Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, Baku
Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, Baku
The building was built in 1909 with the support of a prominent son of the Azerbaijani people, philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, and with private donations from believers. Initially, a wooden building was built on this site, and then a stone one. During the Soviet period, the temple was one of the first to be closed in 1920.
At first it housed a warehouse, and then a gym. During the January events of 1990, two shells hit the bell tower of the temple, as a result of which it was partially destroyed, the floor sank, the walls cracked, and the roof collapsed. In 1991, the dilapidated temple building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The opportunity to carry out restoration work in the temple appeared since the establishment of the bishop's department in Baku. Through the care and concern of His Grace Alexander, Bishop of Baku and the Caspian Sea, repair and restoration work was carried out, and the temple was prepared for consecration. During his Primate visit to Azerbaijan, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' on May 27, 2001, performed the great consecration of the Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women and awarded it the status of the cathedral of the diocese.
The cathedral found a second life thanks to the attention and support of the Azerbaijani philanthropist and entrepreneur Aydin Samedovich Kurbanov. At the expense of this extraordinary man, complex repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral: a stone carved iconostasis was built, paintings were carried out, and the necessary church utensils were purchased.
After repair and restoration work, the opening of the renovated temple took place on March 24, 2003. The solemn event was attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Heydar Aliyev, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslim Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pasha-zade, as well as diplomats and employees of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, cultural and public figures.
In April 2003, the cathedral was visited by His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who donated a piece of the relics of his heavenly patron, the Apostle Bartholomew, to the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan. In June 2005, the cathedral was visited by Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. In September 2005, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, visited the cathedral again. During his visit, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church consecrated the overhead chapel at the cathedral. In the temple there is an ark with a particle of St. relics of the Apostle Bartholomew - the patron saint of the city.
Cathedral clergy:
The rector is Archpriest Leonid Miltykh, 4 priests and 2 deacons.
Address: Baku, Red Vostok military town, 126
The cathedral was built in 1909 in the Russian style according to the design of the architect M.F. Verzhbitsky. The building was built with the support of the famous Azerbaijani philanthropist Haji Tagiyev and private donations. Initially, the temple had regimental status and was under the jurisdiction of the 262nd Salyan Reserve Infantry Regiment.
During the Soviet period, the cathedral did not escape the sad fate that befell thousands of Orthodox shrines: it was closed in 1920 and began to be used first as a warehouse and then as a gym. During the January events of 1990, two shells hit the bell tower of the temple, as a result of which it was partially destroyed, the floor sank, the walls cracked, and the roof collapsed. In 1991, the dilapidated church building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The opportunity to carry out restoration work in the temple appeared since the establishment of the bishop's department in Baku. With care and concern, repair and restoration work was carried out, and the temple was prepared for consecration. During his Primate visit to Azerbaijan on May 27, 2001, he performed the great consecration of the Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women and awarded it the status of the cathedral of the diocese.
With the support of the Azerbaijani philanthropist and entrepreneur Aydin Kurbanov, comprehensive repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral: a stone carved iconostasis was built, which housed icons painted by the famous Moscow icon painter Alexander Sokolov. The temple was painted by a group of Moscow artists under the leadership of the artist of the Stroganov Academy V.F. Strashko. The necessary church utensils were also purchased.
Upon completion of the repair and restoration work, the opening of the renovated temple took place on March 24, 2003. The solemn event was attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pasha-zade, as well as diplomats and employees of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, cultural and public figures.
In April 2003, the cathedral was visited, who donated to the cathedral a particle of the relics of the heavenly patron of Baku - the Apostle Bartholomew.
In June 2005, the cathedral was visited by.
In September 2005, the cathedral was again visited by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II. During the visit, His Holiness the Patriarch performed the rite of consecration of the superstructure chapel at the cathedral.
In the cathedral there is a reliquary with a particle of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew, the patron saint of Baku, and the revered icons of the Mother of God “Tikhvin” and “Caspian”.
Bishop Mitrofan (Polikarpov) of Baku and the Caspian Sea is buried in the crypt of the cathedral.
Clergy of the cathedral: rector Archpriest Leonid Miltykh, 4 priests and 3 deacons.
Address: Baku, Red Vostok military town, 126.
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Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women - Russian Orthodox church, located in beautiful city Baku. The cathedral was erected in 1909. The author of the project was the Russian architect F. M. Verzhbitsky. Funds for this project were allocated by the Russian Ministry of War and the local merchant G.Z. Tagiyev.
From the very beginning of its existence, the cathedral had regimental status, being subordinate to the 262nd Salyan Infantry Reserve Regiment. Before this, the infantry regiment used the old regimental St. Michael the Archangel Church in the central part of the city, which has also survived to this day. In 1920, the temple was one of the first to be closed. Initially it was used as a warehouse, and then as a gym. During the January events of 1990, two shells hit the temple bell tower, as a result of which it partially collapsed, the walls cracked, the floor sank, and the roof collapsed. In 1991, the cathedral building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The restoration of the dilapidated temple began after the founding of the bishop's department in Baku. Thanks to the initiative of Bishop of Baku and the Caspian, His Grace Alexander, restoration work was carried out in the temple. Its solemn consecration took place in May 2001. At the same time, it was given the status of a cathedral.
The second life of the cathedral began thanks to the attention of the Azerbaijani philanthropist A.S. Kurbanov, with whose funds a series of complex repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral: a stone carved iconostasis was erected, paintings were made and church utensils were purchased. The opening of the renovated cathedral took place in March 2003. In April of the same year, Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople donated a particle of the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew to the cathedral. In addition, the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women also contains the holy icons of the Mother of God - “Caspian” and “Tikhvin”.
The marching (with the formed regiment) church was established in 1891. In 1909, the regimental church was established as a separate building, similar to military churches.
It was located on the outskirts of Baku, near a military town (in Soviet times - Krasny Vostok), in the area of the Alekseevsky (Salyan) barracks. The construction of a military camp for the Salyan regiment began in 1908 on the site purchased by the military department for 42,742 rubles. 50 kopecks a plot of land outside the city pasture on Shemakhinka and was completed by the fall of 1909, at which time the regiment moved there permanently. Until that time, the Salyan regiment was stationed in barracks in the fortress (Icheri Sheher), in barracks not far from the Provincial Administration, on the corner of Gubernskaya and Verkhnyaya Tazapirskaya streets (now Nizami and M. Subkhi streets) and on Bailov.
The Church of the 148th Caspian Infantry Regiment in New Peterhof, the first built like military churches.
The church building is stone, built according to the approved type of military temples entirely at the expense of the treasury - the War Ministry (42,000 rubles). Holy See in the name of St. Archangel Michael. The church was founded on May 6, 1908, and solemnly consecrated by the temporary administrator of the Georgian Exarchate, His Grace Gregory, Bishop of Baku, who specially arrived in Baku from Tiflis for this purpose, on December 6, 1909. The church can accommodate up to 800 people. A small old St. Michael the Archangel (Navy) Church, located in the center of Baku (corner of Vidadi, former Tserkovnaya, and Zargyarpalan, former Spasskaya streets), previously used as a regimental church, was assigned to the church.
According to the staff, there is one priest assigned to the church. Near the old church there was a government apartment for the priest.
During the period 1890-1914. the battalion and then the regimental priest was Ioann Vissarionovich Liadze; in 1919-20 the rector of the church was Nechaev (unfortunately, there is no information for another period).
The church was built according to the exemplary design of military churches, approved by the Construction Commission in 1901 (architect Fyodor Mikhailovich Verzhbitsky). In total, more than 60 such churches were built in the Russian Empire by 1917. All the temples were very similar to each other, with the exception of some details, which made each of them a completely original architectural work.
A chapel was built next to the church, where on April 10, 1910, the solemn transfer of the ashes of the former commander of the Salyan regiment, Major General Mechislav Konstantinovich Walter, who died untimely in the name of duty and oath, took place, from the city military cemetery, where he was buried in 1907.
The church was one of the first to be closed, in 1920.
“Baku, April 17 (1923) The Red Army soldiers of the Stepin Division regiment stationed in Baku removed the crosses from the empty church of the old Salyan barracks and turned to their boss, Azneft, with a request to help them turn the house of oppression into a house of enlightenment.”
And instead of a church, the Red Army Soldier's House was built.
During Soviet times, the church was no longer used for its intended purpose.
In the 1970s, it housed a warehouse for topographic maps, which was later moved to another location. And they set up a gym in the church.
On March 2, 1990, at night, there was a fire in the church - the roof burned down and collapsed, the floor sank, the walls cracked.
Cathedral of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women, Baku
In 1991, the church building, badly damaged, was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church.
The opportunity to carry out restoration work in the temple appeared since the establishment of the bishop's department in Baku. Through the care and concern of His Grace Alexander, Bishop of Baku and the Caspian Sea, repair and restoration work was carried out, and the temple was prepared for consecration. During his Primate visit to Azerbaijan, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' on May 27, 2001, performed the great consecration of the temple in the name of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women and awarded it the status of the cathedral of the diocese.
The cathedral found a second life thanks to the attention and support of the Azerbaijani philanthropist and entrepreneur Aydin Samedovich Kurbanov. At the expense of this extraordinary man, complex repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral: a stone carved iconostasis was built, paintings were carried out, and the necessary church utensils were purchased.
After repair and restoration work, the opening of the renovated temple took place on March 24, 2003. The solemn event was attended by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mr. Heydar Aliyev, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslim Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pasha-zade, as well as diplomats and employees of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, cultural and public figures.
In April 2003, the cathedral was visited by His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople, who donated a piece of the relics of his heavenly patron, the Apostle Bartholomew, to the Orthodox Christians of Azerbaijan.
In June 2005, the cathedral was visited by Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II.
In September 2005, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II, visited the cathedral again. During his visit, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church consecrated the overhead chapel at the cathedral.
In the temple there is an ark with a particle of St. relics of the Apostle Bartholomew - the patron saint of the city.
Clergy of the cathedral: Rector - Archpriest Leonid Miltykh, 4 priests and 2 deacons. Address: Baku, Red Vostok military town, 126
The church on the 1913 plan and aerial photographs
69-Military town - barracks and church of the 206th Salyan regiment. 1913
Military town - Salyan barracks and church (closed). 1942
The church was built according to a standard design for military churches, approved by the Construction Commission in 1901 (architect Fyodor Mikhailovich Verzhbitsky). In total, at least 60 such churches were built in the Russian Empire by 1917. This temple for the 206th Salyan Infantry Regiment (until 1910 called the 262nd Infantry Regiment), stationed in Baku, was founded on May 6, 1908, built entirely with funds from the War Ministry, and solemnly consecrated on December 6, 1909. Before that The regiment used the old regimental Michael the Archangel Church in the city center, which has also survived to this day. Since 1890, the priest of this regiment was Ivan Vissarionovich Liadze (information for 1911).
In 1920, the temple was closed and was used for other purposes for a long time. In 1991, it was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church, restored, and solemnly consecrated on May 27, 2001 in the name of the Myrrh-Bearing Women by Patriarch Alexy (Ridiger) of Moscow and All Rus'. The temple was given the status of the cathedral of the Baku-Caspian diocese.
Modern photographs of this cathedral, as well as the old regimental Michael the Archangel Church, can be found on the website of the Baku Diocesan Administration http://baku.eparhia.ru/.
RGIA, f.806, op.9, d.43, pp.1-4, church clergy register for 1911; Tsitovich G.A. Temples of the Army and Navy, Pyatigorsk, 1913, p. 443
The church was built according to a standard design for military churches, approved by the Construction Commission in 1901 (architect Fyodor Mikhailovich Verzhbitsky). In total, at least 64 such churches were built in the Russian Empire by 1917. This temple for the 206th Salyan Infantry Regiment (until 1910 called the 262nd Infantry Regiment), stationed in Baku, was founded on May 6, 1908, built entirely at the expense of the War Ministry, and solemnly consecrated on December 6, 1909. Before this, the regiment used the old regimental St. Michael the Archangel Church in the city center, which has also survived to this day. Since 1890, the priest of this regiment was Ivan Vissarionovich Liadze (information for 1914).
During the Soviet period, the temple was one of the first to be closed in 1920. At first it housed a warehouse, and then a gym. During the January events of 1990, two shells hit the bell tower of the temple, as a result of which it was partially destroyed, the floor sank, the walls cracked, and the roof collapsed. In 1991, the dilapidated church building was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. The opportunity to carry out restoration work in the temple appeared since the establishment of the bishop's department in Baku. With the care and concern of Bishop Alexander of Baku and the Caspian Sea, repair and restoration work was carried out, and the temple was prepared for consecration. During his Primate visit to Azerbaijan, His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Rus' on May 27, 2001, performed the great consecration of the Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women and awarded it the status of the cathedral of the diocese.
The cathedral found a second life thanks to the attention and support of the Azerbaijani philanthropist and entrepreneur Aydin Samedovich Kurbanov. At the expense of this man, complex repair and restoration work was carried out in the cathedral: a stone carved iconostasis was built, paintings were carried out, and the necessary church utensils were purchased. After repair and restoration work, the opening of the renovated temple took place on March 24, 2003. The solemn event was attended by President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev, Chairman of the Caucasian Muslim Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pasha-zade, as well as diplomats and employees of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan, cultural and public figures. The cathedral is famous for the fact that it contains an ark with a particle of the holy relics of the Apostle Bartholomew, who is considered the patron saint of the city of Baku, and the revered icons of the Mother of God “Tikhvin” and “Caspian”. Bishop Mitrofan (Polikarpov) of Baku and the Caspian Sea is buried in the crypt of the cathedral.
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