On the central market square of Tambov, Metropolitan Theodosius of Tambov and Rasskazovo celebrated an intercessory prayer service where excavations were carried out. The cathedral of the Nativity of Christ used to stand on this site, before it was dynamited under Stalin . In her address, Regional Vice-President Natalia Astafiev said the people of Tambov would be able to rebuild the Cathedral of the Nativity in its original form. The
Excavations in Tambov for the reconstruction of the cathedral destroyed in 1939
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