1624 the village of Nebyloye was granted to the monastery by the tsar Alexey Mikhailovich. Till the second half of the 17-th century all the buildings of the monastery  ... Читать дальше »

Near the town of Alexandrov of Vladimir region there is the little village of Makhra. It is famous for it’s Trinity St. Stephan of Makhra Nunnery. It was founded in 1353 by St. Stephan, who was a spiritual friend and interlocutor of St. Sergius of Radonezh.
St. Stephan wanted to live in solitude and to devote his life to God, so he chose the hermitage where he spent time ... Читать дальше »

The village of Arsaki is situated not far from the town of Alexandrov of Vladimir region. This place attracts a lot of people who want to see the beautiful old monastery situated here, St. Zosima’s Hermitage of The Virgin of Smolensk. The visitors can see the monastery buildings of red brick surrounded by the thick wall like one of the fortress.
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The history of the village of Bolshoye (Great) Karinskoye began in the 15-th century when it was a part of the palace region with the center in Alexandrova Sloboda (the Settlement of Alexandrov). The name of the village appeared on the pages of History during the Polish – Lithuanian invasion, when, in 1609, near the village a battle between the troops of Russian prince Michail Vasilievich Skopin – Shooysky and Sapega’s troops took place. The battle was terrible, but the Russians won the victory.
Later Karinskoye was ruined and its name was mentioned again only in 1642 as the tsar’s palace village. That time there was a wooden church in the name of St. John the Baptist on ... Читать дальше »