Resurrection Church, Voskresensk, Eastern Orthodox church building in Voskresensk, Russia
Resurrection Church is a brick Orthodox church in Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, built between 1891 and 1898 to a design by architect N. P. Markov, with a bell tower added in 1909. Its construction was funded largely through donations collected by peasant Yakov Venediktovich Larin of the village of Novlyanskoye, who walked to Saint Petersburg to raise money.
A wooden church in the village of Voskresenskoye was first recorded in the 1577–78 cadastral book of Kolomna district. The brick church was initiated by peasant Yakov Venediktovich Larin of Novlyanskoye, who walked to Saint Petersburg to collect funds; architect N. P. Markov drew up the design in 1884. Construction began in 1891 with 600 rubles raised and, after interruptions, the church was consecrated on 1 November 1898; the bell tower followed in 1909. Closed and looted in the mid-1930s, it was restored from the 1990s.
The church keeps icons of the Mother of God "Umilenie" and "Feodorovskaya", Saint Panteleimon painted on Mount Athos, the martyr John the Warrior, Jacob of Rostov and Blessed Matrona of Moscow. Its last priest before the 1937 closure, Ioann Troitsky, was shot at the NKVD firing range in Butovo.
The church is located about 70 kilometers east of Moscow in Voskresensky District and can be reached by foot or public transport. Its position on a local street makes it easily accessible for visitors exploring the town.
The church keeps icons of the Mother of God "Umilenie" and "Feodorovskaya", of Saint Panteleimon painted on Mount Athos, and of the blessed Matrona of Moscow. Its last priest, Ioann Troitsky, was shot at the NKVD firing range in Butovo in 1937.
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