Church of the Resurrection of Christ, Orthodox church in Voronezh, Russia
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is an Orthodox house of worship in Voronezh featuring stone walls, distinctive domes, and intricate religious decoration throughout its structure. The building shows the key architectural elements typical of Russian ecclesiastical design from the 1700s.
A wooden Kosmodemyanskaya church stood here from the 17th century and burned in the 1748 fire; the stone Church of the Resurrection rose in 1752. Its first-floor side chapel of the Nativity of John the Baptist was consecrated on 29 November 1761, the lower Kazan church opened in 1765 and the upper Resurrection floor was completed in 1768. Closed in the early 1930s and used as light-industry storage, it was returned to the diocese on 13 December 1993.
The church keeps a rebuilt Sunday school and an Orthodox library, and charitable meals are held on patronal feast days. A water-blessing chapel dedicated to Princess Olga, Equal-to-the-Apostles, stands beside it. Its rectors since 1993 include archpriest Fyodor Bazhanov (1994–2001) and, since October 2004, mitred archpriest Vasily Volodko.
The church stands about 43 metres tall, so its bell tower with the 10-metre spire and cross added in 2000 is easy to spot when orienting yourself in the area. The building is a federal architectural monument; the lower floor, used as a warehouse from the 1940s to the early 1990s, now houses the restored church. A water-blessing chapel dedicated to Princess Olga stands beside the church.
The bell tower served as a German observation post during the occupation of Voronezh in the Great Patriotic War, and Soviet artillery destroyed it down to the first tier. A 10-metre spire with an exact copy of the lost cross was installed on 1 November 2000. The church is about 43 metres high and is a federal architectural monument.
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