The Church in the name of All Saints was built in 1884. Its walls and all architectural elements, such as cornices, pilasters, and window frames, were made of white Inkerman stone. This snow-white temple resembled the ceremonial uniform of Russian sailors. The church project was developed by Captain of the Engineering Service of the Russian Navy Matvey Solomonovich Nich, who also supervised its construction.
The architecture of the church is executed in the style of ancient Russian church architecture. The central part of the building has a square shape and is topped with a high dome. Light enters the temple through narrow pointed windows with stained glass. The dimensions of the church are 29.5 by 8.4 meters.
Next to the Church of All Saints, opposite the central market, is the old city cemetery. Its gates, also made of white Inkerman stone, are recognized as a monument of architecture. The cemetery has preserved many historical monuments, and many honorary residents of Feodosia are buried here, including Matvey Solomonovich Nich, who died in the year the church was completed.
The church stood for more than seventy years, surviving World War I, the revolution, the civil war, and the Great Patriotic War, but in 1961 it was declared emergency and decided to be demolished. The building was so sturdy that military demolition experts had to be called in for its destruction. The explosive work was carried out secretly at night, and in the morning, only a pile of ruins remained at the site of the church. That same year, the last priest of the church, Father Evgeny, died and was buried in the cemetery.
In 1978, the cemetery was closed due to a lack of space for burials. It became abandoned, gradually deteriorating and subjected to vandalism.
The restoration of the church began in 1992. Architects created a working project based on old blueprints and photographs. A utility room built in 1903 was temporarily used as a small church for services. Thanks to the efforts of Father Mikhail Sytenko, construction work began in 1999 and was completed in 2003. The new church became even more beautiful than the previous one. Its interior walls were painted by a group of artists under the guidance of Elena Makovey, and there are no analogs of such paintings. The walls are covered with a thin layer of gold, on which the painting is done.
A Spiritual School and a small museum are open at the church, the development of which is supported by the Board of Trustees "Preserve and Remember," established in 2000. The council also participates in the improvement of the old cemetery, with plans to create a memorial and a lapidarium. Excursion routes have been developed through the cemetery, leading to historical monuments and the graves of notable figures, doctors, educators, test pilots, sailors, and mass graves of those who died during the wars.
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