Attractions, map, photo, video. Panorama Church of Alexander Nevsky in Krasnoye Selo
monument of architecture (federal) Church of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky in Krasnoye Selo - Orthodox church in St. Petersburg. The temple belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church(Moscow Patriarchate), is part of the Krasnoselsky deanery district. Rector - Archpriest Alexander Viktorovich Diaghilev
First Temple
In 1865, a complex of buildings of the Krasnoselsky military hospital was built in Krasnoye Selo, in which, in 1885, on the initiative of the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and the St. Petersburg Military District, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, a small wooden church was built in the name of Holy Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky. The temple was consecrated on October 2 (14), 1885 by the dean of the Guards clergy, Archpriest Alexander Zhelobovsky. Five years later, the church fell into disrepair, and the question arose of its overhaul. For this, a certain part of the funds was allocated from the treasury.
modern temple
Despite the fact that funds were allocated for the repair of the temple, it was decided to build new church. The main donors were the merchant A.F. Cherepennikov, the hereditary honorary citizen P. Davydov, the merchant V.A. Yudakov and the head of the military hospital, Colonel V.N. Smelsky. The project of the new wooden church was also developed by V.A. Kolyankovsky. Construction began in April 1890. The newly built temple was solemnly consecrated on July 16 (28), 1890 by Protopresbyter of the military and naval clergy Alexander Zhelobovsky, co-served by the Dean of the army churches of St. wife of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. The hospital temple belonged to the military department until 1917. The parishioners of this temple were the ranks of the Krasnoselsky military hospital and the Krasnoselsky garrison, as well as local residents of the nearby Kolomenskaya and Factory settlements. In 1906, the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Vanguard Camp was assigned to the temple. In addition, a stone chapel at the Krasnoselsky military cemetery, built in 1895, belonged to the hospital church. In December 1927, the parish of the temple joined the Josephite movement. The church was closed on November 21, 1932, a year later the temple was transferred to the utility room of the military unit. During the Great Patriotic War, Krasnoe Selo was in the zone of German occupation. At the request of local residents, the German command at the beginning of 1942 allowed the temple to be opened. He acted for a year. After the war, the Alexander Nevsky Church remained the only undestroyed temple in Krasnoye Selo. In 1946, local residents sent a petition to open a church, which was approved. In 1947, work began on the repair of the surviving church, which was consecrated on July 2, 1947 by the rector of the Nikolo-Epiphany Marine…
Architectural style: Russian
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The wooden church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky was built in 1890 according to the project of military engineer V. A. Kolyankovsky. The church was built on the initiative of the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and the St. Petersburg Military District, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, and at the expense of private benefactors, not far from the military hospital.
The newly built church was solemnly consecrated on July 16, 1890 by Protopresbyter of the Military and Naval Clergy Alexander Zhelobovsky, co-served by Archpriest Fr. Alexy Stavrovsky and the local Krasnoselsky clergy in the presence of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.
The church, built in the Russian style, could accommodate up to 500 people. There were seven bells on its bell tower, the largest of which weighed 29 pounds, 27.5 pounds (486 kg). After the Bolsheviks came to power, the church became a parish church. According to archival documents, the Alexander Nevsky Church was closed by decision of the Leningrad Executive Committee on November 21, 1932 and a year later transferred to the utility room of the nearby military unit.
Two months after the start of the Great Patriotic War, Krasnoye Selo ended up in the zone of German occupation. Meeting the requests of local residents, the German command in early 1942 allowed the church to be opened and during the year divine services took place in it, during which the priest of the Pskov mission, Fr. John Pirkin prayed for the victory of the Red Army.
In 1943, when a significant part of the remaining residents of Krasnoye Selo were taken by the Germans to the Baltic states, the church ceased to function. After the Great Patriotic War, the Alexander Nevsky Church remained the only one in Krasnoe Selo not destroyed, and in 1946 local residents petitioned for its opening.
Some liberalization in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church allowed the authorities to agree to this, and in 1947 work began on the repair of the surviving church. The consecration of the renovated church was performed on July 2, 1947 by the rector of the Nikolo-Bogoyavlensky Naval Cathedral in Leningrad, Archpriest Pavel Tarasov, and the first rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church was appointed Archpriest Nikolai Ilyashenko.
The wooden three-tier iconostasis currently in the temple with gilded Royal Doors was brought here after the war from the Alexander Nevsky Church in the village. Aleksandrovka near the village of Taitsy. Most of the icons in the temple are also old, brought at different times by parishioners.
One of the main attractions of the temple is a small icon of St. righteous Simeon The God-bearer, who previously arrived at the Trinity Church of Krasnoye Selo and is a local shrine. Currently, the church operates a children's Sunday school.
The large Krasnoselsky camp, which had a length of about three versts, was located to the east of Bezymyanny and Dolgoe lakes, behind the railway line. In the summer, the 1st and 2nd Guards Infantry Divisions, the Life Guards of the 4th Imperial Rifle Battalion, the Guards Rifle Artillery Battalion, the Page Corps and some other regiments were located here.
In memory of the miraculous saving of the life of Emperor Alexander III and his Family during the crash of the Imperial train on October 17, 1888, Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and the St. Petersburg Military District Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich took the initiative to build a permanent temple in the camp. For him, an elevated place was chosen near the road to Krasnoe Selo, in the area where the 1st Guards Infantry Division was located, at the place where until that time a church tent (namet) had been set up.
The project of a rather elegant temple in the Russian style was developed by a military engineer, Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Arkadyevich Kolyankovsky, and on April 16, 1891, it was laid. The main funds for the temple were allocated by the hereditary honorary citizen Platon Petrovich Sinebryukhov (1820 - 1901), thanks to whom the construction and decoration of the temple were fully completed in less than two months. On June 7, 1891, he was consecrated by Archpriest of the Military and Naval Clergy Alexander Zhelobovsky in the presence of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and the commander of the Life Guards of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich.
It was a very beautiful wooden church, built on a stone foundation and crowned with a hipped dome, which was about 20 meters high. Above the main entrance to the temple there was a somewhat smaller bell tower topped with a golden dome. The same domes crowned the corner entrances to the open gallery that surrounded the temple from three sides. Inside the temple there was a luxurious two-tier polished dark oak iconostasis, decorated with images painted in the Byzantine style. Next to the icons of the Savior and Mother of God there were images of St. Alexander Nevsky and St. Mary Magdalene, which adorned the side gates. In the second tier, in addition to the icon of the Last Supper, icons depicting St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, St. Prince Michael, St. Princess Olga and St. Xenia. In the altar, on a high place, was the image of the "Prayer for the Chalice", presented as a gift by the Sergius Cathedral of all artillery in St. Petersburg. On the outside of the altar was placed a plaque with a commemorative inscription. Together with the galleries, the temple could accommodate up to 600 people in total. Divine services in it were performed only in the summer during camp gatherings by the clergy of the military churches of St. Petersburg, whose regiments were on exercises at that time.
From the end of 1917, the church was no longer active. It was not possible to find exact information about when it was dismantled. To date, there are no traces left of the temple and even of its foundation.
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Architectural style: Russian
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The wooden church of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky was built in 1890 according to the project of military engineer V. A. Kolyankovsky. The church was built on the initiative of the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and the St. Petersburg Military District, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, and at the expense of private benefactors, not far from the military hospital.
The newly built church was solemnly consecrated on July 16, 1890 by Protopresbyter of the Military and Naval Clergy Alexander Zhelobovsky, co-served by Archpriest Fr. Alexy Stavrovsky and the local Krasnoselsky clergy in the presence of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.
The church, built in the Russian style, could accommodate up to 500 people. There were seven bells on its bell tower, the largest of which weighed 29 pounds, 27.5 pounds (486 kg). After the Bolsheviks came to power, the church became a parish church. According to archival documents, the Alexander Nevsky Church was closed by decision of the Leningrad Executive Committee on November 21, 1932 and a year later transferred to the utility room of the nearby military unit.
Two months after the start of the Great Patriotic War, Krasnoye Selo ended up in the zone of German occupation. Meeting the requests of local residents, the German command in early 1942 allowed the church to be opened and during the year divine services took place in it, during which the priest of the Pskov mission, Fr. John Pirkin prayed for the victory of the Red Army.
In 1943, when a significant part of the remaining residents of Krasnoye Selo were taken by the Germans to the Baltic states, the church ceased to function. After the Great Patriotic War, the Alexander Nevsky Church remained the only one in Krasnoe Selo not destroyed, and in 1946 local residents petitioned for its opening.
Some liberalization in relation to the Russian Orthodox Church allowed the authorities to agree to this, and in 1947 work began on the repair of the surviving church. The consecration of the renovated church was performed on July 2, 1947 by the rector of the Nikolo-Bogoyavlensky Naval Cathedral in Leningrad, Archpriest Pavel Tarasov, and the first rector of the Alexander Nevsky Church was appointed Archpriest Nikolai Ilyashenko.
The wooden three-tiered iconostasis with gilded Royal Doors, which is currently in the temple, was brought here after the war from the Alexander Nevsky Church in the village. Aleksandrovka near the village of Taitsy. Most of the icons in the temple are also old, brought at different times by parishioners.
One of the main attractions of the temple is a small icon of St. Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver, who previously visited the Trinity Church of Krasnoe Selo and is a local shrine. Currently, the church operates a children's Sunday school.
