Saint George Church in the Market Place, Orthodox church in Yaroslav's Court, Veliky Novgorod, Russia.
Saint George Church in the Market Place is a stone building with traditional Russian architectural features, including a central dome and white walls located at Yaroslav's Court. The structure displays the characteristic design of medieval churches from this region.
A wooden church of Saint George was first recorded in 1356; the stone building was erected later by residents of Lubyanitsa, the street that crossed the market. It burned and was rebuilt several times, and by 1615 it had two side chapels, to the south and north. The upper vaults collapsed in 1747 and the church was restored between 1750 and 1754.
The church is no longer used for worship: it now houses an exhibition of historical photographs of Novgorod. Its name refers to the Torg, the city market that once ran through this street, and the parish was built by the residents of Lubyanitsa street. After the revolution it and the Church of Elijah on Slavna remained active longer than other Novgorod churches.
The church stands at the crossing of Bolshaya Moskovskaya and Ilyina streets, in the northern part of Yaroslav's Court, next to the Church of John on Opoki. It is no longer an active place of worship: it houses an exhibition of historical Novgorod photography. The building is a federal cultural heritage site.
The church is no longer used for worship: in the late Soviet period it housed a souvenir shop, and today it holds an exhibition of historical photographs of Novgorod. Archaeologists working in 1973–1976 found traces of earlier wooden annexes on the site.
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