Remains of an ancient church under danger of destruction in Voronezh
November 20, 2015. In Voronezh (Russia), at the site of the ancient Church of Nativity and of the cemetery, the authorities decided to build a multi-storey building. In this cemetery was buried Archpriest of Ostrogozhsk Andrei Fedorov and elder Abraham, who very well known for his ascetic life as the website pravoslavie reports.
The Church of Nativity was built in 1680. It was rebuilt as wooden church in 1745 and 1773. In 1785, the believers began to build a stone church, which was consecrated on 22nd March 1795. It was badly damaged during the Soviet years. In the 30s, there was a clubhouse and for many years, the existence of the church of Nativity remained unknown even for the inhabitants of nearby houses. The Regional Directorate for the Protection of Monuments did not include it in the list of protected sites. Archpriest Gregory Samoilov managed to stop temporarily the demolition but there is no guarantee that it will not be continued.
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