Azim Sirma

Coordinates: 55°36′54″N 46°44′44″E / 55.61500°N 46.74556°E / 55.61500; 46.74556

Azim Sirma
Азим-Сирма
Аçăм-Çырми
Village

Our Lady of Assumption church in Azim Sirma
Azim Sirma
Азим-Сирма
Аçăм-Çырми
Our Lady of Assumption church in Azim Sirma
Coordinates: 55°36′54″N 46°44′44″E / 55.61500°N 46.74556°E / 55.61500; 46.74556
Country  Russia
 Chuvashia Vurnarsky District
Population (2012) 429
Time zone UTC+4 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+4 (EEST)

Azim Sirma (Russian: Азим-Сирма; Chuvash: Аçăм Çырми)) is a rural locality (a village) in Vurnarsky District of the Chuvash Republic, (Russia). The village is located at 65 kmetres from the capital Cheboksari.[1]

Architecture and monuments

Our Lady of Assumption church; built in 2005 by the monk Vadim (born Valery Smirnov) and consecrated in 2007. After father's Vadim death, father Alexis Belov was elected abbot of the church.[2]

References

  1. "Деревня Азим-Сирма" (in Russian). cheb.ru. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  2. "Чувашия потрясена ещё одним убийством священника" (in Russian). grani21.ru. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
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