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Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection is the most ancient in the South of Russia, up to the 1805 — the main cathedral of the Don Cossack Host. Everything here is imbued with the history of the Don Cossacks.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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....

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...

Altar

The walls in the altar were painted in 1784 by a postulant of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, and then deacon of the cathedral Philip Simanovich. On the gate wall, there is...

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

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....

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Reburial of Cossack Generals Remains

On September 8, 2022, the Divine Liturgy in the Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection was led by the Head of the Don Metropolia, Metropolitan Mercury of Rostov and...

Flower beds

Plants planted last fall have bloomed around the playground. If you haven’t walked on our cathedral flower beds yet, hurry up

Starocherkassk Army Cathedralof Christ's Resurrection

Starocherkassk Army Cathedral
of Christ's Resurrection