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President Vladimir Putin attended a Christmas service at the Church of the Sign of the Holy Mother of God on the outskirts of Suzdal

January 7, 2004, Vladimir Region

In the period of Ancient Rus, the Church of the Sign, which stood at the same place near the Mzharka River, was part of a convent, which was looted and burnt by Batu Khan in 1237.

Later, another wooden church – the Vvedenskaya (Presentation of the Lord in the Temple) Church – was built in its place.

In 1749, a stone cathedral was built with parishioners’ money on the site of the wooden church.

In the Soviet days, the church was closed. In 1991, the Vladimir-Suzdal Preserve handed over a restored Church of the Sign to the Vladimir-Suzdal diocese.

Today, the Church of the Sign is a functioning parish temple.

January 7, 2004, Vladimir Region