On March 27, 2018, near the village of Novosyelovo in the Kirzhach district, a chapel was consecrated in honor of St. George the Victorious, at the site where 50 years ago a plane crashed with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and test pilot Vladimir Seryogin. The consecration was conducted by Archbishop Eustathius of Alexandrov and Yuriev-Polsky along with the clergy of the diocese. Priest Dmitry Ershov, the dean of the churches in the Kirzhach district, informed the "Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate" that the chapel is small, with internal dimensions of only 2 by 2 meters and a height of 7 meters, accommodating about ten people. The interior finishing is still ongoing, so services are not yet held, but the walls have already been painted. Mosaics dedicated to Saint Prince Vladimir, St. George the Victorious, and the Savior Not Made by Hands are placed on the facade on three sides. The relics of Saint John the Warrior are laid in the foundation of the chapel.
Priest Vladimir Shlykov, the rector of the Spaso-Andreevsky Church, stated that after the completion of construction, an altar will be installed in the chapel, and it will become a temple-chapel. Here, not only molebens and panikhidas will be held, but also the Divine Liturgy at least four times a year: on March 27, the day of remembrance of St. George the Victorious, Saint Prince Vladimir, and Saint John the Warrior. At the initiative of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, chairman of the Foundation for the Memory of Y.A. Gagarin and V.S. Seryogin, the memorial complex is currently being reconstructed. In addition to the chapel, there are plans to create an alley of fame and a museum dedicated to the first group of cosmonauts, as well as to install a pylon with a MiG-29 fighter.
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