Due to the inaction of officials in Samara, a Catholic church is being destroyed

On April 10, one of the towers of a Gothic church collapsed in Samara. The commission of the Samara regional department of Rossvyazokhrankultura came to the conclusion that the reason was the violations committed during the repair of the roof. However, the Minister of Culture and Youth Policy of the Samara Region, Olga Rybakova, believes that we should talk about a complex of reasons, the main of which is the constant dynamic load from the movement of trams a few meters from the temple.

“During confession, I sit by the wall overlooking Frunze Street and feel how it trembles,” Father Vladislav Klots, rector of the church, told Novye Izvestia . “Since the towers of the church are very high, they are exposed to the greatest impact. danger of their collapse.

The church, which is an architectural monument, is in need of major repairs, for which the funds collected by the parishioners are not enough.

“The head of the regional department of Rossvyazokhrankultura, Dmitry Lakotsenin, reproaches the Ministry of Culture and Youth Policy for negligence, which has not yet created a special body for the protection of cultural heritage,” Novye Izvestia describes the situation. “The ministry says that while there are no subventions from the federal budget, about the creation of such a body is out of the question. While the officials nod at each other, the community remains the last one. And the walls of the church continue to shake from the menacing clatter of tram wheels."

Sources

• Ishkov S. Tram Mass // Novye Izvestia. 2008. April 30.