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Joy of All the Sorrows

Holy Mother of God Icon Cathedral - Joy of All the Sorrows.

Architect F.N. Malinovskiy built the Cathedral in 1898-1906. In 1906 oil paintings were made in the cathedral on donations of a resident of Sviyazhsk.

A.V. Popova and a merchant from Yelabuga I.G. Stakheev. In 1914 the walls of the Cathedral were renovated at the expense of S.S. Mechnikov, manufacturer from Moscow, a part of the wall compositions was written on linoleum.

In the church basement (semi-basement) in 1905 Mother Superior Apfiya (A.K. Yumina) was buried. She made a lot for construction of the cathedral.

In 2010 - 2014 repair and restoration works were carried out. Investors - the Republican Fund of Revival of Historical and Cultural Monuments of the Republic of Tatarstan under support of Sberbank of Russia OJSC, Russian Railways OJSC etc. Restoration of paintings is carried out by the team of fine arts-restorers of Interregional Scientific and Restoration Art Administration directed by V. F. Kosushkin (Moscow).