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A Presidential committee for the restoration of the Nativity Church was appointed in 2008. In the following year, an international consortium team of experts from different Universities, under the supervision of Prof. Claudio Alessandri (University of Ferrara, Italy), was given the task of planning and coordinating the restoration works.
“The Appeal of Minin”, a picture of Konstantin Makovsky.. The wooden church of the Nativity of John the Baptist in Lower Posad is known from the 15th century. In 1676, the merchant Gavriil (Gabriel) Stepanovich Dranishnikov, who returned from Astrakhan after many years of service, asked Metropolitan Philaret for the construction of a stone temple from his own treasury. [1]
The church was built by the Tepoztecan Indians under the orders of the Dominican friars between 1555 and 1580, dedicated to the Virgin of the Nativity. In 1993, INAH created a restoration project and in 1994 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. This site is the parish of the Nativity and the Museum and Historical Documentation ...
The cathedral was damaged during World War II and underwent extensive restoration in the 1960s. Subsequently, it was transferred to the museum. [5] The Church of the Nativity of Christ was constructed around 1630. It is a small brickstone church with one dome. In 1892, it was re-consecrated and became the church of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
With the restoration of the church, an active parish life began. Between 1991 and 2005, several parish activities were founded, such as a Sunday school, a church library, a parish newspaper, a charter of the Sisters of Mercy, a summer camp, an Orthodox youth brotherhood, and an annual festival of Ukrainian and church culture. [6]
The parish celebrated its centennial in 2003. Leading up to the celebration, the church underwent a restoration under Rev. Micah Kozoil which included new heating and air conditioning, new altars, new chandeliers, restoration of the pipe organ, painting, new carpeting, and new furnishings.
Ashland's Peace Lutheran Church is celebrating the start of the 2023 holiday season by hosting nativity scene collection display. Organizers John and Doris Wanamaker said the event will be held at ...
After that restoration the remained old walls were lowered down to the arcade level, white stone was replaced by brick and laid in Muscovite style. [1] Despite several fires and numerous changes throughout its history, the cathedral survives to this day. The cathedral is recognized as a defining monument of medieval Russian culture. [1]