Saint Nicholas' Church, Eastern Orthodox church building in Huangpu District, China.

Saint Nicholas' Church is a pale yellow brick building on Gaolan Road in Shanghai's Huangpu District, with blue-grey trim along its rooflines and window frames. A tall central drum carries a gold dome, and arched green windows sit high on the drum and lower walls. A black metal fence with crosses runs in front.

The building was constructed in 1932 for Russian refugees who had fled the 1917 revolution, and was consecrated as a church in 1937. After 1949, it was repurposed and served for decades as an industrial laundry and warehouse before gaining protected status.

The church was consecrated in 1937 in honour of St Nicholas, patron saint of Emperor Nicholas II, and housed a shrine commemorating the murdered tsar. Since 2019 the building has operated as Sinan Books Poetry Store, a private bookshop that still retains a role as a church. Services for foreign Orthodox believers were permitted there from 2010 at Christmas and Easter.

The building is protected as a heritage site and sits in a walkable part of the Huangpu District, making it easy to visit on foot. Access to the interior depends on which commercial spaces inside are open at the time of your visit.

The church held nine gilded domes and crosses and could seat 400 to 500 worshippers, according to Chinese records of the building. The architect, Russian émigré Yaron, designed it without charge. The domes were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and later rebuilt with a simple mosaic facing rather than gold.