Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Mariupol)
Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Mariupol) | |
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церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени | |
47°05′46″N 37°32′55″E / 47.09611°N 37.54861°E | |
Country | Ukraine |
Language(s) | Ukrainian, Russian |
Denomination | Ukrainian Orthodox |
History | |
Status | Demolished |
Consecrated | 1910 |
Architecture | |
Demolished | 1934 |
The Saints Constantine and Helen Church (Ukrainian: церква Св. Костянтина і Єлени (Маріуполь)) was an Orthodox church in Mariupol, Ukraine.
History
[edit]It was an Orthodox church in honor of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great and his mother Helena. The architect Victor Nilsen designed and built this church between 1903 and 1911[1][2] The building stood until it was demolished in 1934 during the Soviet era by the Bolshevik government as part of the Atheist Five-Year Plan.[3][4]
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 5 безповоротно загублених храмів Маріуполя. mistomariupol.com.ua.
- ^ Эдуард ВОРОБЬЕВ: Храм – от рождения до распятия. Archived 2014-04-13 at the Wayback Machine old-mariupol.com.ua.
- ^ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольские храмы вчера и сегодня (english: churches of mariupol, yesterday and today), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991
- ^ Lew Yarutsky (Лев Давидович Яруцкий): Мариупольская старина (english: history of mariupol), Коллектив, предприятие «Мариупол. инж. центр экон. и социал. развития», Мариуполь 1991