Tyumen

Church of the Cross

ooh Lunacharsky, 1, Tyumen, Tyumen region, Russia

Description:

The Holy Cross Church is an architectural monument and shrine of the second half of the XVIII century. This Tyumen Baroque temple stands on the banks of the Tura River. At this place until 1744 was a wooden church, which burned down during the next fire. In 1744, the Ascension Church with the Nikolsky chapel was laid in its place, which, at the request of the working people, was renamed the Cross Exaltation Church in 1845. The construction of the Holy Cross Church was completed in 1790, and it was consecrated in the following 1791.

This temple is built according to the type of refectory. Its main part is a massive quadruple of two tiers, which is crowned with a decorative five-domed: four small domes at the edges and a large dome in the center.

Since 1993, since the transfer of the church to the diocese, divine services have been resumed in it. At the temple since December 1997. A spiritual school was opened.

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