Kolychevo, Moscow Province, Russia, December 23, 2024
Photo: mosreg.ru
Another church and monastic building have been returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Ministry of Property Relations of the Moscow Region has transferred ownership of the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord with its living quarters, built between 1897-1903, to the Kolychevo Kazan Convent, the ministry reports.
The Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord is a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
The Kolychevo Kazan Convent was founded in 1885 by Schemamonk Makary (Petrov) near the site of the appearance of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The complex of the Transfiguration Church and two-story residential quarters was founded in 1897.
The monastery was gradually closed after the Bolshevik revolution of 1918. In 1960, a psychoneurological care facility was established on the former monastery grounds. In 2004, some of the Kolychevo Kazan Convent buildings were returned to the religious community.
Currently, the Ministry of Property Relations is carrying out a phased release of the Kolychevo Kazan Convent properties and their transfer to the Russian Orthodox Church.
This year, three more religious cultural heritage sites were returned to Russian Orthodox Church organizations from Moscow Region ownership: the Prophet Elijah Church (built 1821-1834) in Kolomna, the Archangel Michael Church (built 1777) in Tarakanovo village, and the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord as part of the Kazan Monastery ensemble (built 1897) in Yegoryevsk District.
Over the past three years, 31 regional properties have been transferred to Russian Orthodox Church ownership.
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