Church of the Resurrection

Wood ring Podporozhya

Original Text

I was tired of sitting in self-isolation, and in early June we decided to take a car trip to the east of the Leningrad region, in Podporozhye, on the so-called "wooden ring." It is really a ring road ...

Interesting history of the temple

Original Text

The wooden church of 1690. In the long time, the Novgorod buyers collected here a duty from the ships sailing on Sviri to the state treasury. The parish was big, and now the temple is carefully preserved, prich ...

Amazing color of walls

Original Text

Surprised by the color of the church walls: they are yellow. Before that, I had to see unpainted wooden churches or blue. The church is old, located in the radiance of the Vazhinka River. Around the church the village ...

Wood pearl in Vazin

Original Text

In the village of Vazhina, that on the shore of Sviri, since 1630 (yes-yes, it is not a mistake), on the old cemetery there is a real wooden pearl - the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. This church is the only church with ...