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IV. VIDEOS in
Russian
- "Orthodox Churches of St. Petersburg" Series
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30 minutes , Color, VHS
PRICE: $19.95
In Russian [Made in Russia in 1998]
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- DESCRIPTION
If you have ever been to St. Petersburg, you have seen the
exterior of the enormous and grand Kazan Cathedral with its huge colonnade and dome, so
prominent along the Nevsky Prospect. Dedicated to the wonder-working Kazan Icon of the
Birth-Giver of God, prior to the revolution it was the primary church of the capital city.
The Communists desecrated it as a museum of religion and atheism. In this engrossing
video—filmed during the Great Fast/Lent of 1998—you can witness this magnificent
and glorious cathedral as it is restored as a temple of God by Metropolitan Vladimir of
St. Petersburg. You will witness up-close in the sanctuary the fascinating rite of
consecrating a new altar/holy table, including assembling it, anointing it with oil, and
placing relics in it. Then the new light is distributed by the Metropolitan, as he lights
handfuls of candles, and the temple is blessed and its walls anointed. Then the
Metropolitan serves the first Divine Liturgy on the newly consecrated altar, in the
magnificent newly reconsecrated cathedral, and ordains a priest. At the end you see the
pastor blessing the beautiful new bell, and watch it being raised up.
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