Shamordino
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Shamordino may refer to the following:
  • The Kazan St Ambrose Convent
    Kazan St Ambrose Convent
    The stauropegial Convent of St. Ambrose and Our Lady of Kazan is a Russian Orthodox convent in the village of Shamordino, Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It was founded near the village of Shamordino in 1884 with the blessing of Saint Ambrose of Optina...

     in Kaluga Oblast
    Kaluga Oblast
    Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.-Geography:Kaluga Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain. The Smolensk Highland lays in the western and north-western part of the oblast, while the Central Russian Highland -...

  • The village of Shamordino, Zhukovka District, Kaluga Oblast
    Kaluga Oblast
    Kaluga Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.-Geography:Kaluga Oblast is located in the central part of the East European Plain. The Smolensk Highland lays in the western and north-western part of the oblast, while the Central Russian Highland -...

    , near which the convent
    Convent
    A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns, or the building used by the community, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion...

    is located.
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