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The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (Somino Village, Boksitogorsk District)


Subject / Religion. Church/Orthodox churches

The Church of Apostle Peter and Apostle Paul (Somino Village, 31 Yaroslavskaya Street). A big stone church with a built up three-tier bell tower was constructed during 1839-1844 in the Classicism style and consecrated in 1844. There are side-chapels of St. Blasius Sevastiysky and the Elevation of the Life-creating Cross ( it was re-consecrated from the side-chapel of St. Nicholas). On 21 May 1936 the church was closed and adapted for a community cetre. It was opened according to a petition of belivers and the resolution of the Council of Ministers of 13 July 1946. From 1947 after making repair works the church worked. In the 1990s the church was restored.

Authors
Shkarovsky, Mikhail Vitalyevich

Geography
Leningrad Oblast, the/Boksitogorsk District/Somino Village/Yaroslavskya Street

Bibliography
Земля Невская Православная: Краткий церковно-исторический справочник / Науч. ред. В.В. Антонов. СПб., 2006.
Клавинг В.В. Храмы Санкт-Петербургской епархии. СПб., 2004, 143-144


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