Chapel of Stephen the Great of Perm - a chapel in Perm , built in honor of Stephen of Perm . Located on the corner of Peter and Paul Street and Komsomolsky Prospekt .
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| Chapel of Stephen the Great of Perm | |
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 Chapel of Stephen the Great of Perm | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Permian |
| Founder | Archpriest E. A. Popov |
| First mention | 1880 year |
| Construction | 1882 - 1887 |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of regional significance. Reg. No. 591410304740005 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
Full name - “Chapel and fraternity in the name of St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm, and his successors Gerasim, Pitirim and Jonah” [1] .
History
In 1880, on the initiative of Archpriest Evgeni Alekseevich Popov (1824–1888), an interim committee was created whose purpose was the construction of a chapel in the city in honor of the 500th anniversary of the preaching of Stephen Permsky. Subsequently, this committee, renamed the “Society for the Maintenance of Purity of Morals among the People in the Spirit of the Orthodox Church”, and financed the construction of the chapel.
The laying of a stone chapel on the corner of Petropavlovskaya and Kungurskaya streets took place on April 26, 1882 on the day of Stephen Permsky [2] , and its consecration was carried out on October 4, 1887, by Bishop Cyboksary Cyril. The chapel was a one-story building, made in the Russian style, with tall narrow single-leaf windows with an oval top. The author of the building project was Perm city architect V.V. Popatenko [1]
In the next 1888, the first two-year parish school in Perm was opened here. In 1890-1891, a two-story stone annex was built for her, in 1891 a church and teacher school was opened here for the training of psalmists, in 1892 - a Sunday school for adults and for psalm teachers, and since 1896 worked here free reading room library.
On October 17, 1912, the Diocesan Church and Archaeological Society was opened in the chapel, which began to publish its journal Perm Church and Archaeological Society.
After the October Revolution, the chapel was rebuilt. The building was divided into two floors, the old high windows were closed, and instead of them 10 new windows were broken on each floor. On May 7, 1920, a communist university was opened in the building. In subsequent years, courses of the Higher Party Soviet School, the office of the Provincial School of Education were located here; then a music school operated in the former chapel, and until 1996, kindergarten No. 72.
On May 7, 1996, a memorial plaque in honor of Stefan Permsky was opened, the author is A. Yu. Yekubenko . This board was consecrated by the bishop of Perm and Solikamsk Athanasius. The inscription on the board read: “The chapel and the brotherhood in the name of St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm, and his successors Gerasim, Pitirim and Jonah were laid on May 9, 1882 in memory of the 500th anniversary of the first sermon of St. Stefan in the land of Perm, built on a nationwide donation designed by the provincial architect VV Popatenko. " After a while, the plaque was removed, it was replaced by a wooden shield with the same inscription, which in 2009 was dismantled. [one]
On June 3, 1996, a public service was held here, which was dedicated to the memory of Archpriest Evgeny Popov .
In 2012-2013. the facade of the chapel was reconstructed, the original appearance of the semi-rounded windows of old brick was returned.
Currently, a chapel is operating in the building, and an Orthodox pilgrimage center is located in the annex.
Chapel with an annex, circa 1915
Chapel in 2012
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 V.S. Sausages based on the materials of L. S. Kashikhin // Perm House in the history and culture of the region. Issue 2 / Perm, 2009, S. 98
- ↑ Dmitriev A. A. Chronicle of the provincial city of Perm from 1845 to 1880, from the book "Essays on the History of the Provincial City of Perm.", Printing House of P. F. Kamensky, Perm, 1889, p. 321
Literature
- Speshilova E.A. Old Perm: Houses. Streets. People. 1723-1917. - Perm: Italic, 1999 .-- 580 p. - 5,000 copies.
- Kolbas V. S. Chapel and fraternity in the name of St. Stephen, Bishop of Perm, and his successors Gerasim, Pitirim and Jonah (based on the materials of the historical note by L. S. Kashikhin) // Perm House in the History and Culture of the Territory. Issue 2, Perm, 2009