Saint Pantaleon church, Orthodox church in Petrozavodsk, Russia
Saint Pantaleon church is an Orthodox place of worship located in central Petrozavodsk featuring traditional Russian Orthodox architecture. The building displays a central dome and symmetrical design with decorative details on its exterior walls.
The first stone was laid in autumn 2005; the foundation was paid from the city budget, and the rest was financed by donations from residents and businesses gathered by the church's board of trustees. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia consecrated the church on 30 June 2010, during the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the Republic of Karelia.
The church's iconostasis was painted by craftsmen from Palekh, and its ten bells were cast at a single foundry in Tutayev, tuned to one another — the first such bell set in Karelia. The largest bell, named "Pantelei" and weighing 860 kg, bears the Kazan Mother of God and figures of Saint Panteleimon, Sergius of Radonezh and Alexander Nevsky. In 2019 the parish organised an exhibition for the International Day for Tolerance, and volunteers made relief icons for blind people.
The church stands in the Drevlyanka district at 61.77203, 34.30580, part of a complex with an icon shop, a central entrance arch, a chapel over an artesian well and a parish house. The ground floor holds a library, Sunday school, sacristy and refectory. The site is reached from Karl Marx Street, where a chapel converted from an icon shop at No. 18a is attached to the parish.
The bell tower is the first in Karelia whose bells were cast at a single factory and matched by tone. The largest bell, named "Pantelei", weighs 860 kg and depicts the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Saints Panteleimon, Sergius of Radonezh and Alexander Nevsky.
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