Peter and Paul Church in the village of them. Morozova
   Photo: Peter and Paul Church in the village of them. Morozova

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the Shlisselburg gunpowder factory located in Vsevolozhsk area, in the village of them. Morozov. On the creation of the church the architect Pokrovsky VA .. with the assistant Bezpalovym I.F .; painter N. Roerich, mosaic work was performed private studio VA Frolov.

In the vicinity of this area it was located the church of John the Baptist, which was built before 1568 Nearby stood a few temples, which are mentioned in medieval chronicles.

By the end of the 19th century. these lands at low marshy banks were empty and only in the early 1880s. in this place was built a new large chemical plant powder production. Shlisselburg gunpowder mills were built on land that is owned by von Rennenkampf, "Russian Company for the manufacture and sale of gunpowder." The site was built by the German projects as major capital plant owned by German industrialists. In search of a suitable place for the construction of the plant, the owners visited the set of provinces, but it turned out the most appropriate place on the right bank of the Neva River opposite the Shlisselburg.

In 1907 the factory was consecrated a church in honor of Saints Peter and Paul. The temple could accommodate 1 thousand. Parishioners. The Orthodox church was completed in the ancient architectural traditions. The first sketches of the temple belongs to 1902, which is a drawing of a small tent a wooden church. Stone Temple version was approved by the construction of the St. Petersburg branch of the provincial government in 1904, the Temple of the new project in the plan is a ravnokonechnogo cross. Each branch of the cross wing pozakomarno, the main west facade over each zakomary married three chapters, the average fence - cupola. But for unknown reasons, the project was redesigned by the author beyond recognition, albeit while preserving plan.

After a long break for the first time an architect has been used inherent temples Novgorod polopastnoe coating windows terraced niches, which snap blades, round pillars porch. The smooth surface of the walls were decorated with crosses overhead, numerous depressions and niches formed various geometric patterns. Their prototypes of steel walls of Novgorod churches Theodore Stratelates, Our Savior on Ilyina on the Creek. ARCHITECT been reshaped chapters and drawing crosses, he gave shape kokoshniks wedding faces the base of the tent, reduced the number of small chapters.

The temple was painted inside. White walls decorated with niche-Pechura portals and entrances. In addition to the decorations of the iconostasis of the temple served as candlesticks, carved wooden benches, shelves, banners, Kyoto. Icons were written in the studio Pashkov brothers (Moscow).

According to unconfirmed reports in 1938 the church was closed. And during the war (presumably in 1942-1943gg.), The temple was destroyed in the course of preparation to break the blockade.

In the late 50-ies. the ruins of the church were demolished. From church buildings remained only a lodge, which was used as a shelter and a part of the church fence. On the part of the foundation stone of the church was built one-story office construction boards, placed at a location nearby parking and a special equipment.

In 1989, in the village of them. Morozov was organized by the religious community. In the early 90s she began to struggle for the return of church land to the foundation of the old church and gatehouse. As a result, construction management left the station, and after a while, and the tenants were evicted from the lodge.

Since 1992, the building of the lodge, preserved since the last century, an object of historical and cultural heritage of the beginning of XX-th century.

Building of the former construction administration office was converted into a temple. Authors of the project VN Bogomolov and V. Thin tried to give the building similarities to an old church, building a tent crowned with a spherical head. Help to organize a new church had a Plant. Morozov. The first service in the new church took place a priest Vadim (Burenina) October 30, 1993 in Dmitrievskaya SATURDAY. The money masters of the community were carried out restoration work on the roof and facades invited craftsmen from Pskov.

The foundation of the church still retains the memory of the size of the building, determines the location of the lost church, part of a system of core landmarks near the mouth of the Neva.

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