Starocherkassk Army Cathedral
of Christ's Resurrection

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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266th Anniversary of Matvey Ivanovich Platov Birth

On August 17, 2019, a holiday was held in the village Starocherkasskaya, dedicated to the 266th anniversary of the birth of the legendary Cossack, General of cavalry, don ataman...

Metropolitan Mercury: «The Power of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord Saves, Protects, Preserves, Admonishes and Instructs us»

On August 14, 2019, the feast of the Procession of the Precious Wood of the Life-giving Cross of the Lord, the day of the assumption fast start, the Head...

The Sixth Sunday of Pascha

On June 2, 2019, on the Sixth Sunday of Pascha, the Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk Mercury led the Divine Liturgy. On a hot summer morning, in the temple,...

Honored guest

On May 2, 2019, the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection was visited by an honored guest — schema-archimandrite Elijah (Nozdrin), the confessor of the His Eminence Patriarch and one...

Rejoice with us! Christ is risen!

The Holiday of holidays comes, the night that is lighter than any day! The Resurrection of Christ is not just a beautiful story and a holiday rich in traditions....

Lazarus Saturday

On April 20, 2019, on Lazarus Saturday, the Head of the Don Metropolis, Metropolitan of Rostov and Novocherkassk, Mercury celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Army Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection....

The Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady

The feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos this year has become special for pupils, their parents and teachers of the Sunday school of the parish of...

Procession

Exactly 100 years ago, the genocide of the Cossacks began in our country. On January 24, 1919, the Orgbureau of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), considering the idea of...

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