The Church of the Virgin Hodegetria (Russian: Церковь иконы Божией Матери "Одигитрия" or Свято-Одигитриевская церковь) is a Russian Orthodox church in Agrafenovka village, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It was built in 1846 and belongs to Rodionovo-Nesvetayskoe deanery of Shakhty and Millerovo Diocese.[1][2]
| Church of the Virgin Hodegetria | |
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Церковь иконы Божией Матери "Одигитрия» | |
.jpg) Church of the Virgin Hodegetria in the beginning of the 20th century | |
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| 47°26′36″N 39°17′33″E / 47.44342°N 39.2924°E | |
| Location | Agrafenovka village, Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky District, Rostov Oblast |
| Country | Russia |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Hodegetria Icon of the Mother of God |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Completed | 1846 |
| Administration | |
| Division | Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia |
| Diocese | Shakhty and Millerovo Diocese |
| Deanery | Rodionovo-Nesvetayskoe deanery |
History edit
The church in Agrafenovka village in the Don Host Oblastfounded on April 16, 1844. It was built of stone and had one single altar. The church was consecrated by Archbishop Ignatius of Voronezh and Zadonsk Diocese on November 3, 1846. In 1890, a parish school was organized there.
During the Soviet era the church premises were used as a granary. The last abbot of the Odigitrievsky parish, priest Nikolai Nikolaevich Zykov, was convicted and shot by the Bolsheviks. He was rehabilitated posthumously at the grounds of lack of corpus delicti.
Since 2012, the liturgies are being regularly held in the Church of the Virgin Hodegetria again.
In 2013, during earthworks, an old bell tongue was excavated. It is believed that it belonged to one of the bells of the pre-revolutionary church.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Аграфеновка|Церковь иконы Божией Матери "Одигитрия"". sobory.ru (in Russian). Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "Церковь иконы Божией Матери". wikimapia.org (in Russian). Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "На Дону при раскопках храма нашли старинный колокольный язык". Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ правды", Александр Степанов | Сайт "Комсомольской (May 8, 2013). "В Ростовской области при раскопках на территории храма нашли колокольный язык середины XIX века". KP.RU – сайт "Комсомольской правды" (in Russian). Retrieved August 27, 2017.
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