Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Novokuznetsk) - is a decoration of the city and a memorial in honor of the dead miners. It appeared thanks to the general support of people and can be considered a national temple of Kuzbass.
History
Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Novokuznetsk) wasIt was built at the seminary and is dedicated to the memory of the dead miners. When laying the temple in 1998, it was believed that the cathedral will stand in memory only of the 29 people that died in the Zyryanovskaya mine, the tragedy occurred on December 2, 1997. Now in the cathedral all the dead miners are commemorated. The foundation stone of the church was consecrated in July 1998, and the construction money from the prime minister was received only in 2000.
The zero construction cycle was completed in February2001, and all works stopped due to lack of funding. The project was frozen, the situation changed after the foundation of the charitable foundation in 2008. Architectural and design documents were sent for revision, a new construction contractor appeared. The parishioners and all interested persons had a firm conviction that the Church of the Nativity of Christ in Novokuznetsk would soon beautify the city and serve as a consolation to everyone whose loved ones died in the mines.
Stages of construction
18 августа в 2008 году на фундаменте будущего The cathedral was served by a moleben and a procession was held. Two years later, on August 19, the day of the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, the gilded domes of the church were consecrated. Seven towers and a bell tower were crowned with onions. The central dome is made in analogy with the dome of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Moscow), it is so large that it was raised by separate fragments and mounted in a single whole on the central drum.
The highest point of the cathedral was the summit of the crosson the bell tower, it rises to an altitude of almost 52 meters. The Church of the Nativity of Christ in Novokuznetsk has its own voice consisting of nine bells, produced by the Ural masters.
Almost all general construction works were completed in 2011, and in April the consecration of the foundation stone, which marked the construction of the administrative building of the church, took place.
Internal works and temple painting
In May 2011, a group of specialists began painting frescoes inside the cathedral. The painting was made with acrylic paints, the basis of the compositions was traditional samples of murals of the 14th-15th centuries.
In November of the same year the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ(Novokuznetsk) in the eastern part of the facade was decorated with three mosaic icons - the Holy Life-giving Trinity, the Great Martyr Barbara (patroness of the miners) and Sergius of Radonezh (patron of Rus).
The Lower Baptismal Temple is built in a complexarchitectural form, richly decorated with mosaic icons of natural stones and smalt. In the decoration used marble, columns. Chamber space is provided by the stepped floor, hemispherical arches and convex icons made in the ancient Byzantine tradition. The font of the church is decorated with early Christian symbols.
Cathedral of the Nativity in Novokuznetsk was builtall the world, funds for his needs were donated by large organizations, entrepreneurs and ordinary parishioners. It became a people's cathedral and a memorial in memory of miners. The total area of the temple is 3391 square meters, the estimated capacity is 2200 people at a time.
Architecture
The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Novokuznetsk) consists offour main parts. The square part of the apse is covered by a trough arch, a cylindrical part adjoins the room, which is covered by a hemisphere. The natural illumination of this part of the temple is provided by four windows of a semicircular shape. The apse with the temple part is connected by an arch, before which the iconostasis is planned.
Храмовая часть собора имеет квадратную форму с northern and southern chapels. In each side-chapel there are apses and iconostases. In the western part of the temple there is an arched opening, above which, at the level of the second floor, there are choirs. A large light drum provides illumination of the center of the cathedral.
In the basement of the church there is a baptismalroom, the entrance to which is possible near the central entrance. Go to the lower and upper floors possible on the spiral staircases located in the side vestibules of the church. Also in the basement are storage rooms, a room for staff and staff, a room for the catechumens.
You can get to the bell tower on the stairs,beginning with the level of the second floor. The architectural style of the Novokuznetsk Memorial Church was chosen as a symbiosis, in which the historical eclecticism and the pseudo-Russian style were combined. The type of the temple is a ship with nine chapters, a bell tower and two chapels. The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Novokuznetsk) was consecrated on August 25, 2013, the service was performed by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church - Cyril.
Administrative building
The complex of the cathedral includes the administrative building,which includes business premises. It is part of the seminary, and it houses the assembly hall, library, administration offices, classrooms, refectory, hotel and garage. The dining room is designed for 80 people, the dining room covers an area of about 172 square meters. Nearby there is a kitchen and other production halls.
The basement is given out for economic,technical and storage facilities. According to the plan, on the second floor there will be a library designed for 25 thousand books of storage, hotel rooms of several categories, training classes and administrative offices. On the third floor there is an equipped assembly hall, where up to 200 people can be accommodated, a museum exposition, an icon painting workshop.
The total area of the building is more than 4200 square meters. The new building of the seminary was consecrated by Patriarch Kirill on August 25 in 2013.
Храм не только выполняет прямую функцию, но и serves as a memorial to all the dead miners of Kuzbass. Their names are permanently imprinted on the memorable list, which is located on a special funeral table. To date, it contains 15,5 thousand names, the list of the dead has been counted since 1920.
Seminary
Kuzbass Seminary appeared in Novokuznetsk in1994 and occupied a modest premise on the first floor of a standard residential building in the city center. In the educational institution, young people studied at the pastoral department for two years, and the girls received education of regents for three academic years. The liturgical practice was held in the Transfiguration Cathedral (Novokuznetsk).
С 2004 года пастырское образование перешло на a three-year course of study, the number of people willing to receive it was constantly increasing, and the seminary was relocated to a new large four-story building. Since 2000, next to the school, the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ began to be built, later the temple and the seminary were united into a single architectural complex.
Сегодня КДС - это одно из лучших высших учебных institutions in its segment with modern technical equipment, an extensive scientific, theological and educational base. Students not only receive education here, but also engage in sports, social and educational activities, and creativity. Within the walls of the university, there is an icon-painting workshop, a choir.
Helpful information
Many historical and memorable places can be seenmaking walks around Novokuznetsk. Since its consecration, the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ has become one of the local attractions and the center of the spiritual life of the whole Kuzbass.
Богослужения по будним дням проходят ежедневно в morning hours from 07:00, in the evening the service begins at 17:00. On holidays and Sundays, morning services begin at 07:00 with the early Liturgy, after which a prayer service is held. The Second Liturgy begins at 09:00, after it is a memorial service. Service in the evenings - 17:00.
Contacts (Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ): the telephone number in the cathedral is (3843) 601 530 or (3843) 993 773. Hotel telephone (3843) 601 533, 8-923-464-15-33. Address: st. Zyryanovskaya, building 97a.
