Azim Sirma
55°36′54″N 46°44′44″E / 55.61500°N 46.74556°E
Azim Sirma Азим-Сирма Аçăм-Çырми | |
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 Our Lady of Assumption church in Azim Sirma | |
  Azim Sirma Азим-Сирма Аçăм-Çырми | |
| Coordinates: 55°36′54″N 46°44′44″E / 55.61500°N 46.74556°E | |
| 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, Aśăm Śırmi) 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Деревня Азим-Сирма" (in Russian). cheb.ru. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Чувашия потрясена ещё одним убийством священника" (in Russian). grani21.ru. Retrieved January 5, 2016.