Seraphim Church (Turnaevo)

The construction of the temple began in 1912 by the artel of craftsmen invited from Perm ^[5] . Funds for the construction were collected by the peasants of Turnaevo and neighboring villages (about 12 thousand rubles), another 4 thousand rubles were allocated by the Holy Synod . The material for the stone foundation was brought from limestone quarries in the territory of the modern Iskitim district , and the church building itself was built from acquired pine logs brought from Taiga station . For construction, selected pine with a diameter of 25 centimeters was used ^[2] . The Seraphim Church, like the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on the island of Kizhi, was built, according to legend, without a single nail ^[6] , which is called into question ^[2] . Tomsk, Kuznetsk, Altai merchants and industrialists donated to decorate the temple. September 1 (14), 1914 the temple was consecrated .

The first rector of the temple was Alexander Zlobin, a former engineer-traveler who took an active part in its construction ^[2] . With the blessing of the Archbishop of Tomsk and Altai Makarii (Nevsky), he enrolled in distance learning at the Tomsk Theological Seminary , and in 1914 he was ordained a priest.

In the 1920s, the temple passed to the Renovationists (there is a mistaken opinion that the Seraphim Church was the only " Tikhonov " church in the Bolotninsky district) ^[5] .

The temple was closed by order of the Novosibirsk Oblast Executive Committee on April 9, 1940 . The building was used as a granary , and then as a club.

For the restoration of the temple in 1988, its measurement was performed by the Novosibirsk architect S. N. Bogomazova, but due to lack of funding, work was not started. By the decision of the Novosibirsk Oblast Executive Committee of January 19, 1989, the church was transferred to the Novosibirsk Diocese . July 18, 1990 the church was taken under protection as a monument of local architecture .

Since 1996, the Christians of the area began to establish a spiritual life ^[7] . The first prayer service in the Seraphim Church was served on the feast day on August 1, 1998 . On the same day, a mass baptism of villagers (over 70 people) took place. On July 12, 2000, the first liturgy was celebrated in the church from the moment it was closed ^[7] . On the same year, July 31, the first procession of the cross took place from the city of Bolotnoye to the village of Turnaevo, now performed annually with the participation of pilgrims from the Novosibirsk, Kemerovo and Tomsk regions ^[8] .

The restoration of the temple began in 2000. According to experts, in 1999 the destruction of the church amounted to more than 50 percent ^[9] .

In 2003-2009, the following repair and restoration work was carried out:

• change of crowns in the refectory, catholicon and apse;
• replacement of rotten rims in the bell tower and the refectory;
• replacement of wooden columns with brick;
• reinforcement of the walls with half-timbers in the refectory, kafolikon and apse;
• the device of the roof and drainage system;
• manufacture and installation of heads;
• manufacture and installation of window and door blocks according to old models;
• dismantling and installation of window grilles, with their cleaning and painting;
• replacement of floor beams, logs, rough floors;
• replacement of attic floors, rafters, battens;
• device tambour;
• the device of the porch with slotted guards and carved pillars;
• device visors above the porch;
• device stairs to the bell tower;
• sheathing of half-timbered houses, corners of external walls, internal walls and ceilings;
• installation of fair floors with thermal insulation;
• repair of wooden floors in the bell tower. ^[ten]

In 2007, the governor of the Novosibirsk region, Viktor Tolokonsky, signed an order to carry out repair and restoration work. ^[11] The restoration project was completed by the architect A. I. Lykova and the designer, S. M. Klepikov ^[7] .

The temple is single-throne , refers to the type of " octagon on the four ." A tented bell tower was erected above the narthex . Temple built

The temple is designed for 700 worshipers ^[2] . The temple is 35 meters long and 15 meters wide. The height to the cross of the central dome is 29 meters. The height of the bell tower is 32 meters. The log-house of the church is made up of 50 crowns, the bell tower is 64. The temple is crowned by 7 crosses resting on tops : one on the central dome, 4 around it, one cross above the altar and on the bell tower.

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