Muromsk, Karelia, Russia - Church of Resurrection of Lazarus - postcard

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• Picture / Image:  The Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus from the Muromsk Monastery - this on Lake Onega is in the autonomous province of Karelia in Northern Russia near Finland
• Publisher:  none given c.1980s or 1990s
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Church of the Resurrection of Lazarus

Tradition says that the church was built by the monk Lazarus (1286 (?) – 1391) in the second half of the 14th century. The church became the first building of the future Murom Monastery located on the eastern shore of Lake Onega. Over time, the church became the main attractions of the monastery as it was reputed to miraculously cure illnesses. Clergy announced the monk Lazarus as a local saint, and every summer, on 23–24 June, the church was attracting pilgrims. The building is 3 meters tall and has a perimeter of 9×3 m.^[26] The original two-tier iconostasis of the church is preserved; it consists of 17 icons of 16th–18th centuries.^[3][27]

Kizhi (Russian: ??´??, IPA: ['k?i??], Karelian: Kiži) is an island near the geometrical center of the Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia (Medvezhyegorsky District), Russia. It is elongated from north to south and is about 6 km long, 1 km wide and is about 68 km away from the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.

Settlements and churches on the island were known from at least the 15th century. The population was rural, but was forced by the government to assist development of the ore mining and iron plants in the area that resulted in a major Kizhi Uprising in 1769–1771. Most villages had disappeared from the island by 1950s and now only a small rural settlement remains. In the 18th century, two major churches and a bell tower were built on the island, which are now known as Kizhi Pogost. In 1950s, dozens of historical wooden buildings were moved to the island from various parts of Karelia for preservation purposes. Nowadays, the entire island and the nearby area form a national open-air museum with more than 80 historical wooden structures.^[1] The most famous is the Kizhi Pogost, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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period=1945 - present

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