Foros Church
Church of the Resurrection, Church of the Resurrection of Christ
Crimea, Foros
It is located above the village of Foros on the border of the lands of the city of Sevastopol and Big Yalta. Visible from everywhere - from below from the sea and from above from Yayla, on the lonely Red Rock (sheer cliffs reach 400 m), the graceful Church of the Resurrection of Christ flaunts.
In 1892, the architect academician N.M. Chagin, commissioned by the tea magnate A. Kuznetsov, erected it in memory of the rescue of Emperor Alexander III and his family during a train crash in 1888. The image of the church on a rock became a trademark on tins with the best tea in the empire.
Above the church, the old south coast highway goes to Sevastopol through the Baydar gates. They offer the best view of the church, as if hovering over the South Bank. And the new highway, very convenient and picturesque, goes at the foot of the cliff with the church. One way or another, the church has become one of the symbols of the South Shore. She even appears in Jackie Chan's First Strike.