This year, many people first hear about a place like the village Otradnoye Voronezh region.Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin on Christmas took the president of the Russian Federation.This village is a half hour drive from Voronezh and is very similar to the village: beautiful brick town houses, luxury villas evoke thoughts of a small town.At the center of the village stands a beautiful church with a rich history, next to him - a children's home and the church of St. George.
village Otradnoye Voronezh region.Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin
Historically, the village consists of three settlements - Vykrestovo, Gololobova and gratifying formed from four settlements landlords around the beginning of the XIX century.Until the beginning of the XX century, this town anywhere in the official documents did not appear.Today, the village Otradnoye Voronezh region, whose temple at Christmas saw the whole of Russia, attributed to Novousmansky district.But in the future it is planned accession to the urban areas of Voronezh.
At the entrance to the village of Voronezh region welcome the temple of the Holy Virgin built in 1901 is visible from afar.The history of the church is not very rich.Built in the neo-Russian style, and he was consecrated in 1901.Since residents in the village and there were many places in the temple was not enough, 12 years later it was decided to remodel and increase in size.After the revolution in 1930, the church was closed and converted into a grain store until 1991, until it was returned to the diocese.Immediately began the restoration, which lasted almost 10 years.Administration of the Voronezh region in 1995 decided Protection Church considered an object of cultural and historical heritage of regional significance.
Under the Protection of the Holy Virgin
in the park in front of the temple of the villagers put a sculpture of the Virgin.The idea to create and establish the image of the Virgin came Archpriest Gennady father.The administration supported the idea and invited the sculptor who works in one of the temples of Lipetsk, select an image of the future shape.Create lasted more than a year with funding from the sponsors, the village administration and villagers handed over donations.Before the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary sculpture was installed.At night it is, thanks to a special lighting, looks impressive.
Under the direction of the abbot
The visitors village Otradnoye Voronezh region, temple Father Gennady, reviews of which the most enthusiastic of the congregation, tells his story treatment to the Orthodox faith.In the past, working biologist, he has long studied neurophysiology, was in search of the meaning of life, I tried to prove the immortality of the soul.He predicted a quick career scientist, but a severe attack of meningitis, leaving virtually no chance of a life interrupted his scientific way.He looked so bad that it instead was taken to a nearby corpse morgue by mistake.After such a heavy state recovery was like a miracle.Realizing that God had mercy on him, and returned to the earth to repent and service, Gennady Zaridze replaced scientific work on the neuronal activity of the brain Bible.
bard circles in Voronezh know how Gennady Wanderer.Gennady received a blessing from his spiritual mentor, has already recorded six CDs of songs of simple and profound, affecting the deepest strings of the soul of modern man, wandering in sin.To many people the song as sermons and conversations, helping to find a way out of difficult situations.
Christmas with President
Each year, the president is coming for Christmas from the capital to remote temples.This year, he visited the village of Otradnoye Voronezh region.Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin Putin met excitement of the holiday.With him stood in the service of 44 refugees from Lugansk who temporarily reside in the local church and the parish house, where all of the conflict in the Ukrane lived more than 100 people.After the service Father Gennady Putin presented his book "The Wanderer" and CD recordings.The President promised to help build a Sunday school, a plan which has for a long time, and the necessary funds were not yet collected.
