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The Kazan Monastery
The Kazan Monastery (Vyshny Volochеk, Tver region)
Camera: Nikon F80;
Lens: Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG (OC)* HS I AF;
Film: Agfa CT Precisa 100;
Exposure: S- , F- ;
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
The Kazan Monastery is an Orthodox female monastery of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vyshny Volochеk in the Red Town on the eastern outskirts of the city.
The monastery was founded in 1881.
The ensemble of the monastery includes:
- Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1877–1882) - designed by the famous Moscow architect A. S. Kaminsky;
- Church of the Andronik Icon of the Mother of God (1897–1901);
- Church of Sirin and Neonila (1880s);
Chapel of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia over the grave of the blessed old woman Lyubushka Susaninskaya) (consecrated in 1999);
- nadkodesnaya chapel (1889);
- Church of the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God (1873);
- farm buildings, cells, refectory.
The Kazan Monastery
The Kazan Monastery (Vyshny Volochеk, Tver region)
Camera: Nikon F80;
Lens: Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG (OC)* HS I AF;
Film: Agfa CT Precisa 100;
Exposure: S- , F- ;
Scanned by Minolta Dimage ScanElite 5400 by VueScan
The Kazan Monastery is an Orthodox female monastery of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vyshny Volochеk in the Red Town on the eastern outskirts of the city.
The monastery was founded in 1881.
The ensemble of the monastery includes:
- Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God (1877–1882) - designed by the famous Moscow architect A. S. Kaminsky;
- Church of the Andronik Icon of the Mother of God (1897–1901);
- Church of Sirin and Neonila (1880s);
Chapel of Faith, Hope, Love and their mother Sophia over the grave of the blessed old woman Lyubushka Susaninskaya) (consecrated in 1999);
- nadkodesnaya chapel (1889);
- Church of the Bogolyubskaya Icon of the Mother of God (1873);
- farm buildings, cells, refectory.