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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist - Catedrala Sf. Ioan Botezătorul
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist stands as the defining symbol of Comrat. Initially constructed through contributions from Comrat's residents, the cathedral served as a focal point for religious worship until 1961, when it was forcibly closed by communist authorities. On June 29, 1961, an open letter authored by the former Comrat Cathedral priest, Kirill Grishchenko, was published in the Sovetskaya Moldavia newspaper. In the letter, he declared his resignation from the Orthodox Church and abandonment of his priesthood. In 1969, driven by the town's inhabitants, the cathedral was granted the status of a 19th-century architectural monument and placed under state protection. For approximately two decades, it operated as the Comrat Museum of Local History and Local Lore. However, in 1986, a powerful earthquake struck, causing two Lenin busts within the museum, located within the cathedral's premises, to fall and shatter. This event was interpreted as a sign, prompting the return of the church to the Orthodox faith. Over time, the government's attitude towards the church shifted positively. The museum was relocated to a new facility, and the cathedral was reinstated as the spiritual hub of Comrat. Today, it stands as one of the finest ecclesiastical structures within the entire Gagauz Autonomy, representing a significant historical monument from the era of classical decline and the resurgence of compositional techniques and architectural forms reminiscent of ancient Russian architecture.
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