Chapel of St. Gennadii Afonskii

The brick one-domed chapel in the Neo-Russian style was built next to the busy highway on the site of the death of Gennadii Dmitrievich Zavolokin, the main harmonica player of Russia, the famous host of the TV program "Play, accordion!". The tragedy occurred near the bridge over the Sharap river on July 8, 2001.

Construction of the chapel was carried out at the expense of fans of Gennadii Zavolokin. Archbishop Tikhon of Novosibirsk and Berdsk served a moleben on November 11, 2005. There is the monument in honor of Gennadii Zavolokin there next to the chapel.

There is the museum 15 m from the chapel, where an exhibition dedicated to the life and work of a talented musician is represented. There is also the platform on which the festival "Play, accordion" takes place every two years.

Location: the village of Novy Sharap, Ordynsky district, Novosibirsk region.
 
How to get there: the distance from the settlement of Ordynskoye (district center) to the village of Novy Sharap is 11 km by car, the distance from the city of Novosibirsk is 95 km by car (95-th km of the highway "Novosibirsk-Ordynskoye"). There is a bus from the Novosibirsk bus station (4 Krasny avenue) to the settlement of Ordynskoye. There is a bus service from the settlement of Ordynskoye to the village of Novy Sharap.

Work pattern:
Wednesday-Sunday from 11:00 till 17:00
Monday, Tuesday - days off