Church of Spiridon Trimifuntsky description and photo - Russia - St. Petersburg: Lomonosov (Oranienbaum) (Topic)

Church of Spiridon Trimifuntsky description and photos - Russia - St. Petersburg: Lomonosov (Oranienbaum). Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church of St. Spyridon Trimifuntsky is located in the town of Lomonosov. This Orthodox church belongs to the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist, located in the village of Malaya Izhora.

Saint Spyridon is a miracle worker, saint, Bishop of Trimifuntsky, who lived in the 3rd century. In Cyprus. The holy relics were first buried in Trimifunt, and then transported to Kerkyra on about. Corfu, where the main church of St. Spyridon is located.

St. Spiridon was the patron saint of the Volynsky Life Guards Regiment, stationed in Oranienbaum. The first church dedicated to this saint was founded in Oranienbaum on the initiative of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna and the commander of the Separate Guards Corps, Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, in 1838. According to the project of A.P. Melnikov, a wooden church was erected with state funds, in which the marching church of the Volyn regiment of St. Spyridon was located. The temple was consecrated on December 24, 1838

The wooden temple stood on a brick foundation. The church was 26 m long, 10.5 m wide, and 8.5 m high, excluding the dome. The church had a small bell tower, and an iron cross stood above the altar. In the church there was a regimental marching iconostasis.

In 1856 the Volyn regiment was transferred to Warsaw and church utensils were sent with the regiment. The temple was transferred to the Training Sapper Battalion. This battalion was disbanded in 1859, and for two years there were no military units in the city. Divine services were conducted by the clerk of the Panteleimon court church.

In 1861, the commander of a training infantry battalion, transferred to Oranienbaum, Major General V.V. von Netbeck, the temple was partially rebuilt. In 1874, the temple was renovated, and in 1883 the temple was transferred to the Officer Rifle School.

In 1895, due to dilapidation and insufficient capacity, it was decided to build a new church building. In October 1895 it was completely dismantled and a new church was laid in the same place according to the project of V.I. Goldfinch. The temple was built at the expense of the church, on private donations and money allocated by the Engineering Department

The building of the church in plan is elongated, has a length of about 30 m, with a small bell tower and a dome. The height of the temple (together with the dome) was 25 m.
The architectural appearance of the temple reflected the style features of the wooden architecture of that time. In the decoration of the facades, openwork sawing details were used, curly window frames. Sawed ornamental details were also used in the interior decoration of the temple. The iconostasis of the church was gilded and carved. A house for the priest was built at the temple. The temple was consecrated on September 8, 1896

In 1930, the church was closed, beheaded and for many decades it was not used for its intended purpose. Therefore, by the beginning of the 21st century. she was in disrepair. But, nevertheless, on April 2, 2002, divine services began in the temple.

In 2007, it was decided to dismantle the damaged building and completely rebuild the church as of 1896. Work began in 2008

Today a new foundation has already been built and work is underway to recreate the original historical appearance of the temple. A wooden one-story two-story temple stood on a granite foundation, the dome was supported by stone pillars.

The walls and ceiling of the temple were decorated with carvings and painted in a pale pink color. The sails of the dome housed the icons of the evangelists. A large icon of the Nativity of Christ was located above the iconostasis in the dome of the church. The special attractions of the temple were: 6 company images in silver vestments and mahogany icon cases, which were transferred from the Exemplary Regiment, and the ancient icon "Life-giving source", transferred to A.P. Taborskoy as a gift to the temple, which had been in their family for 250 years and famous for many healings.

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