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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (), better known as Nativity or Stroganov is a
The construction of the church began in 1696. The construction was almost completed by 1701, but a fire broke out in the temple. The burnt down church was restored by the wife of merchant Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov - Maria Yakovlevna.
It was consecrated in 1719 by Archbishop Pitirim of Nizhny Novgorod and Alatyr (1719-1738).
In 1722, the church was closed by
The church is two-level: at the top there is a three-
File:NN Stroganov Church 12-2018 01.jpg, Night view from
Russian Orthodox church
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
, located at the Rozhdestvenskaya Street
Rozhdestvenskaya Street () is a historic street in Nizhny Novgorod. Is a unique open-air museum, there are only stone houses, the history of the oldest of which dates back to the middle of the 18th century. Officially there are 35 monuments of a ...
in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...
. It was built in 1696–1719 on the means of the merchant Grigory Stroganov.
History
The construction of the church began in 1696. The construction was almost completed by 1701, but a fire broke out in the temple. The burnt down church was restored by the wife of merchant Grigory Dmitrievich Stroganov - Maria Yakovlevna.
It was consecrated in 1719 by Archbishop Pitirim of Nizhny Novgorod and Alatyr (1719-1738).
In 1722, the church was closed by Peter the Great
Peter I (, ;
– ), better known as Peter the Great, was the Sovereign, Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia, Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia, Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned j ...
until his death (1725). The temple was often burning (in 1768, 1782, 1788). In 1807-1812 Alexander Stroganov
Count Alexander Grigoryevich Stroganov (; – ) was a Russian politician who served as the minister of the interior from 1839 to 1841 and then as a member of the State Council from 1849. He also served as the governor-general of Novorossiya ...
carried out major repairs. In the 1870s and 1880s, the church was thoroughly restored by the projects of Lev Dahl and Robert Kilevain.
In the 1860s the belltower start to lean, and in 20 years has deviated by 1.2 meters. In 1887, its upper tiers were dismantled and collected again.
In the Soviet era, a decision was made to destroy the church, but the rector of the church Sergius Veisov (1915-1934) collected historical documents and photographs, read several lectures on the cultural significance of the Stroganov Baroque, and preserved this temple.{{cite web, url=http://www.pecherskiy.nne.ru/text/publish_other/8.2004.7, title=Отец Сергий, last=Лушин, first=Александр, number=8 , year=2004 , work=Замечательные люди, publisher=Нижегородская старина, accessdate=2011-08-09, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512080901/http://www.pecherskiy.nne.ru/text/publish_other/8.2004.7/, archivedate=2011-05-12, url-status=dead
The church was again consecrated July 3, 1993.
Architecture
The church is two-level: at the top there is a three-apsidal
In architecture, an apse (: apses; from Latin , 'arch, vault'; from Ancient Greek , , 'arch'; sometimes written apsis; : apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an ''exedra''. In Byzant ...
altar
An altar is a table or platform for the presentation of religion, religious offerings, for sacrifices, or for other ritualistic purposes. Altars are found at shrines, temples, Church (building), churches, and other places of worship. They are use ...
, a prayer hall, a refectory and a porch
A porch (; , ) is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance to a building. A porch is placed in front of the façade of a building it commands, and forms a low front. Alternatively, it may be a vestibule (architecture), vestibule (a s ...
. Outside and inside the church is decorated with white stone carvings.
The belltower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church (building), church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many ...
is an octagon on cube. The dome is crowned with a cross with a weather vane
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. On the stone slabs there are Slavic letters that divide the circle into 17 parts, according to the Old Russian calculation of time. The fate of the previous mechanism is unknown. A new mechanism has now been installed.
Gallery
Rozhdestvenskaya Street
Rozhdestvenskaya Street () is a historic street in Nizhny Novgorod. Is a unique open-air museum, there are only stone houses, the history of the oldest of which dates back to the middle of the 18th century. Officially there are 35 monuments of a ...
File:Buildings in Nizhny Novgorod (June 2024) - 18.jpg, View from the side of the slope
File:Nischni Nowgorod PD 2010 030.JPG, Interior of the church
File:NN Stroganov Church 08-2016 img5.jpg, Window
File:NN Stroganov Church 08-2016 img3.jpg, The dome of the belltower
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