Resurrection Cathedral, Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Resurrection Cathedral is a brick Orthodox church in Dzerzhinsk whose lower church holds 2,000 worshippers and upper church 3,000. The central dome is 12 metres across and 17 metres high, the smaller domes 8 metres across and 12 metres high, and the building reaches about 65 metres with its crosses. The central cross is 7 metres tall, the others 5 metres.
Plans for the cathedral took shape in the 1990s, with construction beginning shortly after the initial blessing of the project. The building emerged from efforts to establish a major Orthodox religious center in the city.
The cathedral is part of the Resurrection deanery of the Nizhny Novgorod eparchy. Its three altars are dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ (main), Saint Alexander Nevsky (right) and Saint Nicholas (left). The crypt's main altar is dedicated to the Dormition, with side altars to 20th-century martyrs Nicholas Filippov and Anissia Maslanova, consecrated on 24 January 2019.
Visitors can enter during religious services and special events held throughout the year. It helps to check ahead about service times and ceremonies to plan your visit around these occasions.
The nine bells were ordered in February 2009 from Nikolai Shuvalov's foundry in Tutayev; the heaviest weighed 870 kg. A temporary 10-metre metal bell tower, built by the Sverdlov plant on a 3x3 m base, stood in for the permanent one and was later given to another church. The bells were blessed on Holy Saturday, 18 April 2009.
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