Description of the attraction
The Orthodox Church of Demetrius of Rostov in Barnaul is located in the Central District of the city, at the intersection of Pushkin Street and Spartak Square. The church was built in 1829-1840. as a house church at the factory almshouse by decree of the Tobolsk Spiritual consistory on funds allocated by the Kolyvano-Voskresensky plant.
Unlike the rest of the complex of buildings on Demidovskaya Square, the church was erected quite quickly. The solemn consecration of the church in the name of St. Demetrius of Rostov took place on April 30, 1831. The project of the church was developed by the factory architects L. I. Ivanov, Ya. N. Popov and A. I. Molchanov. The icons and paintings were made by the academician of painting M. I. Myagkov.
In 1905, a chapel was erected not far from the Church of Demetrius of Rostov, on the right and left sides of it, at the entrance to the garden of the Demetrius Church, there was a small gate. The author of this project was the Barnaul architect I. F. Nosovich. For the chapel, St. Petersburg academician A. Frolov donated a magnificent mosaic image of Christ the Savior in a crown of thorns.
From 1831 to 1883 the church was used as a home church under the Altai Mining Board, from 1883 to 1896 - at the Main Directorate of the Altai Mountain District, and in the period from 1896 to 1918 - at the Main Directorate of the Altai District. In June 1920, the church of Dmitry Rostovsky was closed. Since 1921, the Museum of Fine Arts has been located within its walls, but by the end of the decade, traces of the museum, along with its collection, are lost.
In Soviet times, the rotundal church with a round main volume and small projections in the classicism style was complemented by a nondescript annex on the north side. The church building itself fell into disrepair. In the spring of 1991, the church dome burned down and collapsed. In 1994, the dilapidated church was returned to the diocese, after which its reconstruction began. In May 2009, a cross was installed over the church dome. The restoration of the church in honor of St. Demetrius of Rostov ended on November 9, 2012.
Today it is a functioning Orthodox church, which is an architectural monument of federal significance.
