Church of the Saint Queen Alexandra (russian: Церковь во имя Святой царицы Александры) ― an Orthodox church in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

, Russia. It was built in 1904 in the town of Nakhichevan-on-Don (now a part of the Proletarian District of Rostov-on-Don). The author of the project was architect Vladimir Popov. The main altar was consecrated in the name of the Saint Queen Alexandra, and northern chapel is dedicated to Saint

Alexander Nevsky Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...

. Church of St. Alexandra has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

History

Church of the Saint Queen Alexandra was built in 1904 at the Orthodox cemetery of Nakhichevan-on-Don to replace a wooden chapel there. For this reason, the size of the temple is relatively small: about 18 × 13 metres. Architect Vladimir Popov built the church in Russian Revival style. In 1910, there was constructed a belfry, and in 1920 ― a narthex. Church of Queen Alexandra was initially assigned to the Sofia Church (which hasn't preserved). During the Nazi occupation of the city at Alexandrian cemetery there were buried Romanian Orthodox soldiers. In 1955, on the north side of the temple, there was constructed a chapel in the name of the Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky ― in memory of the demolished church of Alexander Nevsky in Nakhichevan-on-Don. To celebrate the

1000th anniversary of the Christianization of Rus' The 1000th Anniversary of the Christianization of Rus' (1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, russian: 1000-летие крещения Руси) was an occasion marked by events held in the USSR from May – June 1988, to celebrate the introdu ...

, the

dome A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...

was gilded. Sunday school operates at the Alexandrian Church. In 2002 at church there was established a Museum of

Archpriest The ecclesiastical title of archpriest or archpresbyter belongs to certain priests with supervisory duties over a number of parishes. The term is most often used in Eastern Orthodoxy and the Eastern Catholic Churches and may be somewhat analogous ...

Ioann Domovsky, who served in the Temple of Alexander Nevsky.

References

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