Малый Златоуст, Orthodox temple in Yekaterinburg, Russia
The Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, called Maly Zlatoust, was the first stone church in Yekaterinburg, founded in 1755 at the corner of Pokrovsky Prospekt and Uktusskaya Street with funds from merchant Filipp Sokolnikov. It was demolished in 1928; the site now holds the Rubin consumer-services building, erected in 1964.
The first stone church in Yekaterinburg was founded on 28 May 1755 at the corner of Pokrovsky Prospekt and Uktusskaya Street, funded by the Ural merchant Filipp Sokolnikov. The north chapel, dedicated to St John Chrysostom, was consecrated in 1759, giving the church its nickname Zlatoust. The main altar followed in 1768 and the south chapel of the Intercession in 1786. Closed in 1928 as dilapidated, it was demolished for a building-materials yard.
The name Zlatoust comes from the north chapel consecrated in 1759 to Saint John Chrysostom, which Yekaterinburg residents applied to the whole church. The south chapel, consecrated in 1786 to the Protection of the Mother of God, gave its name to Pokrovsky Prospekt, today Malysheva Street. The church was demolished in 1928; since 1964 the Rubin household-services building has stood on the site.
The church no longer exists: it was closed in 1928 and demolished to make room for a construction-materials yard serving the House of Offices built opposite. Since 1964 the site has been occupied by the Rubin household-services building, one of the city's first high-rises. Look for the corner of Malysheva Street and Uktusskaya Street, where the church once stood.
The church no longer exists: it was closed in 1928 on the pretext of being dilapidated and then demolished to clear a site for storing building materials for the House of Offices opposite. Since 1964 the site has been occupied by the Rubin household-services building, one of the city's first high-rises.
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