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Smolensk Church (St. Petersburg)
Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
or simply Smolensk Church - one of the oldest Orthodox churches in St. Petersburg. Located at the Smolensk cemetery, on Vasilyevsky Island. According to legend, Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg participated in the construction of the church, secretly carrying bricks to the scaffolding at night.
The temple belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and is the center of the Vasileostrovsky deanery district.
History[edit]
In 1758, the wooden Smolensk Church was founded at the Smolensk cemetery. It was built in two years and consecrated on September 30 (October 11), 1760. On November 6 (17), 1772, the Mikhailovsky chapel was added to it.
In 1786-1790, according to the design of the architect A. A. Ivanov, the stone Smolensk Church was built in the style of early Russian classicism. The wooden church had not yet been dismantled. On October 9, 1790, the chapel was consecrated in the name of John the Theologian. On October 1 (12), 1790, the main altar was consecrated in the name of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
In total, in 1917, the temple had five chapels. The main one is the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. Right - St. Basil the Confessor. Left - in the name of John the Baptist, St. Archdeacon Stephen and Martyr Eulampia, consecrated on September 26, 1790. A separate chapel on the south side is of the Prophet Elijah, consecrated on June 24, 1833. A separate chapel on the north side is dedicated to the Apostle John the Theologian, consecrated on October 10, 1892.
Since the early 1920s, the church was owned by renovationists.
In 1938, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which came from the Kazan Cathedral, was transferred to it. In 1940, the Smolensk Church was closed, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was transferred to the Prince Vladimir Cathedral, where it remained for 60 years (in 2001 it was returned to the Kazan Cathedral). The interior of the temple was destroyed.
In 1947, the church was returned to the parish and on March 8 of the same year it was solemnly consecrated by the rector of the St. Nicholas Cathedral, Archpriest Pavel Tarasov. An iconostasis was installed in the central chapel, delivered from the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist on Kamenny Island, which was closed in 1938.
On May 24, 1950, Bishop Simeon (Bychkov) of Luga consecrated the newly built northern chapel in the name of the Tenderness Icon of the Mother of God, for which the iconostasis of one of the lower chapels of the Vladimir Church (on Vladimirsky Avenue), which was closed by that time, was taken.
On February 16, 1989, Metropolitan Alexy (Ridiger) of Leningrad and Novgorod consecrated a separate small chapel to Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg in the church.
Smolensk Church
Basic moments
The elegant blue and white temple was built in 1790 according to the design of the famous architect Alexei Alekseevich Ivanov and made in the traditions of early Russian classicism. The entrance to it is decorated with a strict columned portico with a triangular pediment, and the dome of the bell tower is crowned with a high spire with a cross.
You can get to the Smolensk Church any day. The liturgy here begins at 10.00 on weekdays and at 7.00 and 10.00 on Sundays and holidays. Evening services are held from November to March at 17.00, and from April to October at 18.00. Believers celebrate the patronal feast day on August 10. A free Sunday school has been created for the children of parishioners at the Smolensk Church, where education takes place for three years. For adults, classes are held on the basics of icon painting.
Not far from the Smolensk Church stands the stone chapel of Xenia of Petersburg, built over the burial place of the saint. Its doors are open every day from 10.00 to 17.00. Funeral prayers are held inside the chapel at intervals of 5-10 minutes.
History of the Smolensk Church
The cemetery near the Smolenka River was built in the first half of the 18th century. At first, it did not have its own church, since there was an order to conduct church ceremonies for funerals and commemoration of the dead in house and parish churches.
Then the local clergy decided that the cemetery should have its own church. Since the parishioners did not have funds for construction, the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna issued a special decree so that the temple on Vasilyevsky Island would be built at the expense of the province, that is, with state money. The first wooden Smolensk church was placed in the center of the cemetery plot and opened in 1760. Since the funds for it were allocated by secular authorities, the income from the church went to them.
After 30 years, a new stone Smolensk Church was erected in the northern part of the cemetery, and the wooden church was reconstructed and re-consecrated in honor of Michael the Archangel. In 1824, the city suffered a severe flood. The old building fell into disrepair, it had to be dismantled, and in 1831 a new Trinity Church was built on the vacant site. Unfortunately, it has not survived to this day, as it was destroyed in 1932.
Before the advent of Soviet power, the Smolensk Church had five parishes. In 1938, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which until that time had been in the Kazan Cathedral, was transferred here for storage. A year before the start of the Great Patriotic War, the temple was closed to parishioners, and its interior was destroyed.
There were no services held in the Smolensk Church for 7 years, but then it was reopened to believers. In 1989, a new chapel dedicated to Xenia of Petersburg appeared here.
Architecture Features
The rectangular single-domed church is adjacent to the refectory. The Smolensk Church has a two-tier bell tower, on both floors of which there are bell towers. The dome drum is framed by expressive arched windows. Window openings of the same shape were built in old Byzantine churches. The low dome is completed with a lantern with a small onion-shaped dome.
Inside the Smolensk Church there is a necropolis where the clergy of this temple are buried. Several dozen burials are located in the basement, and memorial plaques with the names of the buried can be seen on the northern wall of the church.
Saint Petersburg
Documentary information about the life of Ksenia Grigorievna Petrova has not been preserved. According to folk legends, it is known that she was born in St. Petersburg and was married to a court singer. At the age of 26, Ksenia became a widow and chose the path of foolishness. She began to wear her husband’s clothes, called herself by his name, and said to herself that Ksenia was no more, since she had died. Everyone was so accustomed to the unusual holy fool that they began to call the street where Ksenia’s house stood Andrei Petrov Street. It is believed that Ksenia of Petersburg died at the beginning of the 19th century and was buried in the Smolensk cemetery.
In 1988, the Church canonized her as a saint. On the icons the blessed one is depicted with a stick in her hand, and the Smolensk Church is depicted next to her. In different parts of the country, Orthodox monasteries and churches are dedicated to the St. Petersburg saint.
Chapel
From the very beginning, the burial of Xenia of Petersburg became a place of mass pilgrimage. The earth poured over the burial mound was constantly dismantled by believers. Then a stone slab was placed here, but it was also broken into pieces. This was not an act of vandalism, because in return people who came to the cemetery threw money into the grave. Then the authorities of St. Petersburg decided to place a mug over the burial in order to raise funds for the construction of a new temple. In the second half of the 19th century, a small chapel with a carved iconostasis appeared over the grave. And in 1902 it was replaced by another chapel, built in the pseudo-Russian style by the architect Alexander Alexandrovich Vseslavin.
Since 1940, services in the chapel, as well as in the nearby Smolensk Church, were stopped. At first they even wanted to destroy the chapel, but this was never done. During the Leningrad Siege, containers for diesel fuel were stored in the building, and then the most valuable items of church use were lost.
In 1947, services in the chapel were resumed. The temple over the grave of Xenia of Petersburg was active for 15 years, but then it was closed again, giving the premises to a workshop for sculptors.
The chapel was returned to believers only in 1983, and after the restoration, funeral prayer services began to be held here again. Nowadays, the brick single-domed temple is crowned with a scaly tent, and inside the chapel you can see a marble iconostasis with a crucifix.
Smolensk Cemetery
The old St. Petersburg necropolis is planted with tall trees and has a unique flavor. Many pre-revolutionary graves and tombstones have been preserved at the Smolensk cemetery. It is believed that this is where Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin’s nanny, Arina Rodionovna, rests. This is written on the memorial plaque, but the exact location of her grave has not yet been established.
Here is the first grave in which Taras Grigorievich Shevchenko lay. Then the poet’s ashes were transferred to the Ukrainian city of Kanev. Today, the site of the first burial is marked by a light brown granite boulder with a memorial inscription. The poet Alexander Blok is buried at the Smolensk cemetery, and the path that leads to his grave is called Blokovskaya.
Not far from the Smolensk Church, many famous personalities in Russia found their last refuge. Here are the burial places of the poet V.K. Trediakovsky, sculptor I.P. Martos, polar explorer A.I. Vilkitsky, composers D.S. Bortnyansky and K.N. Lyadov, as well as artists V.L. Borovikovsky, P.A. Fedotov, I. N. Kramskoy and I. I. Shishkin.
How to get there
The Smolensk Church is located on Vasilyevsky Island, in the western part of St. Petersburg. The temple is located on Kamskaya Street, 24. Many visitors get here on foot from the Vasileostrovskaya or Sportivnaya metro stations (2 km). In addition, the entrance to the Smolensk cemetery is also accessible by buses No. 41, 42 and minibus No. K 249a.
Current state[edit]
The chapel of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg is assigned to the church
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Architecture[edit]
The church was built in the style of early Russian classicism. This is a rectangular building with a two-tier bell tower, painted blue. The refectory is adjacent to the church on the west side. Above the entrance rises a two-tier bell tower, topped with a gray spire with a cross, in both tiers of which there are bell towers. The wall of the second tier is decorated with Corinthian pilasters. Each face of the tier is completed with a triangular pediment. The temple is crowned with a low gray dome, located on a low drum with Byzantine-style arched windows. The dome is completed by a lantern topped with a bulbous dome with a cross.
Current state and activities of the parish
Today, the Church of the Smolensk Mother of God has three altars:
- The first and main one was consecrated in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God.
- The second is in honor of the icon of the Mother of God “Merciful”.
- The third is in honor of Saint Blessed Xenia of Petersburg.
Only the Nativity chapel of the church does not have a separate altar.
Interior of the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God (northern throne)
Clergymen try to help not only parishioners in the church. They go to the seriously ill, to those in prison and perform the Sacraments of Communion and Confession there.
There is a parish school for children at the church, where they are taught the Law of God, the Church Slavonic language and church singing. Adults can attend catechism discussions and learn about the history of the church. In turn, believers voluntarily help the temple in whatever way they can.
Schedule of services[edit]
Divine services: daily.
Confession: 9.45. Liturgy: 10.00; on Sundays and twelve holidays: 7.00 and 10.00.
Evening service at 18.00, from November to March - evening service at 17.00.
Akathists (in the evening): on Sundays – St. bliss Xenia of St. Petersburg and Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God alternately; on Tuesdays – to the Life-giving Cross of the Lord; Thursdays – St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Baptism takes place daily at 12.30 (on Sunday - at 12.00).
In the chapel, prayers to St. Blessed Xenia for health and funeral prayers are performed continuously, at intervals of 5-10 minutes.
How to get to the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg
- The easiest way to get to the temple is to walk from a public transport stop. You can also come here with your own car or by taxi .
- To get to the church by public transport , take the metro and get to Primorskaya or Vasileostrovskaya stations.
- From Primorskaya to the church there is a minibus No. 186 and bus No. 42.
- From Vasileostrovskaya - minibus No. 249A. Visit to the temple
You can visit this church every day, since services are held every day. It is open from 9.30 until the end of the evening service. A visit to the temple requires an appropriate appearance:
- women must cover their heads, shoulders, and wear a skirt or dress that covers their knees; You cannot come with heavily perfumed cosmetics (especially lipstick);
- Men must cover their shoulders, wear trousers, and no headdress.
Did you know? In this church you can pray to the icon of the Apostle Peter, the icons of the Mother of God Quick to Hear and Fedorovskaya, as well as Blessed Xenia, the martyr Bonifatius (they ask him for healing from alcoholism), Guria, Aviv and Samon - it is believed that these saints help strengthen families and bring back the infidels husbands.
It’s worth visiting the Church of the Smolensk Icon of Our Lady at Christmas. The church has a Nativity chapel (it is located on the north side, outside the Mother of God Icon of Mercy), in which the “Bethlehem Cave” was created. On Christmas days, it is decorated with lamps and Christmas trees, and a special prayer is also read.
