Great Hall of the Conservatory consecrated after restoration

Opening after restoration Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory will be on Friday, the official site of the Russian Orthodox church dedicated. On Monday, a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the conservatory, the website of the Russian Orthodox Church. He Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion donated Conservatory image martyr Kikilii (Cecilia) with relics. St. Cecilia is the patron saint of musicians. Moreover, with its stained glass windows depicting the stalls decorated foyer of the Great Hall of the Conservatory building. He was lost in 1941 in a bomb attack. Then the window opening has been built in its place, until recently there was a picture of Ilya Repin "Slavic composers." Research allowed restorers to the image as close to the original new, old stained glass was held on 23 May "Metropolitan Hilarion told the audience that on June 10, ordained with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill Great Hall of the Conservatory, and stained with the image of St. Cecilia" - RIA Novosti reported with reference to the official site of the Moscow Patriarchate. Large-scale renovation work at the Great Hall of the Conservatory began a year ago. The first concert for the restoration of the Moscow Conservatory graduates will be on Wednesday.