Kizichesky Monastery


Kizichesky Vvedensky Monastery is a small male monastery in Kazan.
The monastery was founded in 1691 by Adrian—the Moscow Patriarch, who until 1690 were the Kazan Bishop. The name Kazichesky means Holy Martyrs of Cyzicus. The monastery was devoted to the martyrs because parts of their relics were brought to the monastery—according to the wishes of Adrian.
In the 1690s Vvedensky Cathedral and Vladimirskaya Church were built. Vvedensky Cathedral was destroyed during the Soviet epoch.
Count Ilya Andreevich Tolstoy is buried in the monastery.