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Dmitry Rostovsky s church in Vydrenka

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Type: Churches, Wooden architecture Style: Neorussian Date of Foundation: 20 century Status: Regional value Krasnopolsk district, v. Vydrenka
Church - a monument of wooden architecture, where the traditional composition is combined with elements of Neorussian style. The temple is constructed cross-shaped with a pentahedral apse. This wooden church is constructed without a uniform nail under the project of the architect of B.Rastrelli, that projected the Winter palace in Petersburg.

On a legend, its mistress who when very strongly was ill, has dined that if has constructed to recover, will construct on the money church that it and has made. It is consecrated on October, 4th, 1905.

After revolution, during a time of struggle against religion, many church books and have destroyed an image. About those times today doesn”t give to forget an ancient wooden icon Kazan Mother , raked of rifles. In Soviet period here have arranged a warehouse of grain for the local Distillery. In 1943 during emancipating fights from a church belltower Long time couldn”t beat out German machine gunners. From their bullets have fallen more fifty our soldiers. They have found the rest in a communal grave near to temple. As a reminder on war there were also cases of three aviation bombs different the sizes in a present belfry.

After war the temple again became operating, the only thing in district. And in 1986 here there was a miracle. Local women have come into church, and suddenly one of them has exclaimed: ”Look - a cloud at image!”. And it is valid, eyewitnesses of those events assure, in the left top corner of an icon of saint Serafim Sarovsky there was well distinguishable light stain similar to the curling smoke or a cloud. And the priest then has told: ”It to us caution. Happens Any trouble! ”. The reactor on the Chernobyl NPP after a while has blown up, having changed destinies of tens thousand people. Vydrenku prospering before has covered radiating cloud...

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Address Krasnopolsk district, v. Vydrenka GPS Google: 53.143578′ N, 31.300995′ E