Description of the attraction
The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos was built in Grodno in memory of the battles of Tsushima and Port Arthur. The terrifying brutality of the fighting, which can even be called a massacre, shocked not only the Russian military. Grodno lost many of its valiant sons in faraway Japan. The losses of the Grodno garrison are evidenced by commemorative mournful tablets on the temple.
They began to build the church even before the start of the Russian-Japanese war. Its project was developed by military engineers under the leadership of the Grodno military engineer Captain Ivan Yevgrafovich Savelyev, thanks to whose efforts, the church acquired the features of the pseudo-Russian style characteristic of the Art Nouveau era. White stone laces on a red background make the church unique and memorable. The temple was consecrated on September 30, 1907.
The Intercession Cathedral was built as a garrison church, however, by coincidence, it was this elegant church that became the main cathedral of the large and restless city of Grodno. Despite the efforts of all the authorities who ruled in Grodno, this proud temple was never closed either during the Nazi occupation or in Soviet times, although Soviet officials made great efforts to ensure that the temple was abolished.
Today the Intercession Cathedral has already crossed its 100-year mark. On the eve of the anniversary, it was restored anew, renovated and shone in a new splendor. The tradition has been preserved - to dedicate memorial plaques in the Intercession Cathedral to Grodno soldiers who died in a foreign land. In 1993, a memorial plaque was unveiled in honor of the internationalist soldiers who died in distant Afghan lands.
In 2010, a sculpture "The Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos" by Vladimir Panteleev was installed near the Intercession Cathedral. The height of the statue is 4.2 meters.
