Project
Holy Gates of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery
Category
Best Project of Public Building or Facility
About the project (provided by the applicant)
The Holy Gates building is a gate church with a tented bell tower. Stylistically, the Holy Gates are part of a unified ensemble with the monastery wall and the Sarov Gates, whose style can be attributed to Russian ornamental architecture at the turn of the 19th–20th centuries. The gates are made of brick and coated in white plaster, which enhances the visual expressiveness of the artistic brickwork. The main octagonal tent, supported by a quadrangular base, is flanked by smaller light tents, creating a frontal three-tent composition oriented westward, serving as the central passage arch aligned precisely with the axis of the Kazan Cathedral.
The windows and icon cases on the exterior have traditional trims characteristic of the chosen style, while the portals and the plinth line are highlighted with beige stone. As the project is defined by the testament of Seraphim of Sarov and the existing architectural and urban composition of the Seraphim-Diveyevo Monastery, the volumetric-spatial composition of the Gates building is resolved in a rather unconventional way.
Location
11 Sovetskaya St., Diveyevo village, Diveyevsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Region, Russia
Project design year
2025
Project website
https://hramovoe-zodchestvo.ru/page47357585.html
Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/tzNeCC325tRgdg
Applicant
Alexey M. Kapustin
Alexey M. Kapustin is one of Russia’s leading architects, specializing in classical, traditional, and religious architecture. He is a laureate of the Russian President’s Prize, a Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts, recipient of state and religious awards, and honored by Russian special services. He has won international and nationwide competitions in architecture and urban planning. He serves as an advisor to the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences and is the director of the Center for Classical and Traditional Architecture.
Author of the project
Alexey M. Kapustin
Visualization
Alexey M. Kapustin
Customer
ANO “UK ‘Sarovsko-Diveyevsky Cluster’”
Other participants
The contract was concluded between ANO “UK ‘Sarovsko-Diveyevsky Cluster’” and the Moscow Architectural Institute (MARHI). The project was executed by the Center for Classical and Traditional Architecture at MARHI (Director A.M. Kapustin). The project was approved by the cluster’s Board of Trustees and developed with the support of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese and the Government of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
Status of the project
Under construction
