All Saints Church in Gatchina, Eastern Orthodox church building in Gatchina, Russia.
All Saints Church in Gatchina is an Eastern Orthodox church building located on Solodukhina Street. The structure displays traditional decorative elements on its exterior and interior, with features typical of religious architecture from the late 1800s.
A small wooden chapel dedicated to All Saints was founded in 1851 when the New Cemetery opened in Gatchina. By the 1880s it had fallen into disrepair, and in 1888–1889 the stone Church of All Saints was built on its site to a design by Nikolai Dmitriev, architect of the Gatchina Palace Administration. Services continued until the arrest of the rector, protopriest Alexander Kalachev, on 28 February 1938; the church was then closed, damaged during the Second World War, and has remained in a ruined state.
The church is named for All Saints, the dedication of the wooden chapel founded in 1851 on the New Cemetery grounds. Since 2014 it has been the main church of a parish that also includes the attached Church of St John the Baptist, where the first Divine Liturgy of the new parish was served on 26 January 2014. Regular services in All Saints Church began with Easter 2015.
The building is located near the New Cemetery area and is accessible from the street. Visitors should remember this is an active religious center, so appropriate clothing and respectful conduct are expected when entering.
The church stands roofless and in ruins, damaged during the Second World War and never rebuilt. Services ended with the arrest of its rector, Archpriest Alexander Kalachyov, on 28 February 1938; he was shot on 12 March. A parish was re-established in 2014, and the first liturgy was held in the attached Church of John the Baptist.
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