Church on Primorsky Avenue 79 schedule of services. Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary is located on Primorsky Prospekt, on the banks of the Bolshaya Nevka. The first owner of this land was General A.I. Osterman, then Chancellor A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin. In the first half of the 18th century, the Bestuzhev-Ryumin manor “Stone Nose” was located here.
For the serfs resettled here, Bestuzhev-Ryumin decided to build a church. It was laid in the late 1740s according to the design of G. Trezzini. Due to Bestuzhev-Ryumin's exile, it was not possible to build the building on time; work was suspended in 1758. The consecration of the wooden building of the temple in the name of the Annunciation of the Mother of God took place only after Bestuzhev-Ryumin returned to St. Petersburg in 1762.
Since the constructed building was cold and not heated, it was decided to build a warm aisle. It was consecrated in 1770 in the name of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky. The temple housed the iconostasis of the first St. Isaac's Church. Blagoveshchenskaya Street (now Primorsky Avenue) was built next to the temple.
On June 12, 1803, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary burned down due to a lightning strike. The iconostasis and church utensils were saved. The new owner, State Councilor Sergei Savvich Yakovlev, decided to restore the temple. The new stone church building in the form of a rotunda was built by Vasily Mochulsky in 1805-1809. Such a solution for a church building was new not only for St. Petersburg, but also for all of Russia.
In the new church, the Yakovlevs decided to open a second chapel - in the name of the holy martyrs Timothy and Mavra, the only such chapel in St. Petersburg. His appearance is associated with the death of Sergei Savvich’s wife Mavra Borisovna.
A cemetery appeared next to the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition to Yakovlev's descendants, heroes of the War of 1812, writers, actors, and musicians were buried here. The Serafimovskoe cemetery, located behind the railway, traces its history back to these burials.
In the 1850s, the architect A.I. Krakau carried out restoration of the building.
In the 19th century, the temple was popular with everyone who visited this dacha suburb of St. Petersburg. Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin also visited here. His 1836 poem “When outside the city, thoughtfully, I wander,” is dedicated to a walk through the church cemetery. By the beginning of the 20th century, the Annunciation Church became the main church in this area of the city. In 1901, a bell tower and a sacristy were added to the building according to the design of V.K. Teplov.
An orphanage and a Society for Benefiting the Poor operated at the temple. The church contained the tombs of the Orlov-Denisovs and Nikitins.
In 1937, the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary was closed. In 1946-1947, during the reconstruction of Primorsky Avenue, the bell tower was dismantled and most of the cemetery was destroyed. For a long time in church building The workshop of the rubber products factory was working.
The temple was returned to believers in 1992. In 1995, a Russian-Belarusian parish was founded here, and the restoration of the building began. By 2001, it was restored and re-consecrated on April 5, 2003 by Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga.
In the first half of the 19th century, the “Stone Nose” manor of Count A.P. was located here. Bestuzhev-Ryumina. Stone Church The Annunciation with a warm chapel in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky, built at the manor in 1765, burned down in 1803 from lightning. The construction of a new temple is being undertaken by Sergei Savvich Yakovlev. Built in 1805-1809 according to the design of the architect V.O. The Mochulsky temple is close in composition to manor rotunda churches. Its cylindrical building is topped by a flat dome resting on a drum surrounded by a Tuscan colonnade. The walls of the lower tier of the temple are rusticated; their upper tier ends on four sides with gabled low pediments, under which there are three-part semi-circular windows. The Annunciation Church was far visible from neighboring villages. The architects now involved in its restoration did not find a church similar in design in Russia.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Annunciation Church was the main one in the area. To improve the conditions of worship, in 1903 the church designed by V.K. Teplov added a bell tower. Inside the temple there was an interesting chapel in the name of St. Alexander Nevsky. The temple building is a historical and cultural monument and is under state protection. According to some reports, Count Alexei Petrovich himself and some of his fellow countrymen - heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812, as well as the defense of Sevastopol and the Russian-Turkish War - were buried inside the temple. The temple contained valuable icons; the golden altar cross contained the relics of saints and a piece of the Life-Giving Tree of the Lord. Near the church and behind it there was a huge cemetery. Nowadays, what remains of it is a section behind the railroad, known as the Seraphimovskoe Cemetery. Since 1872, a Poor Benefit Society operated at the church, running an orphanage.
In 1937 the temple was closed. In 1946-1947, during the reconstruction of Primorsky Avenue, the bell tower of the church was demolished and most of the cemetery was destroyed. A rubber products factory was located in the church building. After its closure, the building, which was, as the memorial plaque said, “under state protection,” was empty and completely desolate.
In 1992, the temple was returned to the Orthodox parish. Since then, restoration work has been carried out in the unique building in accordance with the surviving measurement drawings of the beginning of the century, which were completed in rough form by the end of 2001. Has been completely restored appearance temple, painting was done inside its dome, all three iconostases were installed. On April 5, 2003, after the complete completion of restoration work, Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga Vladimir consecrated the temple.
On the Bolshaya Nevka embankment in Old Village in the 1760s Bestuzhev-Ryumin built the wooden Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then the manor acquired its second name - the village of Blagoveshchenskoye. Construction of the church began in the late 1740s. designed by architect P.A. Trezzini - the son of the first architect of the city, Domenico Trezzini. However, the arrest and exile of Bestuzhev-Ryumin in 1758 suspended the work; construction was completed only after his pardon and return to St. Petersburg. The wooden church in the form of a rotunda was erected by 1762, when its first consecration took place. Since the built church was cold, three years later the construction of a warm chapel began. In 1770 it was consecrated in the name of Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky. The iconostasis, which was previously in the first (at the time of construction) St. Isaac's Cathedral, was moved here from the count's home church.
On June 12, 1803, the temple burned down from a lightning strike (the iconostasis was saved), and was soon restored by the new owner of the estate, S. Yakovlev. A new church with three chapels designed by architect V.O. Mochulsky - in the Empire style - was built from 1805 to 1809. The general composition of the building is close to the classic manor rotunda churches of the second half of the 18th century. The temple also ended with a rotunda, decorated with a Tuscan colonnade of 12 columns, between which bells were placed. The church contained a beautiful Empire-style iconostasis; the gilded altar cross “kept the relics of several saints and a particle of the Life-Giving Cross.” In the church for a long time the old bell with the image of the coat of arms and medal, embossed in honor of Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin, was preserved. On the bell there was an inscription that “it was poured by the bell master Den. Evdokimov, and the decorations and inscription were made by the serf Count Prokhor Nevzorovsky in St. Petersburg in 1765.” However, in 1856 this bell broke.
The church was consecrated in 1809 in the name of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition to the main chapel, there is also a chapel of Alexander Nevsky and the holy martyrs Timothy and Maura. Not far from the church, the new owner of the land, A.N. Avdulin erected a roadside chapel in 1818. On the Feast of the Transfiguration, a religious procession was sent from the church to neighboring Kolomyagi. After the cholera epidemic in 1848, annual religious processions began to be held around the church on July 28, the day of Our Lady of Smolensk, in memory of those who died from that disease. In the early 1850s. Restoration work was carried out in the temple under the leadership of architect A.I. Krakau, and half a century later, in 1900, civil engineer V.K. Teplov added a bell tower and a sacristy, consecrated on November 25, 1901. A Poor Benefit Society and an orphanage operated at the church. In the church itself there were family tombs of the Nikitins and Orlov-Denisovs.
Two cemeteries were assigned to the Annunciation Church: a parish one, opened in 1765 half a mile away from it (in the area of modern Dibunovskaya Street), and in the fence near the church - a richer one, maintained at the expense of wealthy parishioners. These places during the summer walks of 1833-1835. visited A.S. Pushkin, who lived in a dacha nearby, on the Black River.
The cemetery was destroyed in the early 1940s, but traces of several unmarked crypts could be seen in the mid-1990s. The temple was closed in 1937. In 1947, due to the expansion of the Primorskoye Highway, the bell tower was demolished. In 1992, the temple was returned to the Orthodox Church. In 1995, a Russian-Belarusian parish was founded at the church, through whose efforts the restoration of the temple began. In 2003, the temple was re-consecrated, and services are held there.
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Construction of the Annunciation Church began in the late 1740s. Chancellor Count Alexei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin according to the design of the architect P. A. Trezzini, the son of the first architect of the city, Domenico Trezzini. However, the arrest and exile of Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin in 1758 suspended work, and construction was completed only after his pardon and return to St. Petersburg.
The wooden Annunciation Church was built in 1764-1765. at the "Stone Nose" manor, confiscated from Count Osterman, and was intended for the serfs of Count A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin from the villages of Staraya, Novaya and Kolomyagi. The peasants were engaged in the construction of the count's Kamennoostrovskaya estate. Based on the name of the church, the manor began to be called the village of Blagoveshchensky.
Five years later, a chapel of St. Alexander Nevsky was built in the temple. The iconostasis, which came from the first St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, p. 655, link 1, was moved there from the count's home church.
On June 12, 1803, most of the wooden structure of the church burned down from a lightning strike. In 1803-1809. The church was restored by rebuilding a brick building for it, which in composition was close to the manor rotunda churches. Thus, the building has a cylindrical shape, surrounded by a colonnade of the Tuscan order. The lower part of the walls is rusticated. The building ends with small gabled pediments, under which there are semi-circular windows. The church was restored at the expense of the new owner of the manor, Sergei Savvich Yakovlev, the son of a very wealthy St. Petersburg resident Savva Yakovlev.
In 1818, not far from the church, Major General Alexei Nikolaevich Avdulin built a roadside chapel at his own expense.
According to some information, Count A.P. Bestuzhev-Ryumin and some of his fellow countrymen, heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812, the Sevastopol Defense and the Russian-Turkish War, were buried inside the church. For a long time, an old bell with the image of a coat of arms and a medal, embossed in honor of Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin, was preserved in the church for a long time. On the bell there was an inscription that “it was poured by the bell master Den. Evdokimov, and the decorations and inscription were made by the serf Count Prokhor Nevzorovsky in St. Petersburg in 1765.” However, in 1856 this bell broke.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Annunciation Church was the main one in the area. It contained valuable icons; the golden altar cross contained the relics of saints and a piece of the Life-Giving Tree of the Lord.
In 1900-1901, in order to improve the conditions of worship, a bell tower and a sacristy were added to the church according to the design of the architect V.K. Teplov, and the dome was redone. The bell tower and sacristy were consecrated on November 25, 1901.
In the 1920s The Church of the Annunciation becomes a “renovationist” temple. Wikipedia (http://ru.wikipedia.org) says this: “With the beginning of the Renovationist schism, the parish joined it. On December 2, 1923, he returned to the fold of the Patriarchal Church, but on February 29, 1924, he again switched to Renovationism, in which he was a member (with a break from September to October 10, 1926) until its closure.”
By decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee of March 20, 1935, the temple was taken under state protection as a “monument architecture XVIII century”, p.659, link 12.
The temple was closed in 1937. It was converted into a production workshop for the Rubber Products Plant, p. 659, reference 13. The burials inside the church and the surrounding cemetery, which was officially closed in 1928, were destroyed. Architect I. N. Benois wrote in 1941: “There is not a trace left of the former cemetery located near the church itself, except for the tombstones scattered here and there. All burials were taken away or destroyed,” p. 659, link 14. The bell tower of the Annunciation Church and the chapel were dismantled in 1946-1947. during the reconstruction of Primorsky Avenue.
The temple was returned to the Orthodox parish in 1992. By the end of 2001, the appearance of the temple was completely restored, paintings were done inside the dome and three iconostases were installed. After the completion of restoration work, Metropolitan Vladimir of St. Petersburg and Ladoga consecrated the temple on April 5, 2003.
Based on materials:
- the text of the previous edition of this publication;
- articles “In the name of the Blessed Virgin Mary” in the newspaper “Komendantsky Aerodrome”, the issue was signed for publication on December 24, 2007;
- publication “Municipal Bulletin” No. 1, 2010 (MO No. 70);
- Russian Biographical Dictionary (1896-1918, published by the Russian Historical Society, 25 vols., unfinished; publication was initially carried out under the supervision of A. A. Polovtsov [Polovtsev; 1832-1909], who had been the chairman of the Society since 1878);
Reminiscent of manor rotunda churches of the second half of the 18th century, the Church of the Annunciation in St. Petersburg attracts attention with its Empire style and rich history.
"Wooden" age
Nowadays, it is difficult to imagine that about 300 years ago, the construction of a wooden church began on the site of this historical building by order of Count Bestuzhev-Ryumin. Created according to the design of Pietro Trezzini in the years 1740-1762 Orthodox church originally had the shape of a rotunda. In 1762, its first consecration took place in the name of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The second chapel, completed in 1770, was named in honor of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky and received an iconostasis from the Bestuzhev-Ryumin house church, which once belonged to the first St. Isaac's Cathedral. Subsequently, he was the only one who survived being struck by lightning in the wooden building of the Annunciation Church in 1803.
Continuity over time
In 1805-1809, on the site of the ashes, a 3-sided stone church was built, the author of which was the architect Mochulsky. Paying tribute to the memory of the burnt church, he decorates the new building with a panoramic rotunda with a Tuscan colonnade. Between its twelve columns there are bells. The original touch of the stone building was the gabled gables with semi-circular windows.
In 1809, the church was re-consecrated in honor of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Until the 40s of the last century, the appearance of the temple changed significantly only once. In 1900, a sacristy and a high bell tower were added to it, which became the dominant feature of the composition. Construction work was carried out under the direction of engineer Teplov. To this day, only the building of the church itself has been preserved in its original form: the bell tower was demolished in 1947.
New life
From 1937 to 1991 premises religious building were used for other purposes. And only in 1992 the building was returned to the St. Petersburg Russian Diocese Orthodox Church, and in 1995 a Russian-Belarusian parish was opened there. Divine services resumed in 1997, but reconstruction was required, during which not only the rotunda, roofs and roofs that serve as decoration for the column were replaced, but also the interior painting of the premises was restored.
In 2003, the church was consecrated once again. But her story doesn't end there. It was decided, based on surviving old photographs, to recreate the bell tower, albeit half the size of the historical one. In 2012, this project was implemented.
FOR THE SACREMENT - SECRETLY
A believer prepares thoroughly for the Sacrament of Baptism. Meetings and conversations with the priest, reading the Bible, the Sacraments of Penance and Communion...
According to the canons of the church, their parents must be present at the baptism of children.
However, the story that happened to Gatchina resident Anastasia Krylova showed that sometimes they can do without them.
Nastya’s two children, a six-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl, were baptized... without her knowledge! Her husband was also unaware.
This happened on June 29. I was at the Ladoga educational forum, my husband was at work. I asked my mother to look after the children at our house, but she took them and went to her place. And then she took me to church,” 31-year-old Anastasia told Komsomolskaya Pravda.
Later, her daughter admitted: her grandmother didn’t even explain where and why they were going. And really – why?
After the baptism, Nastya’s mother sent her a photo of children with crosses on their necks.
Let's leave aside personal issues - probably Anastasia's relationship with her mother is far from ideal.
But the fact remains: children were baptized without parental consent and without any preparation.
It turns out somehow wrong,” Nastya argues in a conversation with “KP”. - Pay 3 thousand (this is for two children - Ed.) and baptize whoever you want?
Anastasia emphasizes: she has nothing against the Russian Orthodox Church. But I would like to make such important decisions in the life of my family, such as the baptism of children, on my own.
ADMITTED A MISTAKE
In general, Nastya decided that her incident should not happen again. After conducting her own, “maternal” investigation, she found out which church the children were taken to - it turned out that we were talking about the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which is on Primorsky Avenue.
The children also recognized the priest who performed the ceremony - it turned out to be Father Vadim. Alas, from the very beginning the dialogue did not work out.
I asked Father Vadim - how is this possible? Why was the ceremony carried out against the will of the parents, without their presence? To this he replied that we are not interested in legal aspects. He said that he was very busy, and all questions should be directed to the rector,” Krylov recalls that strange conversation.
After that, she wrote a letter to the rector of the temple Theodore Guryak (paper) and the Dean of the Primorsky District (by e-mail).
On July 11, through the secretary of the Dean, I received a response by phone: everything was according to the rules. Like, my godmother brought me, but no one cares about the parents’ opinion. According to the secretary, they won’t give me any answers in writing,” Anastasia is indignant.
In the end, Krylova reached the St. Petersburg Diocese. And at the same time, go to the district police station with a request to conduct an inspection.
Journalists became interested in the story. And then the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary called.
The abbot said that he would like to apologize for what happened, says Krylova. - He admitted that Father Vadim was wrong.
Archpriest Theodore Guryak also told Anastasia that Father Vadim would be punished. But the main thing is that the dialogue did take place.
The rector and I had a very good talk. We both understand: baptism is more than just hanging a cross around your neck. And there is no need to turn the sacrament into profanation,” says Krylova.
