St. Nicholas Church, Taganrog
| Saint Nicholas Church | |
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The Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church (fronton)
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Taganrog, Russia |
| Affiliation | Russian Orthodox |
| Country | Russia |
| Year consecrated | 1778 |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | temple |
| Website | http://www.taganrog.orthodoxy.ru/index.php?id=39 |
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| Architectural type | Church |
| Completed | 1778 |
The Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church is a Russian Orthodox Church in the city of Taganrog in Rostov Oblast, Russia.
The Saint Nicholas Church is the oldest Russian Orthodox church in Taganrog. It was built in 1778 at the request of rear-admiral Fedot Klokachev who commanded the Azov Flotilla, and was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, who is considered as the patron saint of all sailors.
In 1855, during the Siege of Taganrog, the building of the church was shelled by the British and French warships. The cannonballs that were stuck in its walls were discovered during one of the renovations and were purposely left for display.
In 1941 the church was severely damaged during occupation of Taganrog, after the end of war it wasn't used and gradually deteriorated. It was reconstructed in the early 1990s.
The Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church (view from the Krepostnoy Pereulok)
The gate, St.Nicholas Nicholas the Wonderworker Church
The plaque on the fronton of the church
Monument to defenders of the city during the Siege of Taganrog.
Cannonball in the church wall
On 20 June 1999 the Russian Orthodox Church canonized Blessed Pavel. The saint starets' relics were transferred from his Kelya on Ulitsa Turgenevskaya in Taganrog into the St.Nicholas church. Today many people come from all corners of Russia to the Saint Pavel of Taganrog's shrine with his holy relics that are kept at the Saint Nicholas Church. Many people saw and remember a unique aureole in the sky over the Saint Nicholas Church in Taganrog on the day of Blessed Pavel's canonization. The chapel at the old cemetery is never empty; the lamps in front of holy icons in his keliya never die down.
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