Church of the Smolensk and Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God - Orthodox Church in the Diocese of Nizhny Novgorod Gordeevke .
Smolensk church is an object of cultural heritage of federal importance.
Smolensk church .
Construction of houses the stone church in honor of the Smolensk Mother of God started in 1680 by order of Count Grigory Stroganov Dmitrievich . The same church was built in Ustyuzhna - Zhelezopolskoy .Chapel in honor of the Kiev- Pechersk Wonderworkers Anthony and Theodosius was consecrated Metropolitan of Nizhny Novgorod Paul December 22, 1694 , consecrated the high altar in honor of the Smolensk Icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary took place July 25, 1697 .
After moving to Moscow Stroganov in 1705 became the parish church of Smolensk .In 1930 the church was closed . In 1934, the church wanted to blow up , but at the insistence of the Gorky Regional Museum staff a unique building has been preserved. Until the early 1990s, its building was used as a museum warehouse. In 1993 the church transferred the diocese. In 2005-2006 he was the chief gold-plated dome .
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