Description of the attraction
The Brest Cathedral of St. Simeon the Stylite is the oldest Orthodox church in Brest. It was laid down on April 22, 1862. The ceremony was attended by over 10 thousand people. The construction was entrusted to the architect V. Polikarpov. On November 8, 1865, a procession of the cross from the Brest Fortress to the new cathedral in honor of its consecration was completed.
It was decided to build the cathedral instead of the wooden church at the Svyato-Simeonovsky monastery that was burnt down in 1815. In 1830-40 the city of Brest was moved to another place in connection with the beginning of the construction of the fortress. For the temple, the most beautiful and visible from afar elevated place was chosen.
Years, wars, revolutions and other adversities swept over the proud five-domed head of the cathedral, built in the Russian-Byzantine style, without causing significant harm. Here, in the presence of all the authorities, divine services were performed.
In the 1980-90s, the temple was thoroughly renovated and restored, as a result of which, contemporaries can see it in full splendor the way the founders intended it in the 19th century. In 1997, 5 gilded domes, instead of dilapidated ones, were presented to the temple by the mayor of Moscow, Yuri Luzhkov. On September 14, 2010, the temple was illuminated. Now St. Simeon's Cathedral is clearly visible at any time of the day.
In 2005, a monument to Athanasius of Brest (1595-1648) was erected near the temple - the holy martyr, who was the hegumen of the Holy Simeon monastery in Brest.
Orthodox relics are kept in the cathedral: particles of the relics of the Monk Martyr Athanasius, Abbot of Brest, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk, Saint Innocent of Radonezh.
