Next to the Central Market, behind the multi-story building of OSOU, is the first civil cemetery known as the Old one. At its entrance stands a small church in the name of All Saints, distinguished by its simple architecture. The temple is built in the classical style: a rectangular building with a semicircular apse and a dome in the center. The only decoration of the church, the bell tower on the western side, is adorned with arches and capitals, above the entrance, a triangular pediment. Archaeologist O. I. Dombrovsky claims that academician N. Samokish participated in the painting of the church.
The church was erected with funds from merchant V. B. Maslennikov and consecrated on June 14, 1864, in honor of the Assumption of Saint Righteous Anna. The iconostasis was taken from the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, to which the church was attached. Here, the deceased were commemorated and buried. Over time, the temple came to be called the Church of All Saints. Many notable figures are buried in the cemetery, such as Bishop of Taurida Mikhail Gribanovsky and artist N. S. Samokish. Next to the church is the grave of Archbishop Guriy Karpov, who managed the diocese from 1867 to 1882.
In 1985, the cemetery was closed due to the construction of a highway to Sevastopol, and the remains of the priests were reburied near the church. During the digging of a grave, an empty crypt was discovered, seemingly intended for their repose. There was also a burial of Archbishop Luka Voyno-Yasenetsky, whose relics now rest in the Holy Trinity Women's Monastery.
The Church of All Saints is the only temple in the city that has never been closed. Services were held here even during the years of persecution against the church and war. Perhaps this is why a miraculous phenomenon occurred in this temple. In November 1998, during the restoration of the icon of Christ the Savior, an unusual image of the Savior was discovered on the glass, printed like a negative. The rector of the church, Archpriest Vyacheslav Tseshkovsky, reported this to Archbishop Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea. A commission of clergymen, scientists, and artists was formed, which concluded that the image on the glass is an uncreated print made of organic acids and wax. Scientists suggested that the acid molecules could have penetrated from the wax primer, emanated from candles, or synthesized from the air. The possibility that the image arose under the influence of an unknown energy was also not excluded.
Interestingly, during the research, the image changed. The coating hardened, the image became clearer, and new details appeared. Now the print on the glass does not fully correspond to the original: the halo around Christ has general outlines, and the right hand is printed more clearly. The unique image is carefully preserved in the temple and shown to the faithful after the Divine Liturgy.
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