Church in the Name of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod district, M. Gorky str., 141 a.
Description:
The Church in the name of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul of All Saints began to be built in the distant 1776, after November 17, 1771, the Senate issued a decree prohibiting the burial of people at churches in the city. All the cemeteries were moved out of town. In Nizhny Novgorod, the territory behind the Varvarskaya outpost was taken for cemeteries, where the chapel was built, after which the construction of a stone church began.
Construction work was completed in 1781, after which the chapel was consecrated in honor of the Equal-to-the-Apostles kings Helena and Constantine, the second chapel was consecrated in 1783 in honor of St. Peter of Alexandria and Basil of Paris.
Nowadays, repair and restoration work is carried out in the temple.