Saint Eudoxia of Moscow Church, Orthodox church in Lipetsk, Russia
Saint Eudoxia of Moscow Church is an Orthodox church at 70 Gagarina Street in Lipetsk, built in 1817–1818 at the expense of collegiate councillor Ivan Fyodorovich Lobkov. The main church is a classicist four-lobed rotunda; a refectory was added later, and the bell tower long stood separate. Two side chapels, dedicated to Saint Barbara and Saint Alexius, Man of God, are first mentioned in 1876.
The church was built between 1817 and 1818 at the expense of collegiate councillor Ivan Fyodorovich Lobkov, on a cemetery established in the early 19th century for the Nativity of Christ Cathedral, now the Yevdokiyevskoye Cemetery. A refectory was added later, and by 1876 two side chapels are recorded there, dedicated to Saint Barbara and to Saint Alexius, Man of God. The building was nationalised in 1918 and used as a grain store, later as an office; the closure was formalised on 30 August 1935 after a commission gathered 1,191 signatures. It housed a film rental office, an archive and a funeral bureau before being returned to believers in 1996.
The church is named after Saint Eudoxia, to whom the main altar was consecrated when Ivan Lobkov funded the building. Two side chapels in the refectory, first recorded in 1876, are dedicated to Saint Barbara and to Alexius, Man of God. The church stands beside Evdokievskoe Cemetery, which began in the early 19th century as the burial ground of the Nativity of Christ Cathedral.
Visitors can find the building on Gagarina Street near Evdokievskoe Cemetery and can spot it from several neighboring streets. The location is straightforward to reach and the place can be found on local orientation maps.
The church is a four-petalled rotunda built in the classical style, so its plan reads as a cross with rounded arms rather than a rectangular nave. The bell tower long stood separate from the main building, and the refectory was added only after a long pause in construction.
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