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Trinity Church (Novocherkassk)
The Trinity Church (russian: Троицкая церковь or Церковь Троицы Живоначальной) was a Russian Orthodox church in Novocherkassk, Rostov Oblast, Russia. History The first wooden Trinity church was constructed on Troitskaya (''Trinity'') square in 1810. After some decades passed, in 1830, the church fence collapsed. In 1835, parishioners began to appeal to church authorities about the need to build a stone church. Architect Fomin, who compiled a project of a tripartite, five-domed, Byzantine-style church was asked to draft an appropriate project, which was later finished and approved on August 2, 1845. Only five years later, on June 24, 1850, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Don and Novocherkassk, Ioann Dobrozrakov, a solemn laying of the stone church was done. In 1856 the church was completed. Icons for iconostasis In Eastern Christianity, an iconostasis ( gr, εἰκονοστάσιον) is a wall of icons and religious pain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novocherkassk
Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known as the cultural capital of the Cossacks, and as the official capital of the Don Cossacks. Population: 168,746 ( 2010 Census); 170,822 ( 2002 Census); 178,000 (1974); 95,453 (1959); 75,917 (1939); 51,963 (1897). History Imperial era Foundation Although the first settlement in the region was founded by Temroqwa Idar,Khasht, Ali. ''Circassian Prince Temroqwa Idar.'' the city of Novocherkassk was founded in 1805 by Lieutenant-general Matvei Platov, the Ataman of the Don Cossacks, as the administrative center of the Don Host Oblast. It was established in reaction to the original administrative center, the ''stanitsa'' of Cherkassk, being deemed unsuitable as the capital for the Don Cossacks for several reasons. Cherkassk was repeatedly flooded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |