Lazarevskaya Gorbachevskaya church description and photos - Russia - North-West: Vologda (Topic)

Lazarevskaya Gorbachevskaya church description and photos - Russia - North-West: Vologda. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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At the very edge of the city, in the part that used to be called the Upper Posad, and which for many centuries was the largest Christian center of the region, there is the Lazarevskaya Gorbachev Church. In 1775, a decree was issued on the allotment of land for a new cemetery on Gorbaty Pole and on the construction of a temple on it. The cemetery and the church later became known by the name of the area, namely - the Gorbachevskys.

In 1777, a winter church was erected, the right side-altar of the newly built church was consecrated in the name of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki. The left side-altar of the temple was consecrated in the name of the great martyr Theodore Stratilates. At the request of the headman of the church Matvey Fedorovich Kolesov, who turned to the Vologda Archbishop Irenaeus, in 1790, or rather on May 1, the consecration of the church in the name of Saint Lazarus the Righteous was carried out. Since that time, the church is officially called Lazarevskaya.

It was built of stone, had one floor and was located in a complex with a winter church and a bell tower. The summer church was single-domed, two small chapters decorated the winter one. The heads were wooden, upholstered with sheet iron, topped with forged crosses. A stone octahedral bell tower was added to the church. The bell tower had eight spans, ended with a stone tent and a dome, which ended with a forged `` osmotic '' cross.

In the middle of the XIX century, the temple fell into decay, there was a need to build a new temple. Since 1865, the then rector John Nikolaevich Anuryev began to deal with the troubles regarding the construction of a new church.

In the second half of the 19th century, the Church of St. Lazarus was rebuilt and acquired the form in which it has survived to our time in Vologda. It was built according to the project of the famous architect, a native of Vologda, Vladimir Nikolaevich Shilknecht. And since 1879, a new period of the existence of the Lazarevskaya church is born. In 1880, a new church gate made of stone, designed by V.N. Schilknecht. In April 1882, a decree followed, authorizing the construction of a new cold church at the Gorbachevsky cemetery. A construction committee is established. The foundation stone of the temple took place in 1883 on May 8. During the summer period, the church walls were erected and the building itself was covered with iron. In the summer of 1885, the floor in the new church was made of a Putilov stone slab, which was particularly durable.

In the spring of 1886, work was underway to dismantle the old bell tower and the dilapidated chambers adjacent to it. On April 9, the bricklaying of the new bell tower began on the newly prepared foundation. Construction work on both the bell tower and the temple was completed by the spring of 1887. And on May 31, the same year in the week of All Saints, the newly built temple was consecrated in the name of Saint Lazarus the Righteous Four-Day. At the beginning of the 20th century, the walls in the temple were painted with the faces of saints, the painting has survived to the present day.

In connection with the resolution of the city council in August 1937, the church was closed, however, meeting the requests of believers and church communities, In 1938, the authorities transferred the church building to the renovationists, who, in principle, contributed to its closure. The church service was revived only in October 1945. In the 90s, the temple building is undergoing major repairs: the roof is blocked, crosses are fixed, the wooden floor is replaced with a tiled one, the iconostasis is renewed and the construction of the church house is activated.

The Church of St. Righteous Lazarus is located on the outskirts of the city. This remoteness has its own uniqueness. This is the place for unhurried and reverent prayer.

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