18.07.2005
NK RussNeft OAO has raised St. Regal Matyrs Church in Idmurtiya. The consecration and inauguration of the Church took place on the 17th of July in Izhevsk, on the day of commemoration for St. Regal Martyrs.
The work on the construction of the Church was organized and implemented by Belkamneft OAO, an affiliated company of RussNeft, active in the Republic.
The first stone was laid down onto the foundation of the Church on the 28th of December 2004. And already the next spring 2 crosses were raised and installed on the domes of the church, and the five-bells belfry was consecrated to God. In the beginning of this summer the territory around the Church was developed and trimmed.
The consecration and commencement ceremony of the Church was attended by
the Archbishop of Izhevsk and Udmurtiya Nicolas, President of Udmurtiya Alexander Volkov, President of NK RussNeft OAO Mikhail Gutseriev as well as other marked public, cultural and religious figures of the Republic.
