Description of the attraction
The Church of the Ascension of the Lord in Gelendzhik is the oldest building in the city, it is more than 100 years old. The church was built in 1905-1909. in the Russian-Byzantine style.
In 1904, at the Gelendzhik village gathering, it was decided to erect a new stone church building on the site of the old wooden bell tower. In 1905, after the approval of the project and the estimate, the contractor Grechkin, a local farmer and owner of a construction firm, was determined. The architect Vasiliev was the author of the project of the stone church. The interior of the church was painted by the artist Sarakhtin. By the spring of 1909, the building of the Ascension Church was completed. In May 1909 it was consecrated by Bishop Dmitry of Sukhum.
In the post-revolutionary period, the Holy Ascension Church was closed and reopened several times. In 1952 the building of the temple was municipalized. In 1964, 1976 and 1982. the city executive committee made decisions on the restoration and use of the temple for cultural and educational purposes. In 1984, the church was transferred to the local history museum, after which restoration work began in it. In 1990, the Ascension Church was handed over to the Orthodox community over time. its appearance has been completely restored.
Today, the Church of the Ascension of the Lord is an amazingly beautiful five-domed temple with a large central dome, made in the form of an elongated cross, and a three-tiered bell tower located above the western vestibule. The walls of the church are of considerable strength and thickness; they were made of old bricks and wild stones.
The Holy Ascension parish church has two thrones: the main altar in honor of the Ascension of the Lord was consecrated twice - in 1909 and in 1993, the second altar was consecrated in honor of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos.
The air domes of the church rise in the very center of Gelendzhik, surrounded by majestic evergreen pines.
