Kizichesky Monastery
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Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery is a small male monastery in Kazan
(Tatarstan
).
The monastery was founded in 1691 by Adrian the Moscow Patriarch who until 1690 were the Kazan Bishop. The name Kazichesky means Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus. The monastery was devotes to them because parts of their relics were brought in the monastery according to blessing of Adrian.
In 1690s there Vvedensky Cathedral (Presentation of Mary Cathedral) and Vladimirskaya Church (Church of Vladimir Icon of Virgin) were built. Vvedensky Cathedral was destroyed in Soviet epoch.
In this monastery Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy the grandfather of Lev Tolstoy was buried.
Kazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
(Tatarstan
Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is a federal subject of Russia located in the Volga Federal District. Its capital is the city of Kazan, which is one of Russia's largest and most prosperous cities. The republic borders with Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Samara, and Orenburg Oblasts, and with the Mari El, Udmurt,...
).
The monastery was founded in 1691 by Adrian the Moscow Patriarch who until 1690 were the Kazan Bishop. The name Kazichesky means Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus. The monastery was devotes to them because parts of their relics were brought in the monastery according to blessing of Adrian.
In 1690s there Vvedensky Cathedral (Presentation of Mary Cathedral) and Vladimirskaya Church (Church of Vladimir Icon of Virgin) were built. Vvedensky Cathedral was destroyed in Soviet epoch.
In this monastery Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy the grandfather of Lev Tolstoy was buried.