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The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of Gog (Pogi Village, Tosno District)


Subject / Religion. Church/Orthodox churches

The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of Gog (Pogi Village, Tosno District). The original domestic church, in the country estate of Vonlyarovskiye, was established in 1848. The new five dome church with the three tier bell tower was constructed to the design of the architect B.B. Geidenreich in the Russian-Byzantine style in 1850-1851. It was consecrated in 1851. In 1855 the side -capel of the Nativity of Christ was built. It was closed in 1935. In 1990 the church was return to believers, in 1992 the restoration work was began, the liturgy are performed irregularly. The church is the town residence of the Voznesensky Cathedral of St Sophia (the town of Pushkin). The territory of the former country estate Novolisino is belonged to the Eparchy of St Petersburg and the European farmer was organized here; the modern boarding house for the old people was organized in the country estate house which was restored.

Authors
Shkarovsky, Mikhail Vitalyevich

Persons
Heidenreich, Boguslav Boguclavovich
Vonlyarlyarskiyes, the

Geography
Leningrad Oblast, the/Tosno District/Pogi Village

Bibliography
Земля Невская Православная: Краткий церковно-исторический справочник / Науч. ред. В.В. Антонов. СПб., 2006.
Клавинг В.В. Храмы Санкт-Петербургской епархии. СПб., 2004, 117-118
Мурашова Н.В. Сто дворянских усадеб Санкт-Петербургской губернии: Исторический справочник. СПб., 2005., 221-223

Subject Index
Novolisino, a country estate