Prokopevsky Cathedral

Among sonma of Saints of Russia there is special place for the heavenly patron of an ancient town of Great Ustyug Saint Prokopiy (+ 8.07.1303). The German by origin, it accepted Orthodoxy and remained for ever in Sacred Russia, having selected one of hardest and greatest feats of Christian piety –the role of Holy fool. The first holy fool in Russia, he became famous for his numerous miracles, major of which - rescue of Ustyug from destruction by a stone cloud, he was canonized at the Holy meeting of 1547. Saint Prokopiy is hold in esteem in Ustyug’s land. Glorification of Ustyug’s wonder-maker began long before his canonization by Russian Orthodox Church. In 1471 on the bank of the river Sukhona, near Assumption cathedral of Saint Virgin, above his burial place Ustyug’s warriors constructed wooden church - gratitude for rescue from heavy illness during their campaign to Nizhniy Novgorod. This temple, consecrated after the names of princes Boris and Gleb and great martyr George Victory-maker, was burned down, and on its place in 1495 Ustyug’s military people erected new one which was consecrated in honor of Prokopiy of Ustyug.

From the beginning of 90th of XX century Prokopevsky cathedral - one of the most beautiful temples of Great Ustyug - is in joint conducting of Velikoustjugskogo the historian-architectural and art memorial estate of Great Ustyug and parish of Prokopiy cathedral of the Vologda diocese of Russian Orthodox Church.