Saints Peter and Paul Chapel, Orthodox chapel in Lipetsk, Russia

Saints Peter and Paul Chapel is a stone chapel with five gilded cupolas topped by crosses, four set on low round drums at the corners and the central one rising higher. Its square body measures about five sazhens on each side, with a porch and a four-column pediment; the windows hold multicoloured glass. It stands at the edge of Nizhny Park, not on Karl Marx Street.

The chapel was built in 1872 to mark the 200th anniversary of Peter the Great's birth. It was destroyed during the 1930s but was completely rebuilt between 2000 and 2002 using historical records and old photographs as guides.

The chapel serves as an active place of worship where the local community gathers for religious observance and prayer. It represents the spiritual role of the Orthodox church in the city's life today.

The chapel stands at the edge of Nizhny Park, not on the site of the original building in Revolution Square, where a monument to revolutionaries now stands. The reconstruction was permitted there in 1998 because the historic spot was occupied. Look for the gilded domes above the park's lower terrace.

The bricks from the original chapel were reused to build a power station after its demolition. This unexpected continuation of the building's materials is a reminder of how the place's history remained connected across decades in different forms.