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In May 1995 control of the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1997, after additional restoration work, it was reopened for religious services. [4] From July 2017, the cathedral underwent large-scale reconstruction, which ended on October 28, 2020. The cathedral is currently open to the public, and welcomes newcomers and ...
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The 28 Panfilov Guardsmen Park (Kazakh: 28 гвардияшы-панфиловшылар атындағы саябақ, romanized: 28 gvardiaşı-panfilovşylar atyndağy saiabaq; Russian: Парк имени 28 гвардейцев-панфиловцев, romanized: Park imeni 28 gvardeytsev-panfilovtsev) is an urban park near the Ascension Cathedral in east-central Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Katholikon of Ascension Convent (1580s), from an early 19th-century drawing.. Ascension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maidens' Convent until 1817 (Russian: Вознесенский монастырь, romanized: Voznesensky monastyr), was a Russian Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of grand princesses, tsarinas, and other noble ladies from ...
The cathedral is the main one in the monastery and has a space for some 7000 people. 1880–1894 Dzerzhinsky Russia: 21: 76 [22] Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan in Stavropol Located at the highest point of the city. Stavropol Russia: 22: 75.6 [23] Trinity Cathedral in Morshansk 1836–1857 Morshansk Russia: 23: 75 [24] Dormition Cathedral in ...
Feast of the Ascension (Ascension day), an annual day of feast commemorating Jesus' ascension; a public holiday in several countries; The Ascension, another title for the Old English poem Christ II; Ascension Cathedral (disambiguation) The Ascension, Lavender Hill, an Anglo-Catholic church on Lavender Hill, Battersea, South West London
The cathedral has a distinctive collection of Orthodox iconography. The icon of Jesus the Pantocrator (or Almighty) is the largest Orthodox icon of Jesus in the Americas. Reverend Father Thomas J. Paris served as Ascension's pastor from 1971 until his retirement nearly four decades later.
The cathedral was founded in July 1782 at the instigation of Catherine II of Russia as a reminder of her lifelong Greek Plan. The Tsarina, eager to liberate Constantinople from the Turks, wished to have a replica of the Hagia Sophia in the proximity of the Catherine Palace where she spent her summers.