Permanent exhibition of the Museum of the History of Orthodoxy

About exhibition

How are Venerable Sergius of Radonezh and Tsar Ivan the Terrible connected with the spread of Orthodoxy in the Mari El region? What is a monastery? What does a monastic cell look like? What are liturgical utensils used for? Where is the oldest of the surviving urban stone churches of the republic located? Who created the alphabet of the Mari language? What did believers have to face during the difficult years of Soviet rule? Who are the New Martyrs? You will find answers to these and many other questions by visiting the main exhibition 'Churches and Shrines: History with Meaning'.