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Raifa Monastery of the Mother of God

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{{monastery|
name=Raifa Monastery of the Mother of God|
jurisdiction=Diocese of Kazan <br> Church of Russia|
type=Male Monastery|
founded=1613|
superior=[[Archimandrite]] Vsevolod (Zakharov)||
size=19 monks|
hq= Sviyazhsk, Tatarstan|
language= Slavonic|
music=Russian Chant|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
feasts=unknown|
website=[http://www.kazan.eparhia.ru/english/monastyri/raifa/ Diocesan website\
}}
The '''Raifa Monastery of the Mother of God''' (''Raifsky Bogoroditsky Monastery'') is a [[monastery]] for men located in the Russian [[Diocese of Kazan]]. The monastery was established in 1613. in what is now the Republic of Tatarstan. Closed during the Soviet years, the property, in 1991, was the first monastery in the [[Diocese of Kazan|Diocese of Kazan and Mari]] to be returned to the [[Church of Russia]]. Restoration work began immediately. The monastery is the largest in the Diocese of Kazan and Tatarstan.
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