Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov and an unusual wooden altar

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At the beginning of the 20th century there was no church in the village of Rauschen now known as the resort town of Svetlogorsk. So in 1903 the Lutheran church was built here. Looking ahead, we note that in 1991 the church was turned into an Orthodox temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov.

Funds for the temple were donated by local residents, and the land was donated by a businessman of Swedish descent Augustus Honig. The temple turned out with elements of Neo-Gothic and Art Nouveau: red tiles partially decorated with white walls. Architect Hugo Goering made the interior. Works on decorating the interior of the temple were carried out at his expense. He gave the church one of his paintings and created a carved wooden altar. During the Soviet period, when the sports hall was functioning in the temple, most of the interior was lost. The temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov and the wooden altar have been recently restored. There is a cross opposite the church installed in the 1920s in memory of the inhabitants of Svetlogorsk who died in the First World War.

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