Address: Mamayev Kurgan, Volgograd
Church of All Saints is a Russian Orthodox church- monument
that was recently constructed and dedicated to fallen
Orthodox soldiers who died on Mamayev Kurgan. Church of All
Saints is located just two hundred meters from the monument
"The Motherland Calls!" and mass graves of thousands of
soldiers that fell here in 1942- 43. At the time of
construction of Mamayev Kurgan War memorial USSR was
officially an atheist country so no religious buildings were
allowed, however after the collapse of the Communist regime
and its main ideology it became clear that many Russians
want to commemorate the memory of their fallen soldiers in
Christian churches as well as non- religious ones. The idea
for construction of the Church of All Saints was blessed by
Patriarch Alexy in 1995, but construction began years later.
The foundation for the church was laid down in May 2002 near
mass graves of fallen Soviet soldiers. Funds for its
construction were gathered largely from private donations.
Church of All Saints was completed in 2005.
Its five
domes reach a height of 38 meters and visible from most
parts of Volgograd. In a traditional Orthodox architecture
five domes represent Jesus Christ and four authors of
Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Its helmet domes were
build from titanium alloys and brought here from Ural
mountains and its shape was modeled after helmets of
medieval Russian warriors.