Kazan convent

The history of the Kazan convent in Yaroslavl is covered with legends. It is believed that in 1588, a resident of the city of Romanov (now Tutaev left-bank) merchant man Gerasim came to the village of Tetyushi near Kazan. There, he came under the influence of "dissolute people" and probably fell into a din. One day he was forgotten on the banks of the Volga, and he was struck by lightning. Gerasim’s right hand was taken away, and he suddenly heard a voice telling him to go to Kazan. Turning towards his voice, the merchant saw the image of the Most Holy Mother of God.

However, even this did not particularly impress Gerasim, and he did not go anywhere. The Virgin appeared to him twice more, and for the last time ordered to buy an icon with her image in a shop in Kazan, take the icon to Romanov and build a temple there.

The merchant brought the icon, where it was indicated, but the locals simply placed it in the local temple and did not hurry with the construction.

In the end, the city was devastated by the Polish-Lithuanian invasion. The icon was hidden by the Orthodox Lithuanian Yakov Lubskaya. He brought her to Yaroslavl. Upon learning of this, the locals begged the foreigner to give the icon to them, which was done. After the expulsion of foreigners, the Kazan church was built in the city, where the icon was solemnly placed. Later, the Kazan Women’s Monastery with a stone temple was founded here.

After the revolution, the monastery alternately arranged a concentration camp for the enemies of the people, a library and a planetarium. Only at the beginning of the XXI century the temple and monastery began to be used again for its intended purpose.

There is a monastery in Yaroslavl on Trefolev Street.