Perm Consistory, Regional cultural heritage site in Perm, Russia.
The Perm Consistory is a two-storey stone building at the corner of Gazety Zvezda and Ordzhonikidze streets, designed by I. A. Kruglyashov and completed in 1843 on the site of the old wooden seminary houses. It is enclosed by a metal railing on a stone foundation. Since 1981 it has housed the regional sports-medicine dispensary, and Dutch stoves remain inside as decorative elements.
The Perm diocese opened on 4 March 1800 under Bishop Ioann (Ostrovsky), who organized the consistory; for nearly four decades it occupied the Archbishop's House complex. A separate building was requested in 1829 by Bishop Meletiy and approved in 1838–1839; the two-storey stone structure by architect I. A. Kruplyashov was completed in 1843. In 1918 it became the diocesan council, was confiscated in 1919–1922, and since 1981 has housed a sports-medicine dispensary.
The consistory governed the diocese from 1800, and on 1 July 1918 it was renamed the Perm Diocesan Council. Since 1981 the former consistory has housed the regional sports-medicine dispensary, so the building's church administration is remembered rather than practised there today.
The building now houses the regional sports medicine dispensary, so access is as a medical facility rather than a museum. It stands at the corner of Gazety Zvezda and Ordzhonikidze streets, at 2a/6, in the Leninsky district near the Kama. The Dutch stoves were kept as decorative elements after the 1954 renovation.
The building houses original chambers where religious councils gathered to make decisions affecting all of Perm territory. These rooms preserve the memory of important discussions and resolutions spanning two centuries.
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