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Church of St. John of Kronstadt () is an
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church in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. It belongs to Rostov and Novocherkassk Diocese of
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. It was built in 2010 on the project of
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Genrikh Vasilyevich Ivanov.


History

The church dedicated to Saint
John of Kronstadt John of Kronstadt or John Iliytch Sergieff (Reforms of Russian orthography, pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ; 1829 – ) was a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox Archpriest#In Byzantine Christianity, archpriest and a member of the Most ...
is the only church of the Rostov and Novorcherkassk Diocese that was built specially for university students. The history of this temple began in 1992. On September 29 took place the opening of a
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at the Rostov State Transport University. The first prayer service in the chapel was hell on September 1, 1993. The following year, on July 12, Archbishop of Rostov and Novocherkassk Panteleimon consecrated construction site, and on July 26 construction of the church began. The first Divine Liturgy was held there on June 3, 1994. Soon it was decided to dedicate the new church in honor of St. John of Kronstadt. In 1999
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Alexy II Patriarch Alexy II (or Alexius II, ; secular name Aleksei Mikhailovich Ridiger ; 23 February 1929 – 5 December 2008) was the 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church. Elected Patriarch of Moscow ...
attended the university and consecrated the area of People's Militia's Square and the foundation stone at the construction site. In 2004, on the dome was established a cross. From 14 March 2005, the services had been held at the sacrarium of Holy Apostles
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and
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, built in the basement of the church. The church is built in
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style (as opposed to
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, which is predominant in Rostov-on-Don). A Sunday school is also functioning there.


References

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