Church of Peter and Paul Vyritsa schedule of services. Peter and Paul Church (Vyritsa). Temple of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

Our Leningrad region is famous for many interesting historical places.
And today I want to talk about one place where I was in September. There is a lot of information, so I will divide it into several posts.
First, a little history...

Vyritsa is an urban village, but very large, with an area of ​​about 165 square meters. km. Located 60 km south of St. Petersburg, in the Gatchina district of the Leningrad region. It was first mentioned in 1499/1500 as part of the Novgorod Land, or more precisely, the Vodskaya Pyatina. However, in the western part of Vyritsa, mounds from the 11th – 12th centuries have been preserved.

The origin of the name “Vyritsa” is not entirely clear. There are these versions:
1) from the word “Vyriy Sad”, which means “paradise” in Old Church Slavonic;
2) from the word “Dvernitsy”, as if in the 15th century there was a village with that name;
3) from the Russian word “vyr”, meaning abyss, a whirlpool on a river; 4) from the Finno-Ugric word “vyru”, meaning ring, cycle.

In 1910, a dacha village began to be created in the area of ​​Vyritsa station, called “Princely Valley”. Its owner was Prince G.F. Wittgenstein. It was a corner of nature with amazing Devonian soils, a beautiful pine forest, and the picturesque banks of the Oredezh River. The dacha place began to quickly be built up and populated. The village needed a temple of God.

On August 2, 1912, a general meeting of the village residents was held, dedicated to the issue of the future church, which they decided to build in memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the Romanov dynasty. It was decided to begin subscriptions to purchase the plot of land allocated for the construction of the church by Prince Wittgenstein. To purchase land, it was necessary to find an owner who could purchase the plot as public property. There was no such person among the dacha population. Then a solution was found: to create a brotherhood with a certain charter. Believers petitioned the St. Petersburg diocese to establish a brotherhood in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in the village of Knyazheskaya Dolina.

The ceremonial foundation stone of the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vyritsa took place on July 14, 1913 (old style), and on July 26, 1914, the temple was consecrated by Bishop Benjamin of Gdov.

Consecrated at the beginning of the First World War, the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vyritsa passed all the tests, all the hardships that befell the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1929, after the closure of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Hieroschemamonk Seraphim (Muravyov), the Lavra’s confessor, moved here. Many residents remember how the prayers of Fr. Seraphim stood by the church in difficult times and supported the believers.

Chapel of St. Seraphim Vyritsky

In 1938, on the eve of the war with Finland, the church in Vyritsa was closed. A society called “OSOAVIAHIM” was located in its premises. The ministers and parishioners managed to preserve the icons, decorations, and church utensils.

It was also possible to save the iconostasis, made in 1898 by the firm of the Brusnitsyn brothers.

Ancestral image of the Muravyov family - Kazan Icon of the Mother of God

During the Great Patriotic War, the Germans occupied Vyritsa. As a railway station, it was not considered an important strategic object, but for the Germans it was a rear area. In Vyritsa there was a regiment formed from Romanian soldiers, most of whom were of the Orthodox faith.

Local residents took advantage of this and, thanks to the efforts of the clergy-hierarchs of the Orthodox Church who remained in the occupied territory, obtained permission from the German command to open the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Vyritsa. At the beginning of the war the church was opened. It did not close even after the Victory over the Nazis.

After 1959, during the reign of Secretary General N.S. Khrushchev, the threat of closing the church in Vyritsa again appeared. The KGB representative for the Gatchina region ordered the closure of this temple. Its parishioners and residents of the village came to the defense of the church; they drew up a petition asking that the church in the village not be closed. With this document, the believers went to Moscow, to the Presidium of the Supreme Council, and achieved the cancellation of the order to close the church in Vyritsa.

The courtyard is very beautiful and well maintained.

Path to the source

And one more temple:

Church of Peter and Paul

The construction of the new temple was carried out with donations from parishioners, the largest of which were made by the head of the temperance society of Vyritsa I.A. Churikov, and Gosznak employee Bystroumov.

The Peter and Paul Church in Vyritsa was a wooden building made in the shape of a cross with a dome and a high bell tower; it accommodated more than 800 parishioners. A parish was formed immediately next to the church. In addition to Vyritsa, it included the villages of Petrovka and Krasnitsa.

In 1938, the temple was closed, and its premises housed first a club, then a military registration and enlistment office. During the Great Patriotic War, the light dome and belfry were destroyed by air bombs. The explosion caused the wall of the altar to collapse. The Germans, who came to Vyritsa, set up a stable in the dilapidated church.

In 1942, former parishioners of the church under the leadership of Archimandrite Seraphim (Protsenko) asked for the return of the temple to the German commandant's office. The request was granted. Residents of the village began to restore the temple.

In just a matter of days, a plywood altar and iconostasis were installed, and the roof was restored. The temple was again consecrated by Archimandrite Seraphim. After the end of the war, Archimandrite Seraphim was arrested and sentenced to twenty years of correctional labor. In the mid-1950s. he was released early. Seraphim died in Vyritsa, but his grave has not been found.

Church of John of Kronstadt

After the liberation of Vyritsa, the temple was closed again, and its then rector Nikolai Bagryansky was arrested. In 1944, the authorities allowed the opening of the temple. At this time, Archpriest Vladimir (Irodionov) served in the church, who was also arrested in June 1945. Until 1961, Archpriest Boris Zaklinsky was the rector of the church. This priest, who had gone through camps and exile, managed to raise the destroyed temple from the ruins.

Place to rest

And along the roads, on the sidelines, such cute flowers bloom!

I don't know their names...

Next time I'll show you something more interesting...

Construction in 1901-1911 The railway line from Tsarskoe Selo to the south contributed to the emergence of new holiday villages along it, which arose next to the newly opened stations. Of these, the most extensive, famous and popular village among St. Petersburg residents (essentially a satellite town of Tsarskoye Selo) was destined to become Vyritsa. The unusually picturesque views of the bend of the Oredezh River, the pine forest, the healing air, which has a beneficial effect on health, and the ease of communication with St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo began to attract townspeople here. Simultaneously with the growth of the dacha area, the construction of temples began in Vyritsa. First of all, the streets of the village, laid to the east of the railway, began to be built up, so the very first temple of Vyritsa was the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul located here. The temple was built according to the design of a graduate of the Institute of Civil Engineers, a technician of the St. Petersburg city government, architect Nikolai Ivanovich Kotovich, mainly with donations from the local population. It was decided to build the temple in memory of the miraculous rescue of the Royal Family during the train crash in Borki (1888). The foundation stone of the temple took place on September 10, 1906, and consecration followed less than two years later, on June 22, 1908. The new temple was built in the “Old Moscow style” and was a wooden building, cross-shaped in plan, on a high foundation made of boulders, with a spacious double-height church hall that could accommodate up to 1,500 people, a hipped dome and a high bell tower.

In 1928-1930 Vyritsa became an important center of the Josephites and the True Orthodox Church. The role of the Peter and Paul Church especially increased after the destruction of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood and its community. Many pastors who served in the Cathedral of the Resurrection came to serve in the Peter and Paul Church. Since 1938, the church has not acted as its last rector was arrested on February 25, 1938, and shot two weeks later. Legally, the temple was closed in 1939. The authorities decided to set up a club in its building, but few people visited it, and a military registration and enlistment office was located in the former temple.

During the war, in December 1941, the Peter and Paul Church was returned to the church, its consecration took place on December 19, 1941. In January 1944, Vyritsa was liberated by Soviet troops. At the same time, during the fighting, the bell tower and dome of the Peter and Paul Church were damaged (destroyed during the war, they are lost to this day), and the wall of the altar was damaged by the explosion. The church was restored in 1944-1945. On November 23, 1952, the temple was re-consecrated. In 1952 - 1954 from the destroyed temple in the village. Big Lizards, the iconostasis, banners, chandelier and seven-branched candlestick were transported to the temple from the closed temple in the village. Ust-Vvedenskoye - Royal Doors. Complete construction work to restore the temple was completed in 1954.

The church was built according to the design of the architect Nikolai Ivanovich Kotovich. In 1938, the temple was closed; first a club and then a military registration and enlistment office were located in its premises. The Germans, who came to Vyritsa, set up a stable in the dilapidated church. In 1942, former parishioners of the church asked the German commandant to return the temple. The request was granted. The temple was consecrated again. After the liberation of Vyritsa, the temple was closed again. In 1944, the authorities allowed the opening of the temple. On November 23, 1952, Bishop Roman (Tang) of Tallinn re-consecrated the temple. For the centenary of the church, through the diligence of the patron of the Transfiguration Cathedral of St. Petersburg, Archpriest Boris Glebov, a major overhaul of the Church of St. was carried out. App. Peter and Paul, and during the restoration work, an assigned church of St. John of Kronstadt was built on the territory of the parish, in which the stole of John of Kronstadt is kept.

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Church of Peter and Paul in Vyritsa

The Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Vyritsa was founded on September 10, 1906, its solemn consecration took place on June 22, 1908.

At the end of the 19th century. Along the entire length of the Tsarskoye Selo line of the Nikolaev Railway, many settlements arose, among them the village of Vyritsa. The entire area of ​​the village was divided into plots that were sold for the construction of country houses. A plot was also allocated for the construction of the temple. But the decision as to what religion the temple would be for was not immediately decided. The Finnish population from nearby villages professed Lutheranism, and therefore put forward a demand to build a church here. But a meeting of the owners of the land plots located here decided to build an Orthodox church. The landowner Kornilov allocated land free of charge for its construction. He also donated a plot of land to organize a cemetery at the temple.

The construction of the new temple was carried out with donations from parishioners, the largest of which were made by the head of the temperance society I.A. Vyrits. Churikov, and Gosznak employee Bystroumov.

The Peter and Paul Church in Vyritsa was a wooden building made in the shape of a cross with a dome and a high bell tower; it accommodated more than 800 parishioners. A parish was formed immediately next to the church. In addition to Vyritsa, it included the villages of Petrovka and Krasnitsa.

Initially, services in the church were conducted by the priest of the Church of the Entry, Father Sevastian Voskresensky (later he became the rector of the Church of the Intercession at the monastery courtyard in the city of Gatchina and was shot in 1938). Then, until 1926, priest Georgy Preobrazhensky conducted services in the church. The next rector of the temple, Simeon (Biryukov), was arrested in 1931 and sent to Usalye (Vishlag). Deacon Arkady (Molchanov) was arrested along with him. After the arrests of the clergy, priest Andrei Kornilov was appointed rector of the temple, who served here for 7 years, then he was arrested and then shot.

In 1938, the temple was closed, and its premises housed first a club, then a military registration and enlistment office. During the Great Patriotic War, the light dome and belfry were destroyed by air bombs. The explosion caused the wall of the altar to collapse. The Germans, who came to Vyritsa, set up a stable in the dilapidated church.

In 1942, former parishioners of the church under the leadership of Archimandrite Seraphim (Protsenko) asked for the return of the temple to the German commandant's office. The request was granted. Residents of the village began to restore the temple. In just a matter of days, a plywood altar and iconostasis were installed, and the roof was restored. The temple was again consecrated by Archimandrite Seraphim. After the end of the war, Archimandrite Seraphim was arrested and sentenced to twenty years of correctional labor. In the mid-1950s. he was released early. Seraphim died in Vyritsa, but his grave has not been found.

After the liberation of Vyritsa, the temple was closed again, and its then rector Nikolai Bagryansky was arrested. In 1944, the authorities allowed the opening of the temple. At this time, Archpriest Vladimir (Irodionov) served in the church, who was also arrested in June 1945. Until 1961, Archpriest Boris Zaklinsky was the rector of the church. This priest, who had gone through camps and exile, managed to raise the destroyed temple from the ruins.

Archpriest Boris with his own hands restored the wall of the altar, demolished by the explosion, and the belfry. Thanks to his efforts, parish debts were covered, the church was painted and new bells were purchased. Under him, the temple was decorated with new icons and a tabernacle, a Holy Chalice made of silver and the Holy Gospel in a silver setting.

On November 23, 1952, Bishop Roman of Tallinn and Estonia re-consecrated the temple. Holy relics were placed under the altar. At the same time, the temple was decorated with banners, a seven-branched candlestick from the destroyed church in the village of Bolshiye Yashchery, an iconostasis, a chandelier, the Royal Doors from the temple in the village of Vvedenskoye, and a new altar lined with marble slabs was installed. On June 5, 1952, a trophy ark with the relics of the holy saints was installed in the temple, which, most likely, was brought from Rome, as evidenced by the letter on it. In 1963, Archpriest Vladimir Sidorov was appointed rector of the temple, who continued the work of restoring the temple. During the period of his ministry, the roof was repaired, and a metal chased plaque with the image of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was installed on the front side of the throne.

Currently the parish is headed by Vladimir Vafin. The main shrines of the temple are the ark-reliquary, the image of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.

Photo: Church of Peter and Paul in Vyritsa