Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, North of Kirov Square, Irkutsk, Russia.

The Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, sits just North of, and across a very wide boulevard, from Kirov Square, here in Irkutsk, Russia. It is very attractive and its white color, with a g...

Chapel with an interesting history

The Kazan Chapel is built on the site of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan which was destroyed by the Bolsheviks in 1932. The former church was one of the tallest and well known in Russia. Many churc...

There was a magnificent temple.

Original Text

Of course I am evaluating not this small chapel standing next to the monumental building in the Stalinist style - the Government of the Irkutsk region.