How valuable pearls are scattered throughout RussiaOrthodox churches, each of which has its own unique history. And here is one of such holy places - St. George's Church. Prominent - it's still a young city in which it was built. This town is relatively small, its population is about 58 000 people. Once it was decided to build a temple in it. As it turned out, the city of Vidnoe was recognized as the most comfortable among small towns. St. George's temple was built precisely because there was never before its own local church. Since then, parishioners can always come here for advice and help at any time.
At the very beginning of 2004 in Ekaterininskayaa monastery located on the outskirts of the city, metropolitan Yuvenaly came to celebrate the service, who spoke in favor of establishing the central city church on the Vidnovsk land. Vladyka immediately went to the alleged site of the construction of the church. Interestingly, all these events were completely not planned, and therefore held without a protocol. Because of this, the great action did not have a special solemnity at that time. But everything was filled with God's blessing, which all those present felt then.
Yes, just like that, almost suddenly, it startedthe construction of a new shrine in the city of Vidnoe. St. George's temple to design steel in March 2005. First, a coordinating council was set up, which engaged in attracting philanthropists for financing, land registration, obtaining construction permits and supervising work.
The architects faced the task of creatingheavenly music that froze in stone. It was decided to build a church for the bells, so that the belfry was located under the main dome of a two-story church. On the first floor, it was planned to create a church, conduct day-to-day services, for Sunday school - two classes, offices, office and utility rooms. In the uppermost floor was to be located the main building of the temple.
By May 2005, the foundation pit had already been dug, the whole summerthe work was in full swing, and at the end of August they had already built the stylobate part. On the day of the 40th anniversary of the city of Vidnoe (September 10, 2005), festive celebrations took place, attended by Metropolitan Yuvenaly. He performed one of the very first services - a thanksgiving service in the lower part of the church.
On the Bright Easter of 2006 with the blessingBishops Mikhail Egorov, rector of St. George's Church, performed the first Divine Liturgy. A lot of people gathered for this event, and, according to the eyewitnesses themselves, Easter turned out to be an extraordinary and unforgettable one. Everything went very solemnly and beautifully: the first lit candles, the fragrance of incense, instead of the domes, the open sky, and the blessed fire brought from Jerusalem was heard right under the stars.
Head of the district V. Yu.Golubev, learning about the sale of Moscow antique icons of the XIX century, written by the monks of St. Athos, and taking advantage of the moment, bought for their personal funds two of them - the Mother of God, called "Mammal", and the great martyr healer Panteleimon.
In the article "The City of the Prominent:St. George's Temple ", it should be noted that since July 2006, fine manual work on art decoration and six mosaic icons was under way (M. Kesler and M. Bogdanova were among the leaders). The painting of the temple was handled by icon painters under the direction of N. Azarova and L. Kalinnikov. A temple icon of the great-martyr George the Victorious was created in the workshop of Shchegra. In the silver cuff of the saint was placed a particle of his relics, transferred by the monastic brethren from the Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra. As a result, the church was built for 1 year and 3 months. In its creation people of different backgrounds and professions took part, they did not remain indifferent, they became brothers and sisters.
Divine services are held daily in the church.
St. George's Temple (Vidnoye) has the following schedule:
On the official website, you can find out more information about the Divine Services and the Sacraments.
