Christmas Church
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Rizdvyana Church, Church of the Rizdva Blessed VirginUkraine, Kryvyi Rih
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Christmas Church
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, Rizdvyana Church, Church of the Rizdva Blessed VirginUkraine, Kryvyi Rih
The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is the oldest church in Nikopol, an architectural monument in the classicism style of the early 19th century, located on the outskirts of the city in the former Sulitsko-Limanskaya Sloboda. The church is single-domed, divided into three naves, built of brick, rectangular in plan, with a two-tiered bell tower attached to the west, also ending with a dome. On the northern, southern and western facades there are Doric porticos with 4 columns. The murals made by the outstanding Russian poet and artist Maximilian Voloshin have been preserved in the interior. In Soviet times, the Church of the Nativity was converted into a granary. In the 1990s, the temple was transferred to the Orthodox community of Nikopol, belongs to the Krivoy Rog diocese.
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