St. Nicholas Cathedral is the cathedral of the Dushanbe and Tajikistan dioceses of the Russian Orthodox Church . Located in Dushanbe at: Prospect of Friendship of Peoples, 58 [1] .
| Cathedral | |
| St. Nicholas Cathedral | |
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| A country |  Tajikistan |
| Location | Dushanbe |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Dushanbe and Tajikistan |
| Type of building | Cathedral |
| Established | 1943 year |
| condition | acting |
| Site | web.archive.org/web/2013..... |
The main throne was consecrated in honor of St. Nicholas , the right throne - in honor of the righteous John of Russia , the confessor, the left - in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Life-giving Spring" .
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History
The foundation of the cathedral was completed at the end of 1943 [2] and became possible due to a certain mitigation that occurred in the USSR in relation to the Patriarchal Church that year.
The difficult times for the Orthodox in Tajikistan came after the collapse of the USSR , when poverty and civil war forced a large number of Orthodox families to leave the country.
In the spring of 2005, a major reconstruction of the entire building (the first in the years of its existence) began in St. Nicholas Cathedral, which began and continued until 2011. The roof was re-closed, new gilded domes were installed, floors were laid, new windows were installed, the altar of the main temple was rebuilt, interior decoration was completed. A bell tower was also erected at the facade of the cathedral, a redevelopment was made of the park of the territory in which arbors and benches were installed, new paths were laid. The cathedral was decorated with sculptural images of the Virgin and Savior. At the site of the main walls separating the three chapels, elegant arched openings were built, combining the area of the temple into one room. A marble iconostasis appeared in the main nave, forming three arcades filled with snow-white ganch carvings. [3]
In addition to painted icons, mosaic tiles appeared, made of natural semiprecious stones, placed on the iconostasis of the main nave: images of Christ, the Virgin, the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the Apostle Peter and St. Nicholas. The mosaic made a lapis lazuli frame of the church icons of St. Nicholas and the Crucifixion of Christ . The mosaic made a lapis lazuli frame of the church icons of St. Nicholas and the Crucifixion of Christ. The back wall of the altar of the main nave is decorated with a mosaic panel " The Last Supper ".
A new choir has been built. A new iconostasis is also installed in the aisle of John of Russia. Wooden iconostases installed in both aisles were made by the master of woodcarving Alisher Bobodzhanov, who studied this art of cabinetmakers in Bukhara. His hands also made a throne in the Virgin chapel and two icon cases of the main nave: for the icon of Ksenia of Petersburg and the Three Hierarchs.
| Bas-relief, Virgin Mary with a baby on the wall of the cathedral. | St. Nicholas Cathedral | Bas-relief of Jesus Christ on the wall of the cathedral. |
Cemetery
Near the cathedral is the Central City Cemetery, which is popularly called the "Russian cemetery". Effective since 1937. Its territory is 160 hectares of land. People of various nationalities are buried in this cemetery: Russians, Jews, Armenians, Tajiks, Uzbeks and many others. From the entrance, in the front rows of the cemetery, famous figures of the republic are buried: ministers, academics, poets [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Dushanbe diocese
- ↑ The head of the Central Asian Metropolitan District led the celebrations in honor of the 70th anniversary of the founding of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Dushanbe / News / Patriarchy.ru
- ↑ Ganch carving
- ↑ Vandalism. Who guards the cemetery? Archived March 13, 2016. Statistics Agency of the Republic of Tajikistan 12/20/2011