Samara Diocesan Museum

The Samara Diocesan Church Historical Museum was opened in May 1997. Today it is the only regional museum of this profile in Russia. The exposition of the museum is conditionally divided into 3 parts: in the first part the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Samara Territory (documents, photographs, maps, personal belongings of ascetics of piety, etc.) in 2 parts (memorial) the atmosphere of the cell of Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky) is reproduced, the central place in it is occupied by a card library of bibliographic references to his main work "Biographical Dictionary of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church from the moment of the baptism of Russia to the 50s of the XX century"; 3 part of the exposition is devoted to church art - here, and old-painted books and manuscripts.