Khram Svyatykh Ravnoapostol'nykh Tsarya Konstantina I Materi Yego Yeleny

Very memorable journey - quiet place/peninsula surrounded by Volga river on one side and Sviyaga river on the other. You can find some delicious local food made by residents, kvas and other drinks. Very close to this place is the River Boat Station where you can buy a ticket to Kazan by ferry

I remind the Kazan citizens and guests of the capital of Tatarstan that the Meteor motor ships go from the River port of Kazan to Sviyazhsk. Departure from Kazan at 13-30 hours. Arrival in 30-40 minutes. The motor ship awaits passengers in Sviyazhsk and leaves for Kazan at 17-00. The fare for adults (from 11 years old) is 700 rubles for children from 5 to 10 years 350 rubles. (roundtrip). Somewhat expensive for the Russians. Three hours is not even enough to see the sights of the former island, now the peninsula. Tourists running around the island on any quests - the sea. But they will not see anything from the sights. A lot of souvenirs. There is a mark of the local monastery. Very decent quality. White bread (100 rubles per loaf) and rye (as it seemed to me) and bagels in the souvenir yard. The bread is also of very good quality. Pottery you can see how they produce and what they produce and sell. There are some very interesting exhibits. Strange, but true, there are abandoned houses with broken windows, in the ads - "sell." They are adjacent to the mansions of the "New Russians (Tatars)" built "antique". New buildings are attached to the old houses (under the guise of antiquity), the windows of which do not show life, since they are closed very tightly from the inside with light-transmitting shields. In the church (operating) nearest to the marina, a memorial tablet indicates that it was restored with the assistance of Lukoil. But there is almost no “smell” of restoration. There were obviously shutters in the old church that closed the windows outside. Canopies mounted in the wall are visible. But there is no shutter. The brick outside the church was of poor quality. The “pre-made brick” crumbles, another five years, I think, he will forgive and will again need repair. Church shop inside the church. Why? The price of a ticket to the museum of the island of Sviyazhsk is prohibitive - 510 rubles.

Very beautiful temple! Acting. Monument of federal importance. Well-groomed territory and magnificent views.

The temple stands in the distance, almost on the edge of the island. On the day of the visit, the whole island seemed to be floating in the ocean. And the domes of the temple like lighthouses lit the way for travelers.

Remote and really not only beautiful, but also an unusual church. It is as it were addressed not to people, but to water, and to the place where these people came from. The church itself and in itself.