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The St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral in Omsk, Russia is one of the oldest churches in Siberia. It was built in 1843 basing on the drawings by a prominent architect Vasily Stasov. For a long time, ministers of the cathedral have kept the banner of Yermak Timofeyevich, the Cossack Ataman who conquered Siberia. In 1929 to communists order a cinema was housed in the building, and it was subsequently made into a concert hall. In the early 1990s, divine services resumed in the cathedral. Currently, Theodosius the Metropolitan bishop of Omsk and Tara often holds worship in the Cossack Cathedral. A large number of devotees gather here for liturgies in honor of the great Orthodox holidays: Christmas, Easter, etc. ==History== The laying of the foundation stone of the temple took place on May 15, 1833. May 26–27, 1840 Archpriest Dmitry Ponomarev consecrated two thrones of a warm church, in the name of George the Victorious and Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess. The main altar was consecrated on September 16, 1843.〔Goloshubin I.S. "The Inquiry Book of Omsk Eparchy" - Omsk,1914. pages 23-24〕 Donations of Siberian Cossack troops and Omsk citizens formed the financial basis of the construction. The initial idea was to build the church on the burned-out square of Cossack outer settlement in front of the Cossack military school. However, the governor of Omsk Region General de Saint-Laurent refused because of Russian Emperor's approved plan of Omsk according to which a square supposed to be situated there. A place in an artillery grove was given to the church. Corps commander, I.A. Velyaminov appealed to the Emperor with a petition and the place in front of the school was approved.〔Lebedeva N.I. "The Architecture of Omsk Churches in the 18th-20th centuries - Omsk, 1995. pages 99-100"〕 The author of the Cathedral original draft was a brilliant architect V.P. Stasov (1769–1848). In 1826 he created the project for St. Petersburg: "The facade and the plan of the expected Church in the name of St. Nicholas". A refectory and a bell tower were not included in the Church figure by Stasov.〔Lebedeva N.I. "St. Nicholas Military Cossack Church" - Omsk, 1991. Culture Bulletin: Press bulletin №1 pages 1-7.〕 Working drawings were developed by Colonel A.A. Leshchev and a provincial architect P.I. Praman, who took a typical project from a Churches sample-drawings Album. The height of the dome was increased. The new plan was approved by the Corps Commander Velyaminov and Reverend Athanasius in June 29, 1833. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Nicholas Cossack Cathedral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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