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Resurrection of Christ Cathedral, Narva

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Resurrection Cathedral
Resurrection of Christ Cathedral
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Resurrection Cathedral
59°22′16″N 28°11′36″E / 59.371111°N 28.193333°E / 59.371111; 28.193333
LocationNarva
CountryEstonia
DenominationEastern Orthodox
ChurchmanshipEstonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate
Websitenarvasobor.ee
History
StatusCathedral
Founded1890 (1890)
Consecrated17 November 1896
Architecture
Functional status
Active
ArchitectPaul Alisch
Architectural type
Church
StyleByzantine Revival
Years built
1890-1896
Specifications
Capacity2,000 worshipers

The Resurrection of Christ Cathedral (Estonian: Narva Issanda Ülestõusmise peakirik, Russian: Нарвский Воскресенский собор) is a Neo-Byzantine style Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate located in Joaoru district, Narva, Estonia. The church was constructed between 1890 and 1896 to cater to the religious needs of the cotton mill workers of the Krenholm Manufacturing Company.[1][2]

History

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In 1890, the shareholders of the Krenholm Manufacturing Company, under the initiative of director Ivan Prove, decided to construct an Orthodox church for the workers of the company. The shareholders of the company donated 500,000 roubles to construct the church on land donated by Prove. The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Alexander Dmitrievich (Arseny) Bryantsev in the presence of Czar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna on August 5, 1890. An official meeting between the German Emperor Wilhelm II and Czar Alexander III happened at the same time in Narva.[3][4][5]

It survived World War II with minor damages. It was the only active Orthodox church in Narva post-war.[2] On 20 January 1958, it was renamed as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The cathedral underwent extensive renovations as part of its centenary celebrations. The renovated basement church was consecrated in the name of Seraphim of Sarov by Archbishop Cornelius of Tallinn and all of Estonia on November 16, 1996.[3]

In 2011 and 2017–2018, the facade of the church was restored, with 1500m² or about 65% of the facade restored in total.[6]

Architecture

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It was built in the Neo-Byzantine style by the architect Paul Alisch(et). It is the only Neo-Byzantine style church in Estonia. The church was built with a Greek Cross shaped floor plan.[1] The width of the main dome is 21.5m.[7] The walls are banded with red bricks and yellow bricks, the bricks were made at the Kulgu factory.[1][3] The stairways, plinth lining and window columns were made of finished granite.[1] The cathedral can hold up to 2000 people during mass and has a bell tower which is 28.8 m high.[8][2] It also has a three part carved iconostasis made by Afanasjev, the icons were made in Moscow by icon-painter Michail Dikarev, and a crucifix originally made in about the 1660s for the Church of Saint John of Jerusalem (later called Narva cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord(et), destroyed 1944) by Elert Thiele.[9][10][3] The pendentives and the semi-dome space above the main altar were subsequently painted in 1912.[3]

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Muinsuskaitse Amet. "14045 Narva õigeusu kirik" (in Estonian). Retrieved 30 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Narva Issanda Ülestõusmise peakirik - Narva Muuseum". narvamuuseum.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ". hramy.ee. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Postimees (1886-1944) 21 märts 1935 — DIGAR Eesti artiklid". dea.digar.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  5. ↑ "Ajalooline traditsioon: Vaivara: Suuline traditsioon - Ajaloolisi isikuid". www.folklore.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  6. ↑ Muinsuskaitseamet. "Pühakodade säilitamine ja areng 2014-2018" (PDF) (in Estonian). Retrieved 31 July 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Tuudur, Madis; Paulus, Karin (2020). Narva. Daatšast Paleeni (in Estonian). Narva: Narva Museum. pp. 106–107. ISBN 978-9949-7211-6-0.
  8. ↑ "The Resurrection of Christ Orthodox Cathedral". Visit Estonia. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Narva Issandamuutmise ap.-õigeusu kirik. Krutsifik – Otto Grohmann". Timepatch (Ajapaik). Retrieved 2026-07-30.
  10. ↑ ERR, ERR | (2024-02-06). "Narva's baroque church artifacts studied and attributed". ERR. Retrieved 2026-07-30.


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