The Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" ( Sorrowful Church ) is an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg at 35 Shpalernaya Street (3 Chernyshevsky Avenue ). Named in honor of the Icon of the Mother of God " Joy of All Who Mourn ".
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| Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" | |
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| A country |  Russia |
| City | St. Petersburg , Shpalernaya street , 35-a |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Diocese | St. Petersburg |
| Architectural style | Classicism |
| Project Author | Luigi Ruska |
| Building | 1817 - 1818 |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 781510359140006 ( EGROKN ). (database Wikigid) |
| condition | Good |
| Site | bcex.ru |
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History
Initially , the house of the Resurrection Church of Princess Natalya Alekseevna was built on this site in 1711 . In 1817-1818, the architect Luigi Ruska built a modern Church of the Sorrows. On October 24, 1818, Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg Michael consecrated it.
The church is built in the Empire style , inside it is a rotunda , the dome of which is supported by 24 ionic columns .
In the 1920s, the church passed to the Renovationists . On January 10, 1932, the church was closed, the building was transferred to the Museum of the History of Religion, and since 1970, it housed the city branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture.
In 1993, church services were resumed.
From the day of consecration until 1931, a miraculous icon of "All Who Sorrowful Joy" was in the church. When the temple was closed, the image was transferred to the church of the Holy Trinity on Stremyannaya , after its closure in 1937 - to the Transfiguration Cathedral [1] .
Notes
- ↑ Icon of the Mother of God “All Who Sorrow for Joy” from the eponymous church on Shpalernaya Street (in the Transfiguration Cathedral) // St. Petersburg diocesan sheets. - 2002. - Vol. 30-31. - S. 129.
Literature
- Georgievsky N. G. Historical and statistical description of the St. Petersburg Grieving Church, which is behind the Foundry. With a chromolithographic depiction of the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos located in it, All the grieving Joys. - SPb .: type. J. Treya, 1866. - [4], 47 p.