TEMPLE BUILDING
The Creative Universe Project pays special attention to the restoration and construction of Orthodox temples. Churches and Orthodox shrines are being built and restored in Russia, Belarus, Serbia, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Largely thanks to the support and efforts of the Foundation in Saint Petersburg, the buildings of the Ioannovsky Convent on Karpovka were restored, the Church of St. George the Victorious, the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and the Church in the name of St. Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg were erected. According to ancient, miraculously saved drawings and photographs, the Temple of the Nativity on the Sands destroyed in 1934 was recreated from scratch.
Assumption Cathedral of the Sura Ioannovskiy Convent, Arkhangelsk region, Pinezhsky district, village of Sura
In 1899, the holy righteous John of Kronstadt consecrated the place for the future convent. The women's community of the monastery was approved by the decree of the emperor on October 27 of the same year. In November 1900, by decree of the Arkhangelsk Spiritual Consistory, the Sura Ioanno - Theological Convent was established.
The Assumption Cathedral was built in 1915. In Soviet times, there was a club in the Assumption Cathedral. After the church building was abandoned. At the moment, the cathedral is being restored by the well-known Russian philanthropist Vyacheslav Zarenkov who is a ktitor of the Sura convent.
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