Description of the attraction
The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Borisov is an architectural monument of the pseudo-Russian style of the 19th century, which is the hallmark of the city of Borisov.
The solemn ceremony of laying the first stone, in which Bishop Alexander of Minsk and Bobruisk took part, took place on September 5, 1871. The first divine service in the Resurrection Cathedral took place on October 20, 1874.
The project of the temple was developed by the Petersburg architect P. P. Merkulov. Vilna artists Elishevsky and Trutnev were invited to decorate the interior and artistic painting.
In 1907 a bell tower was built, a tall brick belfry. The author of the project is the Minsk architect Viktor Struev. The initiator of the construction was the well-known Borisov philanthropist and church head official Nil Burtsev.
In 1937, the temple was plundered by the Bolsheviks. The crosses from the domes were cut down, and a granary was arranged in the church building. During the Nazi occupation, the temple was restored and services resumed, after which it was no longer closed, despite the fact that the clergy were subjected to repression and persecution by the authorities. After the collapse of the USSR, the building of the temple was restored, in 1997 the belfry was re-consecrated, on which new bells were installed. Now church services are accompanied by bell ringing, which has been banned since the time of Khrushchev.
The cathedral was built on the central square of the ancient city, which in 2002 was renamed into the square named after the 900th anniversary of Borisov. In 2002, a monument to the founder of the city, Prince of Polotsk Boris Vseslavich, was erected on the square in front of the cathedral.
