Theodore Church of Mother of God
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Theodore Church of Mother of God was opened in 1999 on the initiative of the Orthodox inhabitants of the neighborhood ATSKK. In April of the same year, the parish held its first meeting at which the faithful made the request to dedicate the newly established Orthodox parish in honor of Theodore Icon of the Mother of God. In 1999 when the local administration had established a fund for the construction of the temple.

Since 2005, thanks to the support of the city administration and the Mayor SA Bozhenova began to lead an active construction. In May 2007, His Eminence Jonah, Archbishop of Astrakhan and Enotaevsky when clergy concelebrated the cathedral made a solemn laying of the new church. Mortgage capsule in the foundation of the church was laid by the lord mayor of Jonah and the city of Astrakhan SA Bozhenov. After the ceremony, the mayor yladyka awarded the Order of St. Daniel of Moscow. In spring 2008, the lord of Jonah were consecrated bells made in the city of Ust-Kamensky (Sverdlovsk region), who immediately installed the bell tower. The first ceremonial worship at the temple were more than 300 local residents and visitors alike.

In fact, the Church of Theodore Mother of God has two floors. Baptismal church is scheduled to open in the lower ground floor. A special joy for believers was a visit to the church sanctuary novovozvedennoy Russian land - the prototype of the Theodore Mother of God brought from the city of Kostroma in October 2008

To date, construction of the church completed. For four years, has been fully constructed building of the temple, installed the dome and bell. Now the work is done on the murals, iconostasis and install fences around the church.

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