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Church-Memorial of the Resurrection of Christ in Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, France

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The Church-Memorial of the Resurrection of Christ, also known as the Orthodox Chapel, is part of the Archdiocese of the Orthodox Russian Churches in Western Europe of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is located at the Russian military memorial cemetery in Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, France.

The idea to build the church originated from the Union of Officers of the former Expeditionary Corps of the Russian Army in France. A special construction committee was formed to implement the project, which quickly raised the necessary funds. Among the donors was composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, who contributed 12,000 francs.

In April 1936, the first stone was laid for the church's foundation. The architect was Albert Alexandrovich Benois, who designed a cross-domed single-apsidal church in the Novgorod style. Archpriest Mikhail Yashvil assembled and tuned the bells for the bell tower, which extends from the western facade of the church.

The interior paintings of the church were done by A. A. Benois, while the iconostasis was created by P. A. Fyodorov and Princess E. S. Lvova. The wooden lecterns and candlesticks were made by former legionnaire Vasily Ivanovich Perevozchikov. Marble plaques with the names of servicemen buried in the cemetery are installed in the narthex of the church.

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Храм-памятник Воскресения Христова в Сент-Илер-ле-Гран во Франции

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