Pilgrimage to the Cathedral of the Intercession, to Samara

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Russia, Samara, Leninskaya street, 75A

Samara, Samara region 443020

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The Intercession Cathedral is located in the center of Samara at the intersection of Nekrasovskaya and Leninskaya streets (formerly Sokolnichya and then Shikhobalovskaya streets).

History[edit]

At the beginning of the 19th century, the area of the Intercession Cathedral was located far from the city, and in 1805 a city cemetery was opened here. At the cemetery there was a wooden church in the name of St. John the Baptist with a chapel in the name of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord. As urban construction progressed, residential areas moved closer to the cemetery, the number of parishioners increased, and the church was dilapidated and cramped and did not meet the needs of the parishioners.

On the initiative of the Shikhobalov merchants - Anton, Emelyan and Matvey - residents of the neighborhoods adjacent to the church in 1853 turned to the Bishop of Samara - His Eminence Eusebius (Orlinsky) - with a petition for permission to build (instead of a wooden church) a new, more spacious stone church using voluntary donations.

The petition was respected, and His Grace Eusebius, with the permission of the governor, sent a church project to St. Petersburg in 1854, developed by the provincial architect A.I. Meisner. This project was not approved; instead, in 1857, a project by St. Petersburg architect E.I. was sent. Zhibera. During the approval of the project, the cemetery Church of the Baptist was given the status of a parish church, and the cemetery was closed in 1857.

Anton and Emelyan Shikhobalov donated 34,000 rubles for the construction of the temple, which covered the costs of masonry and basic interior decoration. Preparatory work for the construction of the temple began at the end of July 1857, and on September 14, 1857, Bishop Theophilus (Nadezhdin) solemnly laid the foundation stone for the temple. The holy righteous John of Kronstadt participated in the laying of the first stone chapel of the temple.

To manage the construction of the new church, a construction committee was formed, which included brothers Emelyan and Anton Shikhobalov, priests John Slovokhotov and Alexander Tsaregradsky, parish trustees A.P. Parshensky and A.I. Fog. Anton Nikolaevich Shikhobalov was the treasurer of this committee, and subsequently the first church warden of the Intercession Church (from 1858 to 1904).

The construction committee very conscientiously and diligently carried out the construction of the church, which was mainly built in two years. At the request of the Samara Spiritual Consistory, the Holy Synod awarded the Shikhobalov brothers with gold medals, and Parshensky with the Order of St. Stanislav, 3rd degree, for their diligence in the construction of the Church of the Intercession. In addition, benefactors received the right to be buried next to the temple.

The Shikhobalovs built a family crypt within the fence of the church. The burials of the Parshenskys were also located here.

On July 17, 1861, the Right Reverend Theophilus consecrated the main altar in the name of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, and on November 12, 1861, the right altar was consecrated in the name of St. Mitrofan, the Voronezh miracle worker.

The first rector of the Intercession Church was Archpriest Alexander Tsaregradsky, who served in the church for more than 20 years. After the death of Fr. Alexander's rector was his brother, Archpriest Nikolai Tsaregradsky.

Although according to the project the Church of the Intercession was planned as a three-altar church, for a long time the sacristy and office with the church archive were located in the left aisle. In 1906-1907, at the expense of the merchant Pyotr Ivanovich Shikhobalov, a symmetrical extension was made on the western side of the temple, where the office and sacristy were moved, and a choir was built above the western entrance.

In 1911, for the left side chapel, church warden P.I. Shikhobalov purchased gilded metal vestments in Moscow from Meshkov’s company, and all the necessary utensils were also delivered from Moscow. On August 19, 1911, Bishop Konstantin (Bulychev) consecrated the left altar in honor of St. Martyr Emilian.

The architecture of the Intercession Church is made in the style of Moscow temple architecture of the 17th century. The temple has a traditional Russian five-domed structure with a hipped bell tower above the entrance and can accommodate up to 2000 people. Archival documents from the beginning of the 20th century describe that the outer walls of the temple were decorated with paintings, and the temple was covered with white English tin. The interior decoration of the temple was very rich. The altars were lined with artificial marble (in 1876), the walls were covered with frescoes painted by artists Krivolutsky and Knyazev (1909-1910). The painting of the Church of the Intercession was originally Fryazh (from “Fryazin” - Italian), which began to take shape in Russia in the second half of the 17th century under the influence of Western European artists. Since the 18th century, after the establishment of the Academy of Arts, this style has been called academic, differing from traditional icon painting in the realism of the image.

The icons were mostly of new writing; among the shrines of the temple, the icon of the Holy Image of Jesus Christ in a silver-plated copper robe, painted in 1662, and the cross made of gilded silver with the relics of the holy saints of God, donated to the temple in 1869 by the merchant Dmitry Ivanovich, were especially revered. Podsosov. The Church of the Intercession, as reported by the Samara Diocesan Gazette in 1911, was considered “one of the best Samara churches in terms of its decoration.”

For 60 years, the Intercession Church received generous donations from the Shikhobalov merchants. They paid for the reconstruction and repair of the building, interior decoration, production and installation of iconostases, and purchased expensive utensils and vestments for clergy. In particular, Anton Nikolaevich Shikhobalov replaced the silent large bell with a new one weighing 257 pounds, paid for lining the inside of the church with artificial marble, built a house for the church clergy, opened a Sunday school for adults, and in 1890, with his funds, a cemetery was built near the church on the site of a former cemetery Pokrovsky Square with a fence. At the same time, Anton Nikolaevich did not like to talk about the true size of the help, since he did not tolerate the ostentatious side of charity. His simplicity and sincerity were amazing: “There is money, we need to build,” he said. An honorary citizen of Samara, Anton Nikolaevich died quietly on his birthday in 1908, when he turned 81 years old.

After the revolution of 1917, a split occurred in the Orthodox Church associated with the emergence of the “renovationism” heresy, actively supported by the new Bolshevik government. In the Samara diocese, the position of the renovationists turned out to be quite strong; they captured a number of churches, including the Church of the Intercession, which in 1930 was made the cathedral church of the renovationist Middle Volga Metropolis. In the 20-30s, as a result of repressions committed by the authorities against the Orthodox Church and its ministers in Samara, out of 55 Orthodox churches, 54 churches were closed, destroyed or vandalized. In the period from 1938 to 1946, there was only one functioning church in the city - Pokrovskaya. In 1938, after the arrest of the renovationist false metropolitan Vasily, the renovationist parish of the Intercession Church dispersed, and after some time the temple reunited with the Moscow Patriarchate.

In September 1941, Archbishop Andrei (Komarov) was appointed ruling bishop of the Kuibyshev diocese, who had previously worked hard to restore the authority of the Orthodox Church in Kuibyshev, which had been destroyed by the renovationists. The Church of the Intercession becomes the cathedral of the Kuibyshev (now Samara) diocese and remains so to this day.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Intercession Cathedral constantly participated in collecting donations for various wartime funds, including funds for a tank column named after Dmitry Donskoy.

As a cathedral, the Intercession Cathedral was distinguished by the solemnity of its services and a magnificent choir. The traditions of church singing are associated with the time of the Great Patriotic War, when the choirs in the Kuibyshev churches were the best in Russia, since the artists of the capital's theaters evacuated to Kuibyshev, including the Bolshoi Theater, sang in them: I.S. Kozlovsky, M.D. Mikhailov and other wonderful singers. The choir director was composer L.F. Drugov. The singing school has survived to this day, as can be seen at the annual Christmas and Easter concerts at the Opera and Ballet Theater, which stands on the site of the former cathedral - Spaso-Resurrection Cathedral, the idea of restoring which is not abandoned by Samara residents.

During the war and post-war years, bishops' services were performed in the Intercession Cathedral by famous archpastors who ruled the Kuibyshev diocese and who worked worthily in the field of spiritual revival and establishment of Orthodoxy: Archbishop Alexy (Palitsyn), Bishop Mitrofan (Gutovsky), who now rest in the crypt of the narthex of the Intercession Cathedral, Metropolitan Manuel (Lemeshevsky), whose tomb is located in the vestibule of the cathedral, Metropolitan John (Snychev).

Special events in the history of the cathedral include the following: the funeral of Bishop Manuel in 1968; the presence in May 1997 of the miraculous icon of St. Nicholas, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia, consecrated on the relics of the saint in the city of Bari (Italy); divine services for the Feast of the Intercession of the Mother of God on October 13 and 14, 1999, which were performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus', concelebrated by Archbishop Sergius of Samara and Syzran, and the service of the Divine Liturgy on May 13, 2001 by His Beatitude Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, during his visit to Samara land.

There is also a tragic page in the history of the Intercession Cathedral. On November 7, 1977, during a demonstration in honor of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, someone threw a sparkler (according to other sources, a Molotov cocktail) through the window of the Intercession Cathedral. It was a day off, and only nun Maria (Mandrykina) was in the church. The fire ignited the varnish covering the wall painting. Mother Maria managed to call the firefighters, but before they arrived she suffocated in the smoke. The fire almost completely destroyed the painting of the last century; only the domed icon of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary survived. The icons “Seeking the Lost,” St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk, St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky and “Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos.” The fire reached the tomb of Metropolitan Manuel in the vestibule and stopped. The restoration of the temple lasted almost four years. New murals were made by local artists and painters from Western Ukraine.

At the end of 1991, during excavation work along the collector route, the vault of the family crypt of the Shikhobalov merchants was opened. By order of Archbishop Eusebius (Savvin), part of the remains (as far as the excavation allowed) was removed, placed in a new coffin and buried on Radonitsa 1992 on the territory of the cathedral, on the left side (near the baptismal sanctuary), and the burial order was fully completed.

In 1996, the cathedral's tent coverings were decorated with the latest gold-effect coating.

History of the temple

The Intercession Cathedral is located in the center of Samara at the intersection of Nekrasovskaya and Leninskaya streets (formerly Sokolnichya and then Shikhobalovskaya streets). At the beginning of the 19th century, the area of the Intercession Cathedral was located far from the city, and in 1805 a city cemetery was opened here. At the cemetery there was a wooden church in the name of St. John the Baptist with a chapel in the name of the Exaltation of the Cross of the Lord. As urban construction progressed, residential areas moved closer to the cemetery, the number of parishioners increased, and the church was dilapidated and cramped and did not meet the needs of the parishioners.

The Shikhobalovs built a family crypt within the fence of the church. The burials of the Parshenskys were also located here.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Intercession Cathedral constantly participated in collecting donations for various wartime funds, including funds for a tank column named after Dmitry Donskoy.

Current state[edit]

Bishop's services are regularly held in the Intercession Cathedral, all necessary sacraments (baptism, wedding, unction, etc.) and services are performed. The clergy of the cathedral actively carry out spiritual and educational work. Sunday school is open for children, classes for adults are held on Tuesdays. At the temple there is a store with a wide selection of icons and Orthodox literature.

In the near future, the Intercession Cathedral may “cede its powers” to a new cathedral - St. Cyril and Methodius, which is being built in Polyana named after Frunze and will be the largest church in the Middle Volga region. But in the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Samara diocese, the Intercession Church will forever remain a cathedral and will be inseparably linked with the names of Metropolitan Manuel and Metropolitan John.

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Temple History: The Beginning

At the same time, Anton Nikolaevich did not like to talk about the true size of the help, since he did not tolerate the ostentatious side of charity. His simplicity and sincerity were amazing: “There is money, we need to build,” he said. An honorary citizen of Samara, Anton Nikolaevich died quietly on his birthday in 1908, when he turned 81 years old.

Recent History

In the period from 1938 to 1946, there was only one functioning church in the city - Pokrovskaya. In 1938, after the arrest of the renovationist false metropolitan Vasily, the renovationist parish of the Intercession Church dispersed, and after some time the temple reunited with the Moscow Patriarchate.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Intercession Cathedral constantly participated in collecting donations for various wartime funds, including funds for a tank column named after Dmitry Donskoy.

The fire almost completely destroyed the painting of the last century; only the domed icon of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary survived. The icons “Seeking the Lost,” St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk, St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky and “Praise of the Most Holy Theotokos.” The fire reached the tomb of Metropolitan Manuel in the vestibule and stopped. The restoration of the temple lasted almost four years. New murals were made by local artists and painters from Western Ukraine.

The Cathedral in our time

In 1996, the cathedral's tent coverings were decorated with the latest gold-effect coating.

Schedule of Divine Services: Divine Liturgy - 8.30 (on weekdays), on Sundays - at 7.00, at 9.30. Evening services at 17.00.

In the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Samara diocese, the Intercession Church will forever remain a cathedral and will be inseparably linked with the names of Metropolitan Manuel and Metropolitan John.

Architectural features

Archival documents from the beginning of the 20th century describe that the outer walls of the temple were decorated with paintings, and the temple was covered with white English tin. The interior decoration of the temple was very rich. The altars were lined with artificial marble (in 1876), the walls were covered with frescoes painted by artists Krivolutsky and Knyazev (1909-1910).

The painting of the Church of the Intercession was originally Fryazh (from “Fryazin” - Italian), which began to take shape in Russia in the second half of the 17th century under the influence of Western European artists. Since the 18th century, after the establishment of the Academy of Arts, this style has been called academic, differing from traditional icon painting in the realism of the image.

The Church of the Intercession, as reported by the Samara Diocesan Gazette in 1911, was considered “one of the best Samara churches in terms of its decoration.”

Shrines of the Cathedral

Among the shrines of the temple is a Cross with a particle of the tree of the Honest and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord, an icon of St. Mitrofan, the Voronezh wonderworker, with a particle of his relics, a reliquary with the relics of St. Nicholas, Archbishop World of the Lycian Wonderworker, St. Gregory Decapolite, St. Ignatius, bishop Rostovsky, St. martyr Archdeacon Lawrence, St. Vmch. Barbara, St. martyr Basil of Ankyra, St. Ignatius the Great, St. good led book Alexander Nevsky, St. Vmch. and healer Panteleimon, St. Joannicius the Great, St. Sergius of Radonezh, St. Vasily, bishop Amasia, St. Ephraim the Syrian, sschmch. Ignatius the God-Bearer, St. John the Merciful, Patr. Alexandria, St. Arsenia, bishop Tverskoy, St. martyr Samon of Edessa, St. Basil of Antioch.

A Part of the Life-Giving Cross of the Lord and a Stone from the Life-Giving Tomb of the Savior are also kept here.

The shrines of the temple include the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Seeking the Lost”, as well as the images of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts” and Tabynskaya.

In the vestibule of the church, the first cross from the grave of Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga John (Snychev) (1927-1995), who was a student of Metropolitan Manuel and his cell attendant, and from 1965 to 1990 - the most beloved Samara archpastor, was recently installed and venerated. A prayer book, a spiritual writer, the creator of the modern ideology of Russian national revival, an elder-bishop, at the same time a simple and approachable person (he accepted anyone until 11 pm - the time of the cell rule). His sincerity and love (he even punished with love) evoked reciprocal feelings of recognition and love. Bishop John died on November 2, 1995 and was buried at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.

On the day of his angel, October 9, the St. John’s readings are held annually in Samara, the purpose of which is to comprehend and convey to compatriots the spiritual heritage of Metropolitan John, to consider the spiritual foundations of Russian history and culture, pedagogy and education.

About the Rector

Vladyka Sergius (Poletkin) was appointed to the Samara See in 1993 on February 25, a significant day for the people of Samara, when the memory of St. Alexy, the Heavenly Patron of the Samara region, and the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God - the Good Goalkeeper, are celebrated, which, as it were, opened the hearts and doors of the Vladyka Samara land.

During the years of the administration of Bishop Sergius, about 110 churches and 75 Sunday schools were built and opened in the diocese, the Samara Theological Seminary operates, numerous Orthodox publications, radio and television programs are published, the Brotherhood of St. Alexis and spiritual and educational centers operate, the social movements “Orthodox Samara” and charitable foundation "Orthodox Togliatti", Christmas and St. John's readings are held. And many more economic, educational and prayer ministries marked the activity of the Bishop on Samara land. Bishop Sergius pays special attention to the seminary, of which he is the rector, as well as to the Intercession Cathedral, being its rector.

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Shrines[edit]

The icon “Softening Evil Hearts”, or “Simeon’s Prophecy”, is associated with the event of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2 according to the old style, or February 15 according to the new style) - the bringing of the infant Christ to the Jerusalem temple on the fortieth day. It symbolizes the fulfillment of the prophecy of the righteous elder Simeon the God-Receiver of the Mother of God: “A weapon will pierce your soul.” In the icon, the Mother of God is depicted with seven swords stuck in her heart - three on the right and left, one on the bottom. The number “7” in the Holy Scripture means the fullness of something, in this case - the fullness of that grief, sadness and heart disease that was in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary on earth. Before the icon of the Long-Suffering Mother of God, they pray for the relief of mental and physical suffering, for the softening of hostile relationships, for the softening of their hearts and the hearts of their loved ones and enemies, and in general for the depletion of evil in the world.

The Tabyn Icon is a copy of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, and is named after the place where it was found on a large stone at the foot of the mountain above the “Holy Keys” spring near the village of Tabynskoye, Sterlitamak district, Ufa province. This happened twice - in the 16th and 18th centuries. The first time the icon appeared to the hierodeacon of a nearby monastery, and the second time the Bashkirs found it and abused it, for which they became blind. This icon, like the icon of the Most Holy Theotokos “Seeking the Lost,” is distinguished by a very dark Face, as if symbolizing “the darkness of our sins.” And we pray before this icon to enlighten us, softening “our hardened hearts with the dew of the prayers” of the Mother of God.

Temple shrines

The shrines of the temple include the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos “Seeking the Lost”, as well as the images of the Mother of God “Softening Evil Hearts” and Tabynskaya.

Cathedral of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Samara

Old Orthodox Christians initially lived in large numbers in the Samara Volga region. This was explained not least by the fact that in those places at the end of the 18th - first third of the 19th century. there was one of the spiritual centers of the Old Orthodox - the Irgiz monasteries. It was in Irgiz that the practice of receiving priests from the dominant church through confirmation, the so-called, developed. "Irghiz reform" Therefore, the lands along the Bolshoi and Maly Irgiz rivers were attractive to the Old Believers-priests. Not only immigrants from Poland moved here, but also Old Believers from the southern and central provinces of Russia, from Little Russia.

For a long time, Samara Christians did not have a place to hold public worship. For this reason, there was no permanent priest in the community. Clergymen from other parishes of the Samara province came to Samara to fulfill spiritual needs. So in the 1870s, the Samara community was served by Fr. Simeon Lebedev from Nikolaevka. After him, father Vasily Ivanovich Gorizontov (died around 1886). At the end of 1887, Fr. moved to Samara for permanent ministry. Ioann Gavrilovich Lyutsernov, who, however, soon died. After his death, on July 8, 1888, and until 1900, the Samara community was officially assigned to the city of Khvalynsk, Saratov province, and was cared for by Khvalynsk priests.

Despite the absence of a rector, the community was still strong and had outstanding teachers who were able to conduct conversations about the faith with the most eminent missionaries. So, in the 90s. In the 19th century, a member of the community, the Samara tradesman Zhachkin, enjoyed special authority among Samara Christians. He was a regular participant in public interviews with diocesan missionary Dmitry Orlov, one of the most prominent defenders of the mainstream church in the diocese. Nevertheless, the reader Zhachkin was not inferior to D. Orlov, and therefore local Old Believers of different consents always invited him to public interviews. The Samara lecturer was not at all embarrassed by the synodal missionary Ksenophon Kryuchkov, known throughout Russia, who conducted public interviews in Samara in March-April 1889. And at these interviews, Zhachkin, who, in the words of the Samara Diocesan Gazette, stood out among his fellows for his ability to clearly and consistently present his arguments, as well as for his tenacity in defending his convictions, was the “main objector” of the synodal missionary. “Samara Diocesan Gazette” indicates that in addition to Zhachkin, the ancient Orthodox reciter Semyon Yegorovich and the charter leader “still young, apparently fanatically devoted to his society” took part in the debate. Thanks to these prominent representatives of the Old Believers, the mission of Xenophon Kryuchkov was not crowned with success. “Both at the beginning of the interview, and after everything that was said, the Beglopopovites remained stubborn in their delusion,” Fr. And they state with disappointment: “Fr. Archpriest Kryuchkov’s conversation passed without a trace for these prejudiced co-questioners.”

The first mention of the Samara community having its own prayer room dates back to 1890. He built a prayer room at his own expense in the courtyard of his house on the street. Kazan merchant P.F. Gudkov. The head of the Gudkov merchant family, Pavel Fedorovich Gudkov, was a prominent figure in the Russian and Samara Old Belief, a trustee of the Samara Old Orthodox community and chairman of the Community Council, a participant in the All-Russian Congresses, a member of the Council of the All-Russian Brotherhood in the name of St. Nicholas. At the IV All-Russian Congress in Volsk in May 1912, “in retribution for special labors and useful activities for the benefit of the church,” P.F. Gudkov was elected a lifelong honorary member of the Council of the All-Russian Brotherhood. Pavel Fedorovich owned the Gudkov and Sons Trading House, as well as a hotel on the corner of Saratovskaya and Panskaya (now the National Hotel on the corner of Leningradskaya and Frunze streets) and a Furniture store on Saratovskaya (now Frunze Street), which were located in houses No. 87 and 89 on Saratovskaya Street that he owned, and also had his own house on Dvoryanskaya Street, 109 (now Kuibysheva Street).

In addition to the Gudkovs, a significant role in the history of the Ancient Orthodox Church in Samara was played by the trustee of the Samara prayer house Arkhip Ivanovich Bezpalov - a merchant, a member of the Samara City Duma, a member of the accounting committee of the Samara branch of the Volga-Kama Bank, a member of the Council of the Samara Mutual Credit Society, the owner of the “Stagecoach Office of the Merchant Bezpalov: from Samara to Orenburg". And also the Samara merchants-landowners Osip Korneevich and Fyodor Andreevich Poluektov.

Around 1900, the Samara community finally received a permanent priest, and after the Decree on Strengthening the Beginning of Tolerance in 1905, when Old Believers were given the right to openly profess their beliefs, the community was officially registered.

Despite the relative small size of the community and the poverty of the parish, community members tried to support the clergy with their donations. Not without envy, “Samara Diocesan Gazette” Fr.

After 1910, priest Vasily Mikhailovich Argentov, a member of the Council of the All-Russian Brotherhood, served in Samara.

After the revolution from 1922 to 1929 The rector of the parish was a member of the Main Church Council, Archpriest Sophony Leontyevich Galkin. The Chairman of the Community Council in those years was Ivan Erofeevich Razin. The charterer is Grigory Mitrofanovich Bolshakov.

After Father Zephanius, in 1929 the community was headed by priest Theodore Maksimovich Arkhangelsky.

During the Great Patriotic War, the life of the community did not fade away - in 1944, the Intercession Church of Samara became a cathedral. The rector of the temple, Priest Polykarp Timonin, Bishop Pavel, was ordained to the newly established Kuibyshev department.

In the spring of 1950, the rector of the Samara church, Father Evfimy Kuzmich Abramov, took monastic vows with the name Epiphanius and on May 26 was ordained a bishop at the Kuibyshev See in place of Bishop Paul, who died in 1946.

On November 5, 1955, Vladyka Epiphanius became the Primate of the Church, and from this year until 1963, the Archbishop’s See was located at the Church of the Intercession in Samara (then Kuibyshev). During this period of time, the Samara community was the spiritual and administrative center of the entire Church.

In 1960, a significant event took place in the community - for the second time after the schism of the 17th century, Chrismation was performed in the Ancient Orthodox Church. The brewing and consecration of the World took place from April 10 to April 14. Participants in the Confirmation were: Archbishop Epiphany of Kuibyshev, Moscow and All Rus', Bishop of Novozybkovsky Jeremiah (Matvievich), Bishop of Perm Eusebius (Samartsev), Archpriest John Isaev, Priest Leonty Dorofeev, Priest Poliect Efimov and other clergy.

The year 1981 was perhaps the saddest in its history for the Samara community - due to urban development, the cathedral was demolished, and believers were provided with a semi-basement room for worship.

In 1984, priest Sava Feodulovich Tikhov was sent to the Samara community for permanent service.

The community gradually grew, the adapted premises could no longer accommodate Christians, and in 1987 it was decided to build a new church.

Construction was completed in the shortest possible time. In just two years, a wonderful brick church was built in honor of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos.

The spacious, cozy temple was built in the traditional ancient Russian style of church architecture and fully meets its main purpose - the joint prayer of believers.

The new temple was built thanks to the diligent participation of many parishioners in the construction work, including the rector of the temple, Father Sava. It is also impossible not to note the enormous contribution to the construction of the temple by parishioner Vasily Sevastyanovich Kazakov, who was actually a foreman, a supplier, a builder, and a loader, devoting all his time to the construction of the temple.

On October 14, 1990, on the Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, Archbishop Gennady (Antonov) led the Divine Liturgy service for the consecration of the church in a newly built church in Samara. In connection with the consecration of the new church, clergy and laity from other parishes arrived for the liturgical celebrations. Everyone who participated in the first service in this temple felt spiritual joy in a special way. The church was filled with people praying. It was decorated with the lights of candles and lamps, filled with the desired smell of incense and the fragrance of St. Chrism, desired by every believer. I wanted to be and be in this atmosphere of sacred splendor. But these unique and unforgettable hours of spiritual delight passed...

At the end of the consecration ceremony, Vladyka Gennady in his speech noted how much work it took for many of those present to build such a wonderful church, and expressed heartfelt archpastoral gratitude to the rector of the church, Father Sava Tikhov, and all the parishioners. His Eminence expressed confidence that the built temple will be that holy house of prayer in which believers will feed their immortal souls with spiritual food.

By the end of the 1990s, the Samara community had become sufficiently strong, and the Lord put it on the hearts of Christians to erect an Ancient Orthodox women’s monastery in the city of Samara. For this good cause, the city administration allocated a plot of land of six acres next to the temple free of charge. On August 2, 1998, on the feast of St. Prophet Elijah Bishop Leo, co-served by Father Sava, consecrated the site for the construction of a nunnery. Immediately after the consecration of the site, the community began construction and by the end of the year the brick walls had already been completely erected. And so in 2001, the monastery opened its doors to all Christian women who wanted to devote their lives to serving the Lord in prayer, fasting, work and obedience for the sake of achieving eternal salvation.

In October 2005, the rector of the Church of the Intercession, Archpriest Sava Tikhov, took monastic vows with the name Savin and was ordained to the rank of bishop for the Volga Diocese. The department of Bishop Savin was located at the Church of the Intercession in Samara.

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Previously, on the site of the cathedral there was a wooden church with a graveyard, to which burials were brought from the city. At that time, the center of Samara was several miles away, but gradually the neighborhoods approached, the number of parishioners increased significantly, and the authorities received a request to rebuild the temple. The Walkers were supported by the Shikhobalov merchants, who collected voluntary donations and initiated a petition to the Samara bishop. The petition was respected, and in the mid-19th century, according to the design of the capital’s architect E.I. Zhiber, a new stone church was built with public money.

The holy righteous John of Kronstadt laid his stone in the first boundary.

In the 70s In the 20th century, someone set an arson in the cathedral, as a result of which a nun died and almost the entire interior of the temple burned out. Only the icon of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary survived the fire. It took 4 years to repair the shrine, and now the building is completely restored.

EXPLANATORY NOTE No. 2

Not long ago we dissected photographs taken by an unknown photographer around 1890 from the bell tower of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, which stood on what is now Kuibyshev Square.

These are the first photographs taken from this point that have reached us. But far from the last. Today we present to your attention photographs taken by Konstantin Golovkin around 1898-1900.

1 - city school

(Chapayevskaya, 186/ Shostakovich, 4)

Built by architect Alexander Shcherbachev in 1895. During the Soviet years, the Kuibyshev Institute of Culture was located here. Now the building is occupied by the Nayanova Academy.

2 - summer dacha of the governor

(Strukovsky Garden, near the intersection of Shostakovich and Kuibyshev streets)

Built in 1878. It was a two-story wooden house with utility services. At the time of construction it was located outside the city limits. In 1905, the dacha lost its former purpose and apartments began to be rented out to officials of the provincial chancellery.

In the 1950s, the building was demolished due to disrepair.

3 – Drama theater

(Chapayev Square, 1)

It was built in 1888 according to the design of the architect Mikhail Chichagov. It is made in pseudo-Russian style. The townspeople called it a tower or a gingerbread house.

In 1965-1967, a large-scale reconstruction of the theater was carried out. The stage was significantly expanded, equipped with modern theater equipment, and the size of the foyer was increased. An extension was built, which housed a rehearsal hall, utility rooms and rooms for actors. At the moment, only the facade facing the square has been preserved from the original appearance of the theater. Chapaeva.

4 – Poplavsky’s house

(Frunze, 171)

Built in 1902 according to the design of the architect Alexander Shcherbachev in the style of classicism with the imposition of decorative elements of the Russian style. In 1919, Poplavsky’s house came under the jurisdiction of the city and was given over to communal housing.

5 — steam mill of the merchant Subbotin

(Vilonovskaya, 2b)

Built in 1883. One of the first steam flour mills in Samara. It changed several owners until in 1910 it was bought by the city from its then owner M.P. Shakhov for the establishment of a military unit there.

The transaction amount was 150 thousand rubles. The barracks were named “Shakhovskie”. They housed the 102nd reserve infantry regiment. After the February Revolution, the future Marshal of the USSR Vasily Blucher served here. Nowadays, this territory is also occupied by a military unit.

6 – Zhigulevsky brewery

(Volzhsky Prospekt, 4)

It was built in 1881 by Alfred von Vacano. The first beers released were “Venskoye” and “Venskoye Stolovoe”.

In 1936, at an all-Union tasting of Soviet beer varieties, beer produced by the Zhigulevsky brewery received the highest rating and was given the name “Zhigulevskoye”.

Now the plant buildings are recognized as a historical and cultural monument of federal significance.

7 - bell tower of the Iversky Monastery

(intersection of Frunze and Vilonovskaya streets)

Built in 1879. It was destroyed in the early 1930s. Restored in 2008-2014.

1 – Ascension Cathedral

(Stepan Razin, 78)

Built in 1847. Here, on March 31, 1851, before the start of the liturgy, the decree of the Holy Synod on the opening of the Samara diocese was read. Due to its size and location in the city center, the Ascension Church was recognized as a cathedral and remained so until 1894.

On January 5, 1930, the Ascension Cathedral was closed. At various times it housed a craftsman's club and a military warehouse. On May 10, 1993, the Ascension Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church.

2 – Lutheran church

(Kuibysheva, 115)

Built in 1863. The construction was financed by the Samara merchant of the first guild, a Catholic by religion, Yegor Annaev. However, after the Polish uprising (1863-1864), the temple, which he originally built for the Catholic community, was transferred to the ownership of the Lutherans. In 1930, the church was closed.

During the Soviet years, there was a warehouse and a workshop for muralists here. The church was returned to the jurisdiction of the city's Lutheran community in 1991.

3 – commercial club building

(Kuibysheva, 104)

It was built in 1871. Since 1874, the governor's office has been located here. In 1878–1917 - a commercial club and several shops. Since 1936 - the Kuibyshev Regional Theater of Working Youth and the regional office of the state stage.

During the Great Patriotic War, the building housed the People's Commissariat of Defense, and after the war - the Kuibyshev Regional Military Commissariat. There was also a cafe “Snezhinka”, or, as the townspeople called it, “Sugrob”.

Currently, the building is being restored as a cultural building.

4 — State Bank building

(Kuibysheva, 112)

It was built from 1895 to 1899 according to the design of the architect Alexander Shcherbachev. The first floor was occupied by the bank itself, and the second floor housed residential apartments.

In the 1930s, the building was reconstructed, in particular, the third floor was added. During the Soviet years, the Kuibyshev regional office of the State Bank was located here, as well as the union of bank workers and the shop-cafe No. 1 of the trade enterprises plant (30s).

Now the building houses the Main Directorate of the Bank of Russia for the Samara Region.

5 - Klodt's mansion

(Kuibysheva, 139)

The mansion was built according to the design of the architect Alexander Shcherbachev in 1898. It was made in a German neo-renaissance style, rare for Samara, with elements of eclecticism of a romantic direction.

After the revolution, the mansion was given over to communal apartments. During his stay in Samara, the famous Baltic sailor Pavel Dybenko lived there. During the Great Patriotic War, the Afghan consulate was located in the Klodt mansion (according to another version, in an annex to it). After the war - kindergarten, later - 1st art school.

In 1991, Klodt's mansion was transferred to the Children's Art Gallery.

6 – building of the zemstvo school for rural teachers

(Krasnoarmeyskaya, 12a / Chapaevskaya, 178)

Built in 1856. Until 1875, the provincial hospital was located here, and since 1875 - the zemstvo school for rural teachers. In 1919-1927 - Faculty of Medicine, Samara University.

Later - a residential building. At the end of the 1990s, it was built on during the reconstruction process for the needs of one of the banks in the Samara region. Currently, the office of UniCreditBank is located here.

7 - Arefiev's house

(Odd side of Kuibysheva Street at the intersection with Krasnoarmeyskaya)

The date of construction is unknown. It was demolished in the first half of the 1930s due to the construction of the House of Industry on this site.

1 - steam pasta plant of the trading house "Kenitser and K"

(Sadovaya, 125)

Built in 1882 by the German Oskar Kenitzer, now the Samara Pasta Factory “Verola”.

2 - New Orenburg village

(village of Shmidta (Zapanskoy) This territory began to be actively populated in the 80s of the 19th century. By this time, there were already small villages called Caucasus and Za Pansky crossing, the development of which was unauthorized and without quarters.

Upstream of the Samara River, from the beginning of the 1890s, two villages began to develop - New Orenburg and Windmills, which became part of it at the beginning of the 20th century. Their main inhabitants were peasants, small traders and tramps who came to work in the city.

On July 8, 1934, this territory was renamed the village named after Schmidt.

3 — Intercession Cathedral

(Leninskaya, 75a)

It was built from 1857 to 1861 according to the design of the architect Ernest Gibert at the expense of merchants, the Shikhobalov brothers. The Intercession Cathedral acquired its modern appearance at the beginning of the 20th century after the expansion of the western facade.

In the period from 1938 to 1945. The Intercession Cathedral was the only Orthodox church operating in the city.

4 - temporary railway bridge over the Samara River

It was erected in the late 1870s during the construction of the Batraki – Samara railway line. The permanent bridge was opened in July 1904.

1 — building of the Samara fire brigade of the 3rd part

(Galaktionovskaya, 193)

Built in the 1860s. The fire department building existed in its original form until 1961. Then the tower was dismantled, the building was built on two floors, and then a turret was built on top instead of a tower.

Now the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Samara Region is located here.

2 – Resurrection Church

(on the territory of Samara Square)

It was built on Voskresenskaya Square in 1864. Nearby there was a bazaar of the same name.

The church was destroyed in 1930, but the area adjacent to it remained a place of trade until the early 1960s, when a park was laid out here. Later, this territory became one of the city squares, namely Samara.

3 - building of the First Men's Gymnasium

(Galaktionovskaya, 141)

The building was built in 1898 according to the design of the architect Alexander Shcherbachev. Until 1918, the First Men's Gymnasium was located here. In the 1930s, the building was expanded to 4 floors. In the 1950s, the House of Political Education was located here.

In 1963, the Kuibyshev Polytechnic Institute was located here. Until 2000, this building was its main building.

4 - Samara zemstvo prison

(Artsybushevskaya, 171)

The building was built in 1898, the opening of the prison took place on December 12. Construction was carried out according to a project developed by the architect of the Main Prison Directorate Tomishko, the author of the project for the famous St. Petersburg “Crosses”. The building of the Samara prison became a smaller copy of it. The construction was led by the provincial architect Khilinsky.

In August 1932, the prison buildings were given over to dormitories for students of Samara universities.

5 – Peter and Paul Church (temple in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul)

(Buyanova, 135a)

Built in 1865. It was rebuilt more than once, acquiring its modern appearance after the reconstruction carried out by Alexander Shcherbachev in 1899.

In 1939 the temple was closed. It housed military warehouses and later stables. The temple was returned to believers at the end of the Great Patriotic War.

Photos presented by Vladimir Samartsev.

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