Add a review about the church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin in Sudak

In the very center of Sudak is the church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary . This is a church with a difficult fate, which suffered a lot of severe trials, but now its appearance does not lead to sad thoughts . The building of the Intercession Church is made in the traditional style: four modest columns, triangular pediments, mosaic images of saints . The exterior of the church is rather modest, decorative elements are not used in decoration . Despite the simplicity of the architectural the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary looks very elegant and harmonious .

The history of the Intercession Church began on January 7, 1819 .On this day, the Feodosia Zemsky court was presented with a plan of the future church and a contract for its construction . By the way, the laying of a new church was a necessity, since in those years there was only one Orthodox cathedral in Sudak, and he was away from the residential area . The new church was built solely on the donations of parishioners, the authorities did not allocate funds . People donated not only money but also at home, they did not spare even whole vineyards . However, money was constantly lacking, these financial difficulties periodically slowed down construction works In the end the church was completed only in 1840 .

The Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos is a church with a difficult fate, which suffered a lot of severe trials, but today its appearance does not lead to sad thoughts.

Until 1936 . in the Intercession Church, divine services were held, the lovers were married, Orthodox holidays, until an order was issued on the destruction of the shrine, on the site of which it was planned to build the House of Pioneers . The beginning of the Great Patriotic War prevented the fulfillment of these plans, and even during the German occupation of Crimea the cathedral even resumed services . @ After the war, in part because of the lack of a priest, in part for other reasons, the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary was covered again . We remembered about it in connection with the past idea of ​​the opening of the House of Pioneers, which nevertheless was implemented . Even later in the orthodox cathedral of Sudak for a few years, repair shops have been located .

Reputed visitors

Guests of the Intercession Church have many eminent persons. For example, in 1868, the Empress Maria Alexandrovna with her family honored the temple with her presence, and in 1912, on the way to the New World, Emperor Nicholas II stayed here. By the way, the result of this visit was the allocation of funds from the treasury to repair the shrine

Revival of the Intercession Church

The restoration of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin began in the 1990s when it became the property of the Orthodox Church. And again the believers were reaching for the temple, and again the bells rang. In 1996, artist I. Sakharov decorated the interior of the church with images of Crimean saints.

Now the Intercession Church belongs to the Kiziltash monastery's courtyard. Nearby is the Orthodox educational center "Svyataya Rus" with a large reading room, video library and audio library.

Useful information

Address: Sudak, ul. Lenina, 27.

Coordinates: 44.8554, 34.9751

Phone: +38 (06566) 3-47-50.

Working hours: Monday to Sunday: from 8:00 to 17:00. @