Chapel of Dmitry Solunsky

Chapel-monument to police officers who died in the line of duty.

The idea of building a monument to the employees of the Krasnoyarsk police who died in the line of duty arose in 1995 and its construction began only in 2001.

The chapel was named after the holy Great Martyr Demetrius of Thessaloniki, whose 17th century icon is kept in the chapel. This name has been known since the 3rd century and since ancient times was associated in Russia with military feat, patriotism and defense of the Fatherland. The saint is depicted on icons in the form of a warrior in feathered armor, with a spear and a sword in his hands. Dmitry of Salun was the son of a Roman proconsul, ruler of the Greek city of Thessalonica, and was executed for preaching Christianity under the Roman emperor Maximilian. This saint was especially venerated by Russian princes-commanders Dmitry Donskoy and Alexander Nevsky. This name is called the chapel in memory of the fallen heroes of our time, since the 20s of the last century.

The names of 161 dead, in the line of duty, employees of the Krasnoyarsk police (since 1921) are posted on tablets fixed on the street side of the Chapel walls.

The chapel is currently in operation.

It's on the street. Dubrovinsky, near the River Station.