The Church of St. Alexander, Hegumen of Kushtsky is an active Orthodox church of the Tashkent and Uzbekistan diocese of the Central Asian Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church , located in the city of Yangi-Chinaz , Uzbekistan .
| Orthodox church | |
| Temple of St. Alexander, Hegumen of Kushtsky | |
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| A country |  Uzbekistan |
| City | Yangi Chinaz , st. Dustlik, 2a |
| Denomination | Orthodoxy |
| Diocese | Tashkent and Uzbekistan diocese |
| Reverence | Tashkent deanery |
| Type of building | Temple |
| First mention | 1868 year |
| Established | 1890 year |
| Building | 1890 - 1893 |
| condition | Acting |
| Site | xram-chinaz.prihod.ru |
History
The history of the temple begins in 1868, when the first temporary church was consecrated in Chinaz, consecrated in the name of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky . From 1869 to 1871, it was located in a tent “made of Kokand mats” (material for printed fabrics used as lining in outer clothing in Kokand ), then the community converted the adobe apartment house into a church, which fell into disrepair in 1883 and the church property was transferred to the Jizzakh parish ; believers were forced to go there or to Tashkent to attend divine services.
In 1890, the Tashkent merchant of the 2nd guild Stepanov A.V. allocated funds to the Chinaz community for the construction of the temple, in memory of the rescue of Emperor Alexander III and his family during the train crash . The new building of burnt bricks was built over three years according to the project of architect Alexei Benoit , according to the sketches of which many other temples were built in Turkestan . The new church in the name of St. Alexander, Abbot of Kushta was consecrated by Bishop Gregory of Tashkent and Turkestan .
After the October Revolution in Chinaz, the Basmachi raids began, from which the locals took refuge in the temple building. In 1934, by order of the Soviet government, the parish was closed, and the building itself was transferred to the needs of the new government. As a result, a tent with a dome and a cross, a belfry with three bells in the narthex and the upper part of the walls was demolished. In the 60s, bas-relief crosses were knocked down from the walls. In different years, the temple building was used as a school, club, cinema, disco.
After the collapse of the USSR, members of the communities of Dustabad , Zhambul , Chinaz and Yangiyul made attempts to restore the temples. In Chinaz district, the restoration of Orthodox traditions began in 1997, residents turned to the archbishop of Tashkent and Central Asia Vladimir with a request to open a parish. And on July 8, 2007, with the blessing of Metropolitan Vladimir, a new abbot, Hieromonk Nektariy (Blinov) was appointed at the constituent assembly of the parish and work began on the restoration and collection of documents for the registration of the church.
Since 2008, the rector was Mark Mazitov, who was later transferred to Urgench . At that time, the Divine Liturgy was served, which had not been held in Chinaz for more than 75 years. Since 2012, Alexander Kokhansky became the rector.