The Reformed community of Odessa was founded in the early 1800s. At first, representatives of the Reformed Church were forced to adhere to the Lutheran Church operating in Odessa. At that time, the services were held in the Old Church. This state of affairs did not suit the representatives of the new religious movement.
Adherents of the current sought to find their own prayer room. In addition, they wanted to become completely independent of Lutheranism. All these aspects formed the basis for the fact that on 30.05.1842 the Reformed community separated from Lutheranism. After separation, the community began to hold its prayer meetings in a rented room.
This continued until 1850. Nicholas I, by his decree, gave the community a small piece of land on the street. Pasteur 62. On June 13, 1851, a new church was laid. The architect A.K. Veitko was drafted the original design of the building.
Unfortunately, it is not always possible to quickly build a house. So it happened with the Reformed Church. The construction needed to spend significant funds, which the parishioners did not have. They were able to build a small structure in the backyard. On the ground floor of this prayer house there was a shelter and a Sunday school. Divine services were held on the 2nd floor.
The Reformed movement in Odessa developed rapidly. After some time, the community grew, and they needed more space to conduct their services. On April 30, 1895, the construction of a new prayer building was started. For the construction part of the previously used foundation was used.
The architect of the new project was the St. Petersburg specialist VA. Shreter. According to his project, they began to build a new prayer house. All construction work was led by H. Skweder. The work was supervised by the famous Bernardazzi. In 1896, a three-storey prayer house was ready. On the first floor, equipment for steam heating of all rooms was installed. On the second floor there are the paster's chambers.
But today the building is adorned with a whole street. Pasteur, this is the street that goes to Preobrazhenskaya. We cross the road and here it is ... Gorsad ...
Next time we will talk about the movement itself: when it was born in Odessa and so on.
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