The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin (russian: Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы) is an

Orthodox church Orthodox Church may refer to: * Eastern Orthodox Church * Oriental Orthodox Churches * Orthodox Presbyterian Church * Orthodox Presbyterian Church of New Zealand * State church of the Roman Empire * True Orthodox church See also * Orthodox (dis ...

Derbent Derbent (russian: Дербе́нт; lez, Кьвевар, Цал; az, Дәрбәнд, italic=no, Dərbənd; av, Дербенд; fa, دربند), formerly romanized as Derbend, is a city in Dagestan, Russia, located on the Caspian Sea. It is ...

, a city in the Russian

Republic of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republics of Russia, republic of Russia sit ...

. The

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belongs to the Makhachkala deanery of the

Diocese of Makhachkala The Diocese of Makhachkala is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church on the territory of Dagestan, Ingushetia and Chechnya with its seat in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia. The main temple is the Cathedr ...

of the

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. Until 2011 the church belonged to the

Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan (russian: Бакинская и Азербайджанская епархия, az, Bakı və Azərbaycan yeparxiyası) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan. Majority of its members are ethnic Ru ...

. The only surviving Orthodox church in the city.

History

In 1894, the Derbent Orthodox community raised the issue of building a new

parochial school A parochial school is a private primary or secondary school affiliated with a religious organization, and whose curriculum includes general religious education in addition to secular subjects, such as science, mathematics and language arts. The ...

. For these purposes, donations were collected and a plot of land in the city center was purchased. The construction of the school began in 1899, and on January 7, 1900, it was solemnly consecrated. In 1901, an altar was arranged at the school, and it turned into a church-school, which on October 1, 1901 was consecrated by

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Vladimir (Sinkovsky) of Vladikavkaz. In 1902, in the courtyard of the church-school, a new building of the parochial school was built, and the old one was completely given over to the church. In 1939 the church was closed, but in 1943 it was again handed over to believers. In the 2000s, a church house and a bell tower were built. On October 14, 2009, Bishop

Alexander (Ishchein) Archbishop Alexander (; 13 June 1952 – 10 June 2021) was an Azerbaijani prelate, who served as the archbishop of Russian Orthodox diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan from 1999 until his death in 2021. Biography Born on June 13, 1952, in Yarosla ...

of Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan performed the rite of the

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of the restored church.Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of Derbent
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Notes

{{Authority control Cultural heritage monuments in Derbent History of Derbent Objects of cultural heritage of Russia of regional significance 1900 establishments Religious buildings and structures in Dagestan