Church of Zechariah and Elizabeth description and photos - Russia - Ural: Tobolsk (Topic)

Church of Zacharias and Elizabeth description and photos - Russia - Ural: Tobolsk. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church of Zechariah and Elizabeth is one of the many attractions of the city of Tobolsk, which is a monument of the Siberian Baroque. The temple is located in an open place, clearly visible from all sides.

In 1752, the first wooden Zakharyevskaya church was built in Tobolsk. Metropolitan Sylvester ordered to build it on a plot of land acquired by the peasant M. Mukhin from the Tatars. In 1757, the temple burned down, and in its place a new stone two-story one with six thrones was laid. The construction of the church was delayed for 20 years and ended only in 1776. The construction work was supervised by master A. Gorodnichev.

A huge two-storey church with rich decor and a solemn monumental composition is the best example of the “Siberian Baroque”. All its volumes - a two-story vestibule with chambers, two side-altars with semicircular apses and a quadrangle with a pentahedral apse - are fused together, thus forming a dense and weighty monolith. Two spherical vaults, one on top of the other, make up the high stepped dome of the church.

Very little is known from the history of the temple in the Soviet years. Like all other churches in the city, the Church of Zechariah and Elizabeth was desecrated, its property was plundered by the new government, and the building itself passed into the possession of the Bolsheviks. Since 1930, the workshops of the handicapped artel were located in the building of the church. After the end of the war and until 1959, the Tobolsk city committee was located here. Until May 1960, the second floor of the church was occupied by rooms for residents. Later, it was decided to transfer the church from the balance sheet of the Tobolsk city committee to the balance sheet of the Tobolsk furniture factory.

And only in the mid-90s. one of the most beautiful churches in the city of Tobolsk in a ruined state was transferred to the introduction of the Tobolsk-Tyumen diocese, which was engaged in its restoration. Of all the icons of the church, the icon "Joy of All Who Sorrow" is the most famous.

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