Stunning temples of Ryazan

2024 Author: Miguel Ramacey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 06:11

On the right bank of the Oka there is a city included in the list of the 30 largest cities in Russia. Ryazan can be called not only an industrial city of administrative significance, but also a spiritually developed center. The temples of Ryazan are one of the main attractions. Future priests who graduate from the local Orthodox Theological School are also trained here.

Ryazan is a city of majestic cathedrals

The attention of every tourist is attracted by the Ryazan Kremlin, on the territory of which the Nativity Cathedral is located. This building is unique as it is the first built of stone. And also one of the ancient ones that managed to be preserved for contemporaries. Its founder was Prince Oleg Ryazansky, who laid the foundation for construction right on the territory of his own yard. After the completion of all the work, the cathedral was called the Assumption. Many years later, after a complex reconstruction, the building was consecrated as the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ.

Lyubushka Ryazanskaya

Among the largest and most beautiful churches in Ryazan, stands the Nikolo-Yamskaya Church. The style in which the building is made isa striking example of late Russian classicism. This church has a very complicated and tragic history. In 1822, a bell tower was installed, which adorned the building and was visible even from the Oka. After the revolution, she was in a deplorable state. The bell tower and the iconostasis were destroyed, and all the jewels were taken away by the authorities. Then they were going to build a brewery and even a palace of culture on the holy land. But not a single project was implemented, and the church fell into disrepair and was boarded up.

Restoration work began at the end of the last century, when the building was taken over by the Ryazan diocese. The consecration and opening of doors for parishioners took place in 2004. The church has the largest bell in the city, weighing 6 tons. Employees of one of the Ural factories worked on its creation, engraving the icon of St. Nicholas. Here are the relics of Lyubushka of Ryazan, who was declared blessed. To bow to the remains of the saint, pilgrims travel enormous distances and come from all over Russia.

Be sure to visit the Annunciation Ryazan Church, the first mention of which dates back to 1626. Min Lykov, who lived at that time, mentioned in his writings the holy place where the Church of the Annunciation was located. Mother of God. The church itself was rebuilt and modified in 1673. In this form, it has survived to this day.

Modern wonder in neo-Byzantine style

A real handsome man built in honor of John appeared among the temples of RyazanKronstadt. At the end of 2008, believers and ordinary citizens, with the support of the Transfiguration Monastery of the Savior, created an appeal to the archbishop, asking him to consider a proposal to build a temple. A few months later, in the spring of 2009, a ritual was performed to consecrate the land, which was allocated for the construction of the Kronstadt Church in Ryazan.

In 2014, on the day of memory of John of Kronstadt, which fell on the Trinity, Patriarch Kirill arrived in the city. After holding the Divine Liturgy in the temple under construction, the ritual of the great consecration took place.

To get to the prayer services in the churches of Ryazan, the schedule of services can be found on the website of the local diocese.