The Prayer Hall of the 1st Daugavpils Old Believers' Communion of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas is the main Old Believer church in the city of Daugavpils ( Latvia ), located in the New Building area on Church Hill , 16a A. Pushkina Street. The temple was built in 1908 - 1928 . The height of the temple is 22 meters.
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| Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas on the New Building | |
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| A country |  Latvia |
| City | Daugavpils |
| Denomination | Old Believers |
| Architectural style | Byzantine style |
| Established | |
| Construction | 1908 - 1928 |
| Status | Protected by the state |
Since January 1, 1989, the teacher of the church is father Alexy Zhilko born in 1945 . He is the chairman of the community since January 27, 1991 .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Architecture
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
- 5 Gallery
- 6 notes
History
The foundation of the temple was laid in 1908 . Construction was slow, and after the outbreak of World War I it was completely stopped. Due to material difficulties of the community, construction work was resumed only in 1926 . J. Komisar became an engineer and construction manager . The church was consecrated on September 22, 1928 in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.
During the Second World War, due to shelling of German troops, the church burned down, only brick walls remained. After the war, the chapel was restored. Prayer was donated many icons. Most of the donors are Moscow Old Believers. Especially significant are the works of the Vilnius icon painter Ivan Mikhailov . He painted the icons of the deesis and festive series of the iconostasis “The Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos” and “Saint Nicholas in the Life”.
In 1983, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the temple, it was renovated. In 1988 , on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the baptism of Rus , the construction of a six-tier iconostasis was completed. In 1993, a chapel was built near the church on the donations of parishioners, which is used mainly for the commemoration of the reading of the psalms of the dead. In 2002, an icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was installed above the entrance, canonically executed by Nikolai Portnov [2] . In 2007 - 2008, the domes were repaired and gilded. On December 19, 2007, the grand opening of the first golden dome at the bell tower of the temple took place [3] .
Architecture
The temple is a rectangular building with a bell tower, crowned with two chapters (above the entrance and the central part of the building). The temple was built in the Russian style with elements of the Art Nouveau style. The interior of the temple is decorated with a six-tier iconostasis with icons of the XVII - XX centuries . There is one of the richest collections of icons in Latvia.
Literature
- Guzik A., Zhilko A. Old Believer churches of Daugavpils. - Daugavpils: SAB, 1999.
- Kaminska R., Bistere A. Sakrālās arhitektūras un mākslas mantojums Daugavpils rajonā. - Riga: Neputns, 2006 .-- 296 p. - ISBN 9984-729-90-7 .
Links
Gallery
Dome Restoration
Interior
Chapel near the chapel
Notes
- ↑ Latvijas Vēstnesis - 1993.
- ↑ Ore B. The icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is installed on the temple of his name [the size of the icon is 1.5x1.1 m, the donor Fedor Estamonov and the artist Nikolai Portnov painted the icon, installed at a height of 16 m in the outer niche of the church, it was empty for 74 years] // Dinaburg today. - 2002. - Sep 24. - S. 2 + photo
- ↑ There he is, the golden dome! [December 19, 2007, on the feast of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, the grand opening of the first golden dome of the Novostroensky Old Believer Church will take place. The gilding of the dome ended by December 10, specialists restorers from St. Petersburg give a guarantee of 50 years for the gold coating of the dome] // Our newspaper. - 2007. - No. 50 (Dec 13). - S. 5 + photo