Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral, Orthodox church in Syzran, Russia

Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church in central Syzran, built with white-painted walls, green onion domes, and a separate bell tower. The building follows the Russian Revival style of the 19th century, with ornate facades decorated with religious motifs.

The first stone was laid on 26 July 1866 on the site of a dismantled 1742 Kazan church, using a design based on Konstantin Ton's model projects; the main altar was consecrated in 1872. A refectory added by 1898 enlarged it, and a 1906 fire that destroyed much of Syzran spared the cathedral. Closed in the mid-1930s, it reopened in 1944 and received two more side chapels in the 1960s.

The cathedral holds regular services throughout the year, and visitors often step inside during or after a liturgy to see the interior filled with candles and icons. The iconostasis, a wall of painted saints separating the nave from the altar, is the visual centerpiece of the interior.

The cathedral sits in central Syzran and can be reached on foot from most of the city center. Visitors are expected to cover their shoulders and knees before entering, so bring a scarf or layer if needed.

The cathedral kept its doors open longer than any other church in Syzran after 1917, remaining the city's last stronghold of Orthodoxy until it was closed in the mid-1930s. When it reopened in 1944, only bare walls remained, and parishioners brought icons and money from their homes to restore it.