Cathedral - Alexander Nevsky

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Yalta is truly admired by all who see it. Yalta decided to build a large cathedral. The intention of the citizens was supported by Emperor Alexander III. On March 1, 1890, a building committee was established, which was headed by the famous engineer, scientist, local historian A. L. Berthier-Delagard. The committee included thirty respected Yalta residents: among them Prince V.V. Trubetskoy, Count N.S. Mordvinov, Baron Chamberlain, Engineer A.L. Wrangel, Privy Counselor P.I. Gubonin, Dr. V.N. Dmitriev, famous architects P.K. Terebenev and N.A. Stackenschneider, son of the architect who built the palace in Oreanda. The committee appealed to the Yalta City Council with a request to take a place near the Livadia Bridge for construction. But it turned out that this place brought the city a good income, so they offered another, in the city center, at the intersection of Sadovaya and Morskaya streets at the foot of Mount Darsan. A large plot of land located nearby was donated by Baron A.L. Wrangel. Different people donated to the temple: the city government allocated 6000 rubles for construction, the same amount was donated by Major General Bogdan Vasilyevich Khvoshchinsky, winemaker I.F. Tokmakov 1000 rubles. And the simple Yaltins brought as many as they could. The first project of the temple of Alexander Nevsky was developed in 1889 by architect K. I. Eshliman, but it was not approved. The new project was commissioned to make N.P. Krasnov, who worked in co-authorship with P.K. Terebenev. On March 1, 1891, on the day of the tenth anniversary of the death of Emperor Alexander II, the foundation of the new church was solemnly laid. Archbishop Martinian served a prayer service right on the construction site. The first stone in the foundation of the future temple was laid by Empress Maria Feodorovna. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built two-tiered, with open galleries and a tent porch. Painted in white and pink tones, which made it elegant, festive. Icons for the temple were made in Mster Vladimir province. 11 bells for the three-tier bell tower of the cathedral were cast in Moscow, the main bell weighed 428 poods. All the bells of the temple were presented by the Crimean winemaker and philanthropist N. D. Stakheev. The consecration of the cathedral took place on December 4, 1902 by Archbishop Nicholas, who was assisted by Archpriest of the Nazarevsky Cathedral, Archpriest Ternovsky and Yalta priests Serbinov, Shchukin, Krylov and Shcheglov. At eleven o’clock the imperial family arrived from Livadia. Empress Maria Fedorovna was unable to attend the ceremony, she sent a telegram: “I rejoice with all my heart at the consecration of the cathedral, at the laying of which I was present in 1891, remembering all those who worked at its foundation and with joy thinking about the prayers that will henceforth be offered for everyone in it.” Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna joined the holy cross, then the emperor lit the lamp. A procession was made around the cathedral and to the lower church for holy gifts. After the liturgy, all the clergy came to the middle of the church and proclaimed the longevity of the House of Romanov, and then the eternal memory of the emperors Alexander I and Alexander III. Empress Maria Alexandrovna and Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, who died in the Caucasus. Declared many years and the builders of the temple and all Orthodox Christians. Therefore, in 1901, an all-Russian competition was held, the winner of which could decorate the interior of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The first place was taken by the architect S.P. Kroshechkin, According to the projects of N.P. Krasnov, the Kiev artist I. Murashko painted the iconostasis, he also made a solid painting of the dome and walls in the Byzantine style. On the outside of the temple, in a granite frame-kiota, a mosaic panel with the image of St. Prince Alexander Nevsky was placed. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral: the upper throne is consecrated in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky, and the lower one - in the name of St. Artemius, this holy church honors on October 20, on this day Emperor Alexander III died. All the domes of the cathedral were covered with gold. And a special pride were eleven bells, their crimson chimes spilled over Yalta, the surrounding mountains and the sea. In the same style with the temple was later built a two-storey house, reminiscent of the ancient Russian tower. Its author was M.I. Kotenkov. In 1903-1908, another house in three floors was built, there was a large assembly hall for the Alexander Nevsky brotherhood. This house housed a parish school and a shelter for weak-breasted patients. The school was named after Tsarevich Alexei. The first archpriest of the cathedral was Alexander Yakovlevich Ternovsky, who previously served in the church of John Chrysostom. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral became a favorite temple of the Yaltins. They came here on holidays and on days of grief. The temple shared with the parishioners the burdens of the revolution and civil war, here not only supported faith in people, the cathedral protected and protected the lives of people. In 1938, the cathedral was closed. The bells were removed and sent for melting. A sports club was organized in the temple. The service in the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was resumed in 1945 and has not stopped since then. The church was returned to the building of the parish school, where the teacher’s house used to be. In 2002 it was 100 years since the consecration of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. By this significant date, with the blessing of the Metropolitan of Simferopol and Crimean Lazarus, work was done to gild the domes of the temple, restore the mural and iconostasis. At present, worship services are performed daily in the cathedral. At the temple since 1995 there is a general education school.