All Saints Cathedral, Russian Orthodox cathedral in Tula, Russia
All Saints Cathedral is a neoclassical cathedral in Tula, Russia, built around a three-tiered bell tower that stands above the main body of the church. The facade follows a classical layout with ordered proportions and restrained decorative details typical of late 18th-century religious architecture.
Construction of the cathedral began in 1773 on a cemetery established after an imperial decree banned burials in the city center. The building was never closed during the Soviet period and has remained an active place of worship ever since.
The lower church has three altars: the central one dedicated to the Ascension of Christ, the north chapel to the Resurrection of Lazarus and the south chapel to All Saints. In 1864 four trumpet-blowing angels were placed at the corners of the bell tower's first tier. The interior was restored in 1955–1960 and painted with biblical frescoes by the Moscow artists Pavel Gladkov and Viktor Golubev.
The cathedral sits on Ulitsa Lva Tolstogo and can be reached on foot from the city center. Since services take place regularly, it is worth being quiet and respectful when visiting the interior.
The bell tower reaches 82 metres to the cross, one of the tallest in the region. The cathedral stands on the All Saints cemetery founded in 1772 after a plague epidemic; 18th- and 19th-century tombstones and graves of Tula nobles, merchants and military men survive on its grounds.
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