St. Nicholas Church (Buzhaninovo)

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St. Nicholas Church
Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church
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St. Nicholas Church
Buzhaninovo, Moscow Region
56°23′18″N38°17′42″E / 56.3884°N 38.2951°E / 56.3884; 38.2951 Coordinates: 56°23′18″N38°17′42″E / 56.3884°N 38.2951°E / 56.3884; 38.2951
CountryRussia
Denomination Russian Orthodox
Website http://www.holyfield.ru
History
Status Church
Dedication St.Nicholas
Relics heldrelics particles of: True Cross, Saint Nicholas, Saint George and the other saints
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Style Empire
Completed1831
Administration
Diocese Moscow Eparchy
Deanery Sergiyev-Posad
Clergy
Priest(s) Rev. Nikolay
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St. Nicholas Church is a 19th-century Russian Orthodox church in the town of Buzhaninovo in the Moscow region.

View of St.Nicholas church
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View of St.Nicholas church
from the downhill railroad

History

According to historical records, the earliest (and the only) temple in Buzhaninovo was a St. Nicholas Church, first mentioned in 1543. In 1734, a new wooden construction replaced the time-worn church and was consecrated by the superior of the neighboring Holy Trinity Monastery, Archimandrite Varlaam.

A century later, a new stone church was built on the site in the Empire style. The central altar was dedicated to St. Nicholas, while the side-altar was dedicated to the Theophany.

In the 1940s, the church was closed and the services and masses were terminated, the bell tower was demolished and the church building was turned into a warehouse. In the early 1990s, with the change of the political climate in Russia, the church was returned to the local Christian community. The church building was restored, and was consecrated in 1998. On December 19, 2000, (St. Nicholas day, the church's patronal feast), a relic of St. Nicholas was granted to the church.

The church building and the bell tower have recently been restored. The new rectory building next to the church's West entrance accommodates a Sunday school and local parish assemblies.

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