Chelyabinsk is a fairly large city.Several Orthodox churches are built here. Believers have the opportunity to visit the most diverse churches in Chelyabinsk. In the city there are not only Orthodox churches. Those who profess any religions will find their like-minded people in the heart of the Southern Urals. In the city there is a Roman Catholic church, a synagogue, mosques, the Protestant church "New Life".
Chelyabinsk is a city whose holy abodesknown to many Russian Orthodox. They annually become places for pilgrimage, where parishioners come not only from the region, but also from all over the country. Many churches of the city are restored and restored, some were rebuilt.
Chelyabinsk Diocese
It is part of the Russian Orthodox Church.Chelyabinsk Vicariate was established in October 1908. It functioned within the Orenburg diocese. The place of accommodation was the male Makarevsky Uspensky Monastery. The first bishop was Archimandrite Dionysius. As an independent Chelyabinsk diocese began to exist only after ten years.
White church
Chelyabinsk annually receives tens of thousandstourists. Many of the other attractions are sure to visit and holy places. On the territory of the city and in the region there are more than fifty holy places. The main church of Chelyabinsk (the cathedral church of St. Simeon) is known not only in the Urals. Initially, the cathedral was built as a graveyard, but at the end of the last century it was completely reconstructed. The beauty of this church of Chelyabinsk, its decor (tiled friezes and mosaic icons) made this temple one of the main sights of the city. The Holy-Simeon Cathedral contains valuable shrines dating from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. The White Church is the second name of this church.
St. Simeon's Cathedral isthe only one in Chelyabinsk, within the walls of which more than a hundred and thirty years or so the services did not stop for a day. The White Church is visited by residents of all urban areas. During holidays and weekends in the walls of this church Chelyabinsk is especially crowded.
Over the years of its existence, St. Simeonthe cathedral was enriched with a large number of unique shrines. It is here that there is a piece of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, which is embedded in the Holy Crucifixion. Believers pray before him with reverence.
In the icons of St. Sergius of Radonezh andSeraphim of Sarov, the elders of Optina, Job Pochaevsky, and others also contain parts of holy relics. In this temple there are a lot of ancient, namolennye images, from which, as the parishioners say, a special grace comes. These icons are real rarities of Orthodoxy.
One of the venerated images of the Mother of God is the icon "Skoroposlushnitsa". It is to it that believers turn with requests for spiritual insight, about healing from various diseases.
Trinity Church
Chelyabinsk is proud of its temples.The Trinity Orthodox Church is located in the heart of the South Urals. Initially, the parish, erected from a tree, was called Nikolsky. Until 1768, it was at the intersection of the Great and Siberian streets. Then the temple gained a new location, and from that moment the church got its present name. By 1799, there were more than five and a half thousand parishioners in the congregation.
The most revered churches
In 1907 in Chelyabinsk in place of the old chapel wasthe Alexander Nevsky temple was built. This beautiful one-story church was executed in the Neo-Russian style. Its richly decorated with a decor of red brick. The temple itself was thirteen-headed. However, in the Soviet years the church stopped working. In its walls, one after another, various institutions were located, until in the eighties the building passed the Philharmonic. An organ was installed in the temple, and the building began to function as a chamber music room. This continued until 2013. Today the temple is on the list of cultural heritage of Chelyabinsk.
On the bulk of the hill in Traktorozavodskydistrict is a very beautiful church, built of red brick. It's about the temple of Basil the Great. Inside you can pray the icon of the healer Panteleimon and the Mother of God "The Three Hands", which are considered relatively new: they were created in the early twentieth century.
