Chapel of Saint Catherine, Yekaterinburg, Orthodox chapel in central Yekaterinburg, Russia.
The Chapel of Saint Catherine is an Orthodox place of worship in central Yekaterinburg built of brick with Russian Revival design features. The structure displays the typical components of Orthodox churches, including domed roofs and traditional iconography.
A church founded on this site in 1723 burned down in 1747; the Catherine Cathedral built in 1758 was blown up in 1930, and the square and park with the Kamenny Tsvetok fountain took its place. In 1997 mayor Arkady Chernetsky ordered a chapel beside a metal memorial cross marking the cathedral's altar; architect Aleksandr Dolgov's design was completed in 1998 for the city's 275th anniversary, though the 1998 financial crisis left the exterior mosaics and interior unfinished. The wooden iconostasis followed only in 2015.
The chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the city's patron saint, whose feast day of 7 December marked its consecration in 1998. From 1998 to 2011 prayers for the city's patron were held here; since 2011 a small group from the Great Martyr Panteleimon church has met on Sundays at 19:00, growing into a parish approved on 24 December 2012. Its priest is Serge Tsichanovskij.
Visitors should check service times beforehand since this is an active place of worship where religious practices take priority. Respectful behavior and appropriate dress are important considerations when visiting Orthodox religious spaces.
The wooden iconostasis with icons of the Saviour and the Virgin was installed only in 2015, seventeen years after the chapel opened; Dolgov's planned interior was never realised because of the 1998 financial crisis, and the exterior mosaics were left unfinished.
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