In her picture, the artist Tamara Aleksandrova painted the house of the Zaitsevs in Komsomolskaya Street in Tambov. This is the house where there lived Archbishop Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky), a professor and Doctor of Medicine, a consultant of medical evacuation hospitals in Tambov in 1944–1946.
The House lived by Archbishop Luke
Creation period
2017
Dimensions
29x40 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
Collection
Exhibition
4
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Tamara Aleksandrova
The House lived by Archbishop Luke
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Luke became the Head of the Tambov Archdiocese in 1944, when the military hospital where he worked as a surgeon moved to Tambov. His metropolitan cathedral was the Church of the Holy Intercession opened in 1943. Before that, the cathedral building used to house a workers’ dormitory, and by the time of Luke’s arrival the icons had been destroyed, the altar screen was broken and the walls were covered with graffiti. Luke managed to restore the cathedral, and citizens provided him with icons and church items. The Archbishop preached extensively, he created a metropolitan choir, and for less than two years he managed to raise around one million Rubles for Red Army needs. During all that time he continued to perform five or six surgeries a day and was deeply involved in research: he studied purulent surgery and anesthesiology. In 1946, under the order by the Patriarch, the hierarch was transferred to Simferopol. He never returned to Tambov.
Archbishop Luke. A picture from a private collection
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The Zaitsevs’ house was built in the first quarter of the 20th century, and was supposed to be pulled down, however, in 2016 the museum community together with the citizens of Tambov managed to save it. In October 2018 a memorial Museum of Archbishop Luke. Many citizens donated to the museum documents from family archives, pictures and other items related to Luke.
The memorial half of the house where the Archbishop lived consists of two small and rather cramped rooms where he returned after hours-long medial surgeries and church services. The floor boards, doors, chairs and a chest survived. The stove was restored and it is regularly lit.
The first room with three windows was multi-purpose: a reception and the Archdiocesan office, a dining room and a medical station, i.e. a place where patients were examined. In that room he worked on his theological treatise and edited the text of his 77 Tambov Sermons. The exhibits include medical bottles, manuscripts, books with the personal stamp saying “Yasenetsky-Voino, Doctor of Medicine”, copper baptismal crosses and icon pendants. A significant item is the icon case: a shelf with icons, an icon lampion of the Archbishop and pictures on which he used to write compliments to his patients.
As of today, there are around 400 items in the Archbishop Luke memorial Museum. The museum is included in itineraries of pilgrims and secular tourists who want to learn more about the surgeon and holy hierarch.
The memorial half of the house where the Archbishop lived consists of two small and rather cramped rooms where he returned after hours-long medial surgeries and church services. The floor boards, doors, chairs and a chest survived. The stove was restored and it is regularly lit.
The first room with three windows was multi-purpose: a reception and the Archdiocesan office, a dining room and a medical station, i.e. a place where patients were examined. In that room he worked on his theological treatise and edited the text of his 77 Tambov Sermons. The exhibits include medical bottles, manuscripts, books with the personal stamp saying “Yasenetsky-Voino, Doctor of Medicine”, copper baptismal crosses and icon pendants. A significant item is the icon case: a shelf with icons, an icon lampion of the Archbishop and pictures on which he used to write compliments to his patients.
As of today, there are around 400 items in the Archbishop Luke memorial Museum. The museum is included in itineraries of pilgrims and secular tourists who want to learn more about the surgeon and holy hierarch.
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A fragment of the museum display. Picture by V.P. Podsivaka, 2018.
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The House lived by Archbishop Luke
Creation period
2017
Dimensions
29x40 cm
Technique
oil on canvas
Collection
Exhibition
4
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