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St. Michael the Archangel Church in Lutna

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In the forested Kletnyansky district lies the village of Lutna, formerly known as Bogdanovka. It emerged in the early 18th century and got its name from the Lutna River (or Lutenka).

In 1804, a stone church was built in the village, dedicated to the Archangel Michael, the leader of the heavenly host. In Russia, such churches were typically erected in memory of military events.

Alongside the church, a warm chapel was arranged in its refectory in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. This chapel housed a particularly venerated icon of the Kazan Mother of God, before which prayers, according to tradition, helped to stop a cholera epidemic in 1855.

The Church of Michael is built according to a traditional scheme: to the west is the bell tower, connected to the refectory church, followed by the main church hall, with the altar adjoining it from the east, equal in height to the refectory.

The architecture of the church, though modest and almost devoid of decoration, is an example of late classicism in Russian architecture. Unfortunately, in the late 1960s, the domes of the church and the altar apse were destroyed and replaced with sloped wooden roofs, which distorted the appearance of the church.

The Church of the Archangel Michael is the only architectural monument that has survived in the Kletnyansky district.

Geo point

Храм святого Михаила Архангела в Лутне

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