Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God
ooh Gordeevskaya, 141, Kanavinsky district, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia
Description:
In 1697, a large merchant-industrialist, Count Stroganov Grigory Dmitrievich built a church in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God on the territory of his estate in Nizhny Novgorod. In 1683, on December 22, this place was consecrated by Metropolitan Trephilius. After the Stroganovs moved to Moscow in 1705, the church became a parish church.
The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God was built in the style of Russian Baroque. It has a main gilded dome with a cross and four small chapters covered with dark green irrigation shingles. White-stone rich carvings adorn the pediments and columns of the Corinthian order. There is a bell tower above the central entrance. Thanks to the two tiers of wide windows, the main hall is always bright.
In 1908, near the church in honor of the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God, a temple of the Vladimir Icon of the Blessed Virgin was built.
The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God is the Orthodox Church of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese, which is still active today.