Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Karmanovo Village

The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Karmanovo village carries a history that beautifully illustrates the layered cultural transformations this corner of the Grigoriopol district has experienced across two centuries. Until 1946, the village of Karmanovo was known as Neudorf — a German colony whose settlers constructed the church building in 1854 specifically to serve their Lutheran worship needs.

During the Soviet period, the building was repurposed in the manner common to so many religious structures throughout the region, serving first as a village club and later as a House for Young Naturalists. As the 20th century drew to a close, the ethnic German community that had given this building its original purpose began gradually departing for Germany, and with their departure, no Lutheran congregation remained in the village to reclaim the building for its original faith tradition.

The church building was subsequently handed over to the Orthodox community of Karmanovo, who began the patient work of restoring it to appropriate condition from the end of the 20th century onward. Through the dedicated efforts of parishioners working throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the temple was gradually brought back to its proper appearance. This transformation reached its formal culmination on August 27, 2006, when Bishop Justinian of Tiraspol and Dubossary consecrated the building in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God — completing the building’s remarkable journey from Lutheran chapel to Orthodox church, and from German colony to Moldovan village.

Address: 65, Oktyabrskaya str., Karmanovo village
Phone: +373 210 7 15 34