Church of the Meeting of the Lord

The Church of the Meeting of Our Lord in Pyotrozavodsk is situated on Yalgubsky Highway. It was built in 1781 on the site of an uprazdnyonnogo male monastery. The architectural project is associated with the name of Nikolay Fyodorovich Kononov. Inside the temple there are unique bent chairs for clergy, created according to legend under the instruction of Pyotr I. This building is part of the historical complex of solomennykh churches together with Pyotropavlovskaya church. The temple is a cultural heritage object of the city. Here also keeps a white linen stole connected by legends with Tsarevna Sophia Alexeievna.