Description of the attraction
Funds for the construction of the temple were allocated by the Petrozavodsk merchant Efim Grigorievich Pimenov and a number of other benefactors. It took four years to build the church. In 850 it was crowned with the Holy Cross, and in 1852 the Archbishop of Olonets solemnly consecrated the temple.
A few archival documents tell about the events of the 1920-1950s. In 1930, nine bells with a total weight of 3.1 tons were withdrawn from the funds of the temple for the "needs of industrialization". Later, part of the utensils from the Holy Spirit Cathedral blown up in 1936 was transferred to the temple.
The Church of the Exaltation of the Cross remained open for divine services until the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. Many clergymen were repressed, and services were conducted by female parishioners, who were called "mothers". After liberation from the Finnish occupation, on October 31, 1944, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was handed over to believers. Soon, its abbot and priests appeared in it.
For a long time the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross became the main temple of Petrozavodsk and the entire Olonets diocese. Today it has three thrones: in honor of the Honest and Life-giving Cross of the Lord, in honor of the Ascension of the Lord and in the name of St. St. Anthony the Roman. The relics of the Karelian saint St. Elisha Sumskiy, particles of the relics of St. Anthony the Roman and the saint vmts. Barbarians.
