History
The Azov Siege Seat
On the square in front of the Cathedral trophies of the famous Azov siege seat occupy a place of honor. In 1637 the Cossacks, tired of Tatar raids and...
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Cornelius Yakovlev
In the gallery of the cathedral in the wall, there is a plate, behind which the army ataman Cornelius Yakovlev is buried. The inscription on the plate: “In the...
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Construction of the Stone Cathedral
Cossacks were deeply religious people. They did not begin any important business without assiduous praying. The notion of sin was firm: “it’s a sin for relatives to woo brides...
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Razin's Chain
In front of the western entrance to the cathedral, the shackles and the iron chain, which Stepan Razin was chained, were firmly embedded in the wall. After the pirate...
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Archpriest Grigory Levitskiy
Archpriest Grigory Andreyevich Levitsky 32 years: from 1840 until his death in 1872 served in the Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection. Loving the native antiquity and the Don...
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The Army Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection in the last 100 years
100 years ago in 1919, the Don Cossacks were to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection. 20 years before, the board of the Don...
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Iconostasis
A unique five-tier carved gilded iconostasis of the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection with one hundred and forty-nine icons of the XVIII-XIX centuries is a unique work of art...
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Cathedral Architecture
The cathedral was built on the main square of Cherkassk – Maidan (the previous wooden versions of the cathedral were built much closer to the Don). In the architecture...
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Bell Tower
Near the temple, a two-tier bell tower rises. There is an inscription next to the western entrance: “To the glory of the Holy, consubstantial, life-giving and indivisible Trinity, Father,...
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Choir Loft
In 1775, a choir loft was built around the walls of the church, like the Kiev-Uspensky Lavra, surrounded by baluster. The underneath was painted. All the icons are divided...
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Iron Plates
The military ataman Daniel Efremov in 1767 with the blessing of Tikhon of Voronezh, paved the whole church, instead of oak floors burnt in the fire, with iron plates....
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Before the Revolution
Until 1917, the cathedral was rich in jewels. According to the cathedral priest Gregory Levitsky, in the middle of the XIX century about 800 kilograms of silver, 8 kilograms...
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Razin's Chain
In front of the western entrance to the cathedral, the shackles and the iron chain, which Stepan Razin was chained, were firmly embedded in the wall. After the pirate...
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Parish news
Feast of the Icon of the Mother of God "Life-Giving Spring"
On April 21, as always on the Friday of the Bright Week, the memory of the icon of the Mother of God “The Life-Giving Spring” is celebrated. The Divine...
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Lazarus Saturday
On April 8, 2023, on Lazarus Saturday, the vicar of the Rostov Diocese, Bishop Artemiy of Taganrog, led the Divine Liturgy in the Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection....
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The Canon of St. Andrew of Crete
During the first four days of Great Lent, at 17.00, the canon of St. Andrew of Crete was read at evening services. There are 250 songs in the canon....
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Video about the Resurrection Military Cathedral from the program "Shrines of Russia"
In the next program of the project “Shrines of Russia” Anton and Victoria Makarsky travel around the Rostov region. We present to your attention a story about our cathedral
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Archbishop Rite Liturgy
On January 22, the Divine Liturgy at the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection was led by the Head of the Don Metropolia, Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and Novocherkassk. His...
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Merry Christmas!
“Thy Nativity, O Christ our God, has shone to the world the light of knowledge; for by it those who worshipped the stars were taught by a star to...
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Visit of schema-archimandrite Elijah (Nozdrin)
On October 24, the confessor of the His Eminence Patriarch schema-archimandrite Elijah (Nozdrin) and Gennady Nikolayevich Tsurkov, head of the Vyatsky Posad project, visited the Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of...
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Cathedral feast day
The day of the Founding of the Resurrection Cathedral (Holy Sepulchre) at Jerusalem is the feast day of our cathedral. On this day, according to tradition, the service was...
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