Church Assumption of Mary, Togliatti, Orthodox church in Tolyatti, Russia.
The Church Assumption of Mary stands on Komsomolskoye Shosse 2A in the Portposyolok district near the Volga bank. Its design took as its model the chapel of the Derzhavnaya Icon of the Mother of God on the Prechistenskaya Embankment in Moscow. The church complex also holds a prosphora bakery, gold-embroidery and icon-painting workshops, a refectory, a library, a Sunday school and a priest's house.
A predecessor Assumption church stood in Stavropol from shortly after the town's founding, long wooden and later rebuilt in stone on Pokrovskaya Street. In 1921 its valuables were confiscated and the church closed; bells were removed in 1930 and the building dismantled in 1955 when the town was moved and flooded. On 28 August 1995 a cross was consecrated at the Portposyolok site by the Volga, construction of the new complex began in December 1998, and the church was consecrated on 28 August 2000.
The main altar is dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God, celebrated as the church's patronal feast on 28 August. A nine-bell zvonnica was installed at the consecration in 2000. A Sunday school for children from age seven teaches music, drawing and the Law of God on Sundays at noon.
The church is located at Komsomolskoye Shosse 2A and remains open regularly for visitors wishing to attend services or explore the building. Visitors should wear respectful clothing and it helps to check service times in advance before arriving.
The church design was based on the chapel of the Derzhavnaya Icon of the Mother of God on the Prechistenskaya Embankment in Moscow, near the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The first service in the new building was held on 18 June 2000, and the main dome was raised a month later under the Archbishop of Samara and Syzran.
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