Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the church of the Chisinau and All Moldova Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in the village of Egorovka, Falesti district of Moldova .
| Old Believers Church | |
| Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | |
|---|---|
| A country |  Moldova |
| Location | Yegorovka |
| Denomination | Russian Orthodox Old Believers Church |
| Diocese | Chisinau and All Moldova |
History
The village of Yegorovka was founded in 1919 by Russian Old Believers from the village of Pokrovka , as well as from the villages of Old Grubno , New Grubno and the city of Bender . In 1920, a newly built wooden church was consecrated in honor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary . In 1921, the deacon Sergiy Prokopov from the village of New Grubno was ordained in the priesthood for the church, who served as rector until his death in 1972. In 1976, Fr. Lazar Semenov, who served 10 years [1] .
By the end of the 1990s, the old church was dilapidated, so it was decided to begin construction of a new church. The new stone church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated on October 24, 2013 by the Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia Cornelius and the Bishop of Chisinau and All Moldova Eumenius . The parish did not have a priest then, and nurtured about. Vasily Bogdanov and the city of Balti . The temple seats about 200 people. Altar and altarpiece icons are written by reader Alexander Beiko, but there are works on. Andrey Wozniuk [1] [2] . As of 2018, Priest was Priest Nikola Panichev [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Litvina N.V. Old Believer communities of the Republic of Moldova . The Cultural and Pilgrimage Center named after Protopope Avvakum (November 20, 2018). Date of treatment March 28, 2019.
- ↑ Consecration of the temple in Yegorovka . Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church (October 23, 2013). Date of treatment March 28, 2019.