Church-Monument on Blood in the Name of All Saints Who Shone in the Land of Russia description and photo - Russia - Ural: Yekaterinburg (Topic)

Temple-Monument on the Blood in the name of All the saints who shone in the Russian land description and photo - Russia - Ural: Yekaterinburg. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The Church-Monument on Blood in the Name of All Saints Who Shone in the Land of Russia is one of the largest Orthodox churches in Russia. The temple is located on the site of the famous house of engineer Nikolai Ipatiev. In the basement of this house, members of the royal family were killed - along with the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, his wife, five children and servants were killed.

The Ipatiev House was demolished in September 1977. After the start of Perestroika, in the place where once- then the house of the engineer was located, believers began to gather more and more often. In August 1990, a wooden cross was installed here. In September 1990, the executive committee of the Sverdlovsk city council decided to allocate a land plot to the Sverdlovsk Diocesan administration of the Russian Orthodox Church and allowed to install a memorial symbol on the site of the engineer Ipatiev's house.

In September 1992, Archbishop Melchizedek of Verkhotursky and Yekaterinburg laid the foundation stone for the future church. Vladyka also consecrated the built wooden chapel in honor of the Martyr Elizabeth Feodorovna. Unfortunately, the construction of the temple soon stopped due to lack of funds. The construction of the church was completed only in 2003

The five-domed church is made in the Russian-Byzantine style. Structurally, it is divided into lower and upper parts. At the top is a public temple where services are held. In the lower part there is a memorial church with a execution room and a museum. The total height of the church is 60 meters. The temple has 14 bells, the largest of which weighs five tons. The facade is decorated with 48 sculptures of saints.

The solemn consecration of the Church on the Blood took place in July 2003. After the consecration ceremony, the first Divine Liturgy was performed in the newly erected church.

The church has a children's Sunday parish school. Near the church there is the Patriarch's courtyard, which includes a library, a house church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, exhibition areas and a concert hall.

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