Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on the Market

The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on the Market in Vologda is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, and the first temple on this site appeared in the middle of the 16th century. In 1832, the cold church was converted into a warm one, and in the early 2000s its restoration began according to the project of architect G. P. Belov, during which the foundation was strengthened and the first tier of the lost bell tower was erected. The church preserves 18th-century wall paintings, presumably executed by the painters of the Spaso-Prilutsky Monastery Yakov Korostin and his son Fyodor, which are hidden under later layers. On May 11, 2015, the first Divine Liturgy in 86 years was celebrated here, and on June 16, 2014, an independent parish was formed around the church.