Annunciation Cathedral - a cathedral church in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin in Sukhum . Actually used as a cathedral by the non-canonical Abkhaz Orthodox Church , from the point of view of the Georgian Patriarchate it is the main cathedral of the Pitsunda and Sukhum-Abkhaz diocese of the Georgian Patriarchate .
Cathedral Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
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Address | Sukhum , Abazinskaya street , 75 |
Denomination | Orthodoxy |
Consecrated | 1915 |
Chapel (s) | St. Nicholas the Wonderworker |
Names of Clerics | Vissarion Apliaa |
Building | 1909 - 1915 |
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In 1909, at the expense of the Greek Orthodox community in the city of Sukhum, a cross-domed, three-nave temple in the Neo-Byzantine style began to be built in the city center, the construction of which was completed in 1915. Initially, the temple was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker and until the 1940s was referred to as the "Greek St. Nicholas Church . "
After the Second World War, the temple became the cathedral of the Sukhumi-Abkhaz diocese of the Georgian Orthodox Church. In the 1980s, under the Metropolitan David (Chkadua) , significant reconstruction work was carried out in the cathedral, and therefore a chapel appeared in honor of St. Nicholas and a number of side outbuildings.
In March 2010, restoration work was carried out in the cathedral and a gilded dome was installed, manufactured by the Chelyabinsk company Marion LLC - Zlatosphere. [one]
Until 1990, the tomb of John Chrysostom was kept in the cathedral (it was later transferred to the place of his death - in the village of Coman , in the temple of the Komansky monastery ). The cathedral also houses the icon of the great martyr Panteleimon with a particle of his relics.
On February 10, 2011, the Government of Abkhazia transferred the Annunciation Cathedral of the Abkhaz Orthodox Church for free and unlimited use [2] .
Klyuchari
- Simon Gigineishvili , archpriest (1922-1937)
- Vissarion Apliaa , Priest (since 1993)
Notes
- ↑ A new dome and patterned crosses are installed on the Sukhumi Cathedral
- ↑ 38 churches and cathedrals were transferred to the Abkhaz Orthodox Church for free unlimited use. Archived January 4, 2012 on the Wayback Machine
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- Sukhumi Cathedral