Church of St. Panteleimon the Healer
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The home church of St. Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon at Vsevolozhskaya central hospital consecrated December 10, 1996.
Administration of Vsevolozhsk district hospitals started to prepare everything the church after the blessing of the bishop in 1995, Tikhvin, vicar of the St. Petersburg diocese, the Most Reverend Simon.

Under the premises of the temple healer Panteleimon storey converted farm buildings, located on the hospital grounds. All the necessary liturgical accessories were purchased at the expense of the central hospital of Vsevolozhsk and donations. Forces of believers in a relatively short period, were reconditioned all communications building dedicated a temple. It was all necessary tools temple: altar, altar, pulpit, tyabla iconostasis, choir analogia. Equipped utility room of the temple, a place for trading candles are made and installed an iconostasis, more than 30 icons.

When all the work on the arrangement of the temple in Panteleimon at the district hospital were completed (as it happened in July 1996), the hospital asked the archpriest I. Varlamov, rector of Holy Trinity Church Vsevolozhsk, requesting that he solicited Metropolitan Vladimir, the sanctification of the church hospital. The blessing of the Metropolitan was obtained.

In December 1996, Archpriest Nikolai (Teteryatnikovym), co-served by Archpriest I. Varlamov and Archpriest P. extravaganza, choir, deacons and a huge crowd of the faithful were consecrated the church and the Divine Liturgy. Care of the temple healer Panteleimon conferred on the parables of Holy Trinity Church Vsevolozhsk.

In 1999, the administration of the district hospital Archpriest I. eunuchs, rector of Our Saviour image on Rumbolovo mountain, was sent a request for the spiritual nourishment of the parish church of St. Panteleimon, and in 1999 he was assigned to the church of Our Saviour. After this, the hospital church began regular services.

In addition, when the hospital church was a branch of the club's "Waking" (St. Petersburg) with the blessing of Archpriest Igor (eunuchs), abbot of the temple. "Waking" is active in the fight against drug addiction and alcoholism. In hospital wards, including the maternity, were organized stands, where you can meet with the Orthodox literature. The hospital church was carried out daily duty, ie it is available to everyone to pray.

In April 2002, addressed to His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir the hospital sent a request that the hospital church of St. Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon was given the status of an independent parish and was appointed a permanent priest.

For 16 May 2002 and the Decree of Metropolitan Vladimir, rector of the church Panteleimon at the Vsevolozhsk district hospital was appointed priest Mikhail Pogodin.

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