The Russian Village Historic District (Churaevka) is a small self-contained community located on a heavily wooded hill in the southwest corner of Southbury, Connecticut. Churaevka was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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Russian Orthodox Convent “Novo-Diveevo” is located approximately 24 miles north of New York City in Nanuet, NY. The founder of the convent was Archbishop Andrei of Rockland, then Protopresbyter Adrian (Rimarenko).
The convent has many sacred items as a a full-length portrait of St. Seraphim of Sarov painted during his lifetime, a cross from the Ipatiev House and two icons, which belongs to the last Russian emperor.
