Address: Russia, Yaroslavl region, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Mendeleev square, 2
Start of construction: year 2000
Completion of construction: 2004year
Architect: V. N. Izhikov
Coordinates: 56 ° 45'10.4 "N 38 ° 53'09.0" E
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Far from the historical center of Pereslavl-Zalessky, near the area with modern buildings, there is a new Orthodox church - the chapel of St. George the Victorious. It was built next to the Slavich plant, which in previous years was engaged in the production of photographic and film films. It was the veterans of this enterprise that in 1999 came up with the initiative to build a temple that would perpetuate the memory of their fellow countrymen who fell in wars.
History of the chapel of St. George the Victorious
12 322 residents of Pereslavl-Zalessky died, died from wounds or disappeared in various wars of the last century. With just over 40,000 people now living in the city, the number of casualties is very high. Almost every family has suffered a bereavement. Of course, most of the people from Pereslavl died during the Great Patriotic War, but apart from it, the inhabitants of the city took part in the Afghan and Chechen wars.
The temple was built at the expense of the Slavich plant and numerous donors. More than 80 organizations and over 400 private benefactors contributed funds for its construction. The Slavich Production Association has been operating in Pereslavl-Zalessky since 1931 and is now engaged in the production of packaging products, photographic paper and photochemicals, inkjet media, films and materials for microelectronics. After the idea of building a temple was expressed, the chapel of St. George the Victorious was established to coordinate the construction work and streamline funding.
The project of the temple was carried out by the architect-restorer Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Izhikovliving in Pereslavl-Zalessky since 1988. According to his architectural projects, the new Nikolsky Cathedral in the Nikolsky Monastery and the Znamenskaya Church on Trubezhnaya Street were also erected in this ancient city.
The chapel was under construction for several years - until 2004. And it was consecrated in 2002.
Architecture and interior decoration of the chapel of St. George the Victorious
The church, consecrated in honor of St. George the Victorious, is a one-domed brick temple that has become an adornment of the ancient Russian city. The whole project is made in the traditions of ancient Russian architecture in the so-called neo-Russian style. The temple itself and the two-tiered bell tower adjoining it from the west are crowned with small golden onion domes. They rest on tall and thin drums. A low baptismal was built next to the temple.
The facades of the church, graceful in proportions, have a trifolium (or three-fold) end. And the vestibules, in comparison with the main volume of the temple, are noticeably lowered. The bells for the belfry were cast by craftsmen from the city of Tutaev.
In the decorative decoration of the church (in the temple crosses, window bars and in the fence), the motives of the design of the highest military award of the state - the Order of St. George were used. His image is also captured in a beautiful colored mosaic. In 2005, next to the church, a memorial was built in memory of the people of Pereslavl who died while performing their military duty. And inside the temple, on special granite slabs, the names of all the inhabitants of the city who died in the wars of the 20th century are engraved.
The current state of the church and the visiting regime
The chapel is a functioning Orthodox church with a Sunday school. On Fridays and Saturdays at 17.00, evening services are held in it, and on Sunday at 7.30 - liturgy. During the twelve and great feasts, the morning service begins at 8.00, and the evening service at 17.00. The temple holiday is celebrated here on May 6 - the day of St. George the Victorious.
How to get to the chapel of St. George the Victorious
The chapel is located in Pereslavl-Zalessky on Mendeleev Square, 2. If you go by car, then from Uritskogo Street in Pereslavl-Zalessky, you need to turn to Mendeleev Street. She leads directly to the square where the temple stands. From the city bus station, where regular buses from Moscow and Yaroslavl arrive, you can take a taxi to the chapel.
