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The Assumption Cathedral - ХХ Century’s Version

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The Assumption Cathedral stands on the site where temples with the same name were erected, dilapidated and destroyed several times. In 1937, the Assumption Cathedral of the 17th century was blown up by the decision of the city authorities, and there was a park on this place before the start of the second millennium. It was decided to revive the cathedral by the millennium of the city, and in 2010 the snow-white temple already towered above the Volga.

Built in 1215, the first Assumption Cathedral in Yaroslavl marked the beginning of the stone temple construction in the city. It was a richly decorated church, with white stone carving, majolica on the floor and gilded brass on the doors. The temple was badly hit by the fire in 1501 and was rebuilt. Notably, the relics of Constantine and Basil and Yaroslavl princes of the 13th century were found during the debris removal. This find has become the main shrine of the new cathedral, built by 1516. The rebuilt church was destroyed in a fire by the middle of the XVII century. The new church of the Assumption, built in the same century by the tsar’s decree, was granted the status of a cathedral in 1788. It was a big five-cupola church with a free-standing bell tower. Its domes were first covered with gold in the city. In the early Soviet days the bell tower was dismantled, and the cathedral was turned into a granary. In 1937 the cathedral was blown up, and later a park was made in its place. At the beginning of the XXI century, it was decided to revive the cathedral without repeating in detail the appearance of the blown up shrine.In 2004, the foundation of the present Assumption Cathedral was laid on this site. The temple is impressive in size: it is almost 50 meters in height and is capable of accommodating up to 4,000 parishioners. Among its shrines there is the world’s largest icon-over-the-gate, made using more than a thousand tiles. The relics of St. Basil and Constantine, found in the 16th century, are also kept in the Assumption Cathedral. They were returned here from another Yaroslavl cathedral, Fyodorovskaya Church, where they were transferred in the last century.

The Assumption Cathedral - ХХ Century’s Version

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