The Church of St. Elizabeth ( Elizabethan Church ) is now an inactive Lutheran church in the city of Kronstadt . An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia of federal significance.
| Monument of urban planning and architecture | |
| Lutheran Church of St. Elizabeth | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Elizabeth in Kronstadt | |
| A country |  Russia |
| Location | Saint Petersburg , Kronstadt , Leningradskaya street 1 |
| Architect | E.H. Anert |
| Building | 1834 - 1836 |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 781620565020006 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
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Background
The first Lutheran wooden church in the name of St. Elizabeth has existed in Kronstadt since about the 1710s. After the city fire of 1732, by decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna, the territory adjacent to the church was transferred to the yards of naval servants, and a new place was allocated for the church “behind the water-filling mill”. Here in 1735 the construction of the temple was started, but it was not completed, so in 1739 the land was transferred for the construction of St. Andrew's Cathedral .
History
For the church in 1750, parishioners purchased three plots at the St. Petersburg Gate, in St. Andrew's , Skipper and Eastern streets and received a building permit. A wooden Elizabethan church was built here. Before it, until 1776 there was a Lutheran city cemetery [1] [2] .
In the early 1830s. the wooden church burned down, and in 1836-1838. on the adjacent plot of arch. C. Beil built a stone church according to the project of the architect E. Anert .
After the Revolutions of 1917
The campaign to seize church property after the revolution hardly touched Lutheran temples . Only in the church of St. Elizabeth were 6 silver altar candlesticks seized. The number of Lutherans in Kronstadt was rapidly declining due to the emigration of Germans, Latvians, Estonians, Finns and Swedes.
On December 23, 1924, the Komsomol district committee sent a memorandum to the Kronstadt Economic Conference, which referred to the number of parishioners of St. Elizabeth is only 15-20 people, offered to close the temple and arrange in his building
House of proletarian physical culture of the metalworkers' union and the Main Military Port. And on January 8, 1925, the chairman of the parish council, Šplet, announced his refusal to use the church , since the parish had broken up, there were no services for about two years, and the pastor had long left Kronstadt . January 18, 1925 the church of St. Elizabeth was closed, her property was transferred to the church of St. Nicholas , and the church building was adapted for the club of the metalworkers' union .
Soon the same fate befell the second church. On May 26, 1926, the head of the administrative department of Kronstadt petitioned for the closure of the church "for the small number of believers." Formally, the closure occurred in August 1926
Now the building is owned by the Vodokanal of St. Petersburg , the Kronstadt branch.
Church of St. Nicholas and St. Elizabeth.
Postcard from the 1900sKirche St. Nicholas.
Postcard from the 1900sKirche St. Elizabeth.
Postcard from the 1900sChurch of St. Nicholas and St. Elizabeth in the winter. Postcard from the 1900s
See also
- Non-Orthodox churches of St. Petersburg
- List of Lutheran churches in St. Petersburg
Notes
- ↑ Stolpiansky, 2011 .
- ↑ Peasants, 2014 .
Literature
- V. I am a peasant. Kronstadt. Fortress, city, port . - SPb. : Island, 2014 .-- S. 59, 74. - 690 p. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-94500-084-1 .
- P.N. Stolpiansky. Kronstadt Travel Guide: Historical Essays . - M .: Centerpolygraph, 2011 .-- 334 p. - ISBN 978-5-227-03040-5 .