The Cathedral Of The Resurrection Photo: Cathedral Of The Resurrection

Cathedral of the resurrection of Christ is located in meadows and is a stone building of the 19th century, built in pseudo-Russian style.

Due to the increasing number of parishioners at the Cathedral of St. Catherine in meadows, in 1869 it was decided to organize a guardianship for construction next to the Cathedral of the new Church. The design of the Cathedral in the Russian-Byzantine style, was approved on 10 December 1870 the author of the project was Windelband Vladimir

The Church was founded in 1873. The resurrection Cathedral was built entirely on private donations. Headed the Committee for the construction of the temple merchant, Bolotov A. I. But because of a shortage of funds for construction, it was temporarily suspended, and the project was redesigned with the aim to reduce costs by architect G. I. Karpov. Five domes it was replaced by a large head, surrounded by eight smaller domes, the bell tower was reduced, removed most of the decorative elements on the outside of the building.

The construction of the temple was almost fourteen years. The bulk of it was built in 1884, but the finishing work was completed in 1887. The temple was a single dome four-column construction, with a three-tiered bell tower, the completion of the bell tower and the dome tent. The bell tower of the Church before the revolution there were 12 bells, the largest of which weighed 490 pounds and was cast with the additive of silver.

The resurrection Church was consecrated on 3 October 1887. The Church had three aisles: the Central chapel of the Resurrection; the South aisle — St John the Evangelist, North chapel — in honor of the assumption of the blessed virgin. The South aisle was consecrated John of Kronstadt on November 12, 1896. 19 August 1900 at the Cathedral for the divine Liturgy was attended by Emperor Nicholas II with his family.
Main revered shrines of the Cathedral – Pechersk icon of the Dormition of the Mother of God (now Priozersk Kazan Cathedral) and a list of miraculous Ceremonical icon of John the theologian (every year in may from Caramanico Ioanno-Bogoslovsky monastery in the resurrection Cathedral was a religious procession with the icon).

To the resurrection Cathedral have also been attributed to chapel: the market, in the city garden, in the nearby villages of Ecomici and Rakovichi; when the Church was a parochial school and guardianship. When it was established Luga Vicariate, in July 1917 resurrection Cathedral got the status of a Cathedral. The Cathedral was renovated in the summer of 1936. And in 1937, all members of the clergy headed by the rector Zachariah Bocherini were arrested and later executed near St. Petersburg. Officially the Church was closed on 13 may 1938. Most of the icons were taken out and burned, four tier carved iconostasis was destroyed, the bells destroyed.

In the period from 1938 to 1941 the Church was used as a dance floor. During the occupation it was occupied by German troops. After the war, the temple was abandoned and destroyed. In the 1980-ies it was planned to place the Museum. On 18 July 1991 the resurrection Church gave to the believers. Since 1993, here are the restoration work.

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