, native_name = az, Müqəddəs Mürr-daşıyan Zənənlər kafedral kilsəsi , image = Müqəddəs_Mürdaşıyan_Zənənlər_Kafedralı.jpg , pushpin map = Azerbaijan Baku , country =

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, denomination =

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, former name = Regimental Church of the Archangel Michael of the 206th Salyan Infantry Regiment , dedication = Holy Myrrhbearers , consecrated date = 16 December 1909 , relics =

Bartholomew Bartholomew (Aramaic: ; grc, Βαρθολομαῖος, translit=Bartholomaîos; la, Bartholomaeus; arm, Բարթողիմէոս; cop, ⲃⲁⲣⲑⲟⲗⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ; he, בר-תולמי, translit=bar-Tôlmay; ar, بَرثُولَماو� ...

, status =

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, architect = Fyodor Verzhbitsky , groundbreaking = 19 May 1908 , completed date = 22 December 1909 , diocese = Diocese of Baku and Azerbaijan , archpriest = Alexiy (Nikoronov) , language(s) =

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Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral (russian: Кафедральный Собор Святых Жён-Мироносиц; Azerbaijani: ''Müqəddəs Mürdaşıyan Zənənlər Başkilsəsi'') is a

cathedral in Baku,

. The church is dedicated to the Holy Myrrhbearers, who are commemorated on the second Sunday after

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(Easter).

History

By 1907, the question arose of improving the accommodation for the soldiers and officers of the 206th Salyan Infantry Regiment - the barracks were scattered throughout the city by that time, and the officers lived in rented apartments also in different parts of the city, where they managed to find suitable housing. The issue was resolved in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in the highest commission for the construction of barracks established under the Military Council on appropriations for construction, the Baku Military Construction Commission inspected the outskirts of the city to select free plots of land for construction and stopped at the area where the Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan is now located. However, the place was reconsidered and relocated to the outskirts. The project was financed by

Ministry of War of the Russian Empire Ministry of War of the Russian Empire, (russian: Военное министерство, ''Military Ministry'') was an administrative body in the Russian Empire from 1802 to 1917. It was established in 1802 as the ''Ministry of ground armed for ...

and entrusted to the architect Fyodor Verzhbitsky. Groundbreaking started on 19 May 1908 (

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: 10 May 1908) and construction finished on 22 December 1909. It was consecrated by temporary exarch of Georgia and Bishop of Baku, Gregory (Vakhnin) under the name Regimental Church of the Archangel Michael of the 206th Salyan Infantry Regiment on 16 December 1909. The consecration ceremony was attended by important members of society like

Zeynalabdin Taghiyev , image = Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = , birth_date = 25 January 1823 Mammad Hasan Hajinski Mammad Hasan Jafargulu oglu Hajinski ( az, Məmməd Həsən Cəfərqulu oğlu Hacınski; March 3, 1875 – February 9, 1931) was an Azerbaijani architect and statesman. He also served as a Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Democratic Rep ...

and Stepan Taghionosov, as well as representatives of the Armenian, Muslim and Jewish clergy. In 1920, it was one of the first places of religious worship to be closed down as a result of

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. It was used first as a warehouse and later as a gymnasium, finally as barracks for paratroopers in 1989-1990. During the

Black January Black January ( az, Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on the civilian population of Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Uni ...

of 1990, it was hit by missiles fired by the Soviet troops, and the building was severely damaged. Later on March 2, it was burned due to an accident. The building was returned to the

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during tenure of

Ayaz Mutallibov Ayaz Niyazi oghlu Mutallibov, russian: Аяз Ниязович Муталибов, Ayaz Niyazovich Mutalibov (12 May 1938 – 27 March 2022) was an Azerbaijani politician who served as the first president of Azerbaijan. He was the last leader ...

, in 1991. With the financial aid provided by the Azerbaijani-born

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n entrepreneur Aydin Gurbanov, the building was fully restored by 2000. On 27 May 2001, Patriarch Alexius II elevated the church's status to that of a cathedral."Xristian irsimizi tanıyaq" layihəsi davam edir. medeniyyettv.az
/ref> The Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral holds on to a shrine with the relics of St. Bartholomew the Apostle, who is believed to have been

crucified Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...

near the Maiden Tower in what is now downtown Baku, Azerbaijan.

References

External links

The Holy Myrrhbearers Cathedral in Baku
Eparchy of Baku and the Caspian region (official website). Christian organizations established in 1909 Russian Orthodox cathedrals in Asia Eastern Orthodox churches in Azerbaijan Churches completed in 1909 20th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings Churches in Baku Cathedrals in Baku Russian Orthodox Church in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-EO-church-stub

History

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