Starocherkassk Army Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection |

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...

All articles on the topic «Architecture and decoration»

Parish news

Consecration of new vessels for the Eucharist

On November 30, 2019, at the end of the vigil, The Proto-Priest Valery Voloschuk consecrated new vessels for the eucharist: bowl and discos. The new sacred vessels, decorated with...

Visit Of The Chairman Of The Imperial Palestinian Orthodox Society

On November 7, 2019, during a working visit to the Rostov region, the Resurrection Cathedral was visited by the Chairman of the Imperial Palestinian Orthodox society Sergey Stepashin, where...

300th Anniversary of Army Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection

On September 26 the Church celebrates the Founding of the Resurrection Church at Jerusalem. In honor of this event, the oldest stone temple on the Don, our Army Cathedral...

Chorus "Revival"

On September 22, the Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross, the choir “Revival” of the farm Staropoltavskiy of the Konstantinovsky district of Rostov region sang at the Divine...

Working Meeting

On September 12, 2019, the head of the Aksai district Vitaly Ivanovich Borzenko visited the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection. During a working meeting with the senior priest Valery...

Restoration of the bell tower

The bell tower of the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection is a little younger than the temple itself and was built in 1730. Like the cathedral, it is unique...

Restoration of the Iconostasis

The first thing that strikes at the entrance to the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection is the majestic carved iconostasis of 149 images of the Lord, the Virgin, saints...

Preparing for the anniversary

In 2019, 300 years have passed since the construction of the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection. The cathedral feast day will be celebrated on September 26 and is called...

Starocherkassk Army Cathedralof Christ's Resurrection

Starocherkassk Army Cathedral
of Christ's Resurrection