All Saints Church in Perm, Orthodox temple in Perm, Russia
All Saints Church is a stone church on the New cemetery of Yegoshikha in Perm, built in 1838 to a design by Ivan Sviyazev. It takes the form of a rotunda — a round plan crowned by a large dome and decorated with columns — a rare choice in Russian church building. It has two altars: the main one dedicated to All Saints and a side altar on the choir gallery dedicated to the Presentation of the Lord.
A wooden All Saints Church was consecrated on the Yegoshikha cemetery on 10 (21) December 1784. After Emperor Alexander I saw its decay in 1824, a stone church was begun on the New cemetery; architect Ivan Sviyazev supervised the design, and Archbishop Arkady consecrated it on 13 November 1838. Merchant Dmitry Smyshlyaev funded it and was buried beneath the altar in 1857.
The church is known locally as the "New Cemetery Church", distinguishing it from the older cemetery church renamed Uspenskaya after the stone building was founded. Its main altar is dedicated to All Saints, with a side chapel of the Presentation of the Lord in the choir gallery. The elder Smy shlyaev served as trustee and was buried beneath the altar in 1857.
The church stands on the territory of the Yegoshikha cemetery in the Sverdlovsky district, on a hill between the Yegoshikha river and the Styx stream. It is a working parish church of the Perm eparchy, so visits are best timed outside services. The building is a round rotunda with a large dome, entered at ground level.
The church is a rotunda, a circular plan with a large dome and columns, a form rarely used in Russian church building. Merchant Dmitry Smyshlyaev funded its construction and was buried beneath the altar after his death in 1857; a family tomb had been arranged in the altar part during his lifetime.
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