HERITAGE ATLAS — USSR

Russian Ecclesiastical Mission 'House with Vaults', Tiberias

Подворье Русской духовной миссии «Дом со сводами» в Тверии
IsraelТверия1879–1892Public buildings
A plot on the shore of the Sea of Galilee with the ruins of an old building of five vaulted rooms was bought in 1879 by Archimandrite Antonin (Kapustin), head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission. Construction of a two-storey pilgrims' house of black basalt with fourteen rooms and a tower began in 1892. The house was let after the First World War and badly damaged in 1948; reconstruction began in 2000 and was completed in December 2010. On OpenStreetMap the building is labelled 'Pilgrims' Residence' (way 124179926).
Участок на берегу Галилейского озера с руинами старинного здания из пяти сводчатых помещений приобретён в 1879 году начальником Русской духовной миссии архимандритом Антонином (Капустиным). В 1892 году началось строительство двухэтажного дома для паломников из чёрного базальта с четырнадцатью комнатами и башней. После Первой мировой войны дом сдавался в аренду, в 1948 году был сильно повреждён; реконструкция начата в 2000 году и завершена в декабре 2010 года. На карте OpenStreetMap здание подписано «Pilgrims' Residence» (way 124179926).

Property abroad

EraChurch
FunctionPilgrim compound
Present ownerRussian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (Moscow Patriarchate)
Acquisitionpurchased, 1879
StatusIn use
As of2010-12
According to the Palestine Society, the pilgrims' house of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission was consecrated after reconstruction on 24 December 2010; an Israel Antiquities Authority report of 30 December 2010 describes the November 2009 excavation in the courtyard of the 'Russian Hostel' in Tiberias, carried out prior to development work.

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